AUGUSTA – Anita Ouellette White died Thursday, March 25, 2004, the day before her 88th birthday, at Glenridge Nursing Center in Augusta. She had previously been a resident at The Alzheimer’s Care Center in Gardiner. She was born on March 26, 1916, in Eagle Lake, daughter of Marc and Mattie Guerrette Ouellette, and attended schools there. As a young woman, Anita worked as a cook in lumber camps, and for the crews working the potato harvest. She later worked as a manager and buyer of children’s wear for D.W. Adams Store in Augusta. She also worked for a time at Augusta General Hospital, and at Porteous in Portland. In 1981, she retired from the VA Hospital in Togus, after 20 years as a switchboard operator and admissions clerk. Upon her retirement, she moved to Portland. Anita enjoyed sewing, and made all of her children’s clothes while they were growing up, as well as many of her granddaughters’ clothes. She also enjoyed playing cards, traveling, reading, and cooking. She was predeceased by a daughter, Alice, who died in 1945; and also by four brothers, Romeo, Aurele, Rene and Honore; and a grandson, Bradford Ross. Surviving are three daughters, Helena L. Clark of Kent, Wash., May M. Ross of Augusta, and Pauline Noyes and husband, Albert, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Scarborough; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Anita Ouellette of Rollinsford, N.H.; and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 15, 2004, at St. Mary’s Church in Rollinsford, N.H. Burial will be at New Town Cemetery in Rollinsford. Arrangements by Conroy-Tully Funeral Home, Portland. Donations in Anita’s memory may be made to the Activity Fund at the Alzheimer’s Care Center, 154 Dresden Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345.
ANITA OUELLETTE WHITE
