WINTERPORT – Yvette M. (Joyal) Sigouin, 83, wife of the late Leopold F.R. Sigouin, passed away Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, at a Bangor health care facility. She was born June 5, 1923, in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Albert and Antoinette (Spenard) Joyal. Yvette enjoyed being a homebody, taking care of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to play bingo and was an avid scratch-ticket player. Those who knew her will remember how competitive she was, especially at playing cards. Yvette was predeceased by one daughter, Jacqueline; one grandson, Marcel; and her loving husband, Leo. She is survived by two daughters, Lucille (Sigouin) Jolander and her husband, David, of Wimberley, Texas, Jeannette (Sigouin) Parent and her husband, Stuart, of Winterport; four sons, Leo and his wife, Susan, of Hampden, Philippe and his wife, Theresa, of Somersworth, N.H., Henry and his wife, Judy, of Rochester, N.H., and John and his wife, Wendy, of Newton, N.H.; 27 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren; sisters, Rhea Samson and Jacqueline Thompson; brothers, Julien and Philippe “Nel” Joyal; sisters-in-law, Cecile Thibeault of Connecticut and Beatrice Sigouin of Vermont; brother-in-law, Gerard Sigouin of Florida; nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, South Main Street, Winterport, with the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt, pastor celebrant. Visiting hours will be 9 a.m. Saturday until time of departure for church at the Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Winterport. Contributions in memory of Yvette may be made to: Winterport Volunteer Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 724, Winterport, ME 04496. Messages of condolence or memories may be shared through www.hampdengilpatrick.com
YVETTE M. SIGOUIN
