JACQUELINE ROY BAYER

JAY – Jacqueline Roy Bayer, 60, a resident of Forest Circle, passed from the loving embrace of her family into the arms of God Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Hospice House of Androscoggin, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jackie was born Nov. 15, 1949, the daughter of Eugene and Theresa (Deroches) Roy. She attended St. Rose Elementary School, Jay, and graduated from Jay High School, Class of 1968. After high school she attended PLUS Secretarial School, Portland. In 1970 she married Dana Brann, and together with their son, Jason, they lived in Brunswick. Tragically, Dana died in a scuba diving accident in 1974. She and Jason then won the heart of Mark Bayer. She and Mark were married April 16, 1977, at St. Rose de Lima Church, Jay. Always in love with beaches, warm summer days would find the family filling the cooler with ice, sodas, brownies and ham Italians, as they headed off to either Popham or Reid State Park. On Jan. 1, 2000, Mark was roused from his sleep when on the spur of the moment she decided they should drive down to Popham to see the first light of the new millennium. She was happy and content with her life whether kayaking, biking on country roads, window shopping at the Maine Mall or Bar Harbor, trekking up Tumbledown Mountain with her friend, Mary Beth Small, or just spending quiet time with her family. Always the loving wife and mother, she also got to know the special joy and love of grandchildren. She was blessed with the love of her granddaughters, Summer and Violet Clough, whom she simply adored. As her children grew up, she became a nanny for many children through the years. It gave her a sense of joy and pride to help in the nurturing, caring and raising of children. She was a communicant of St. Rose de Lima Parish, Jay, and a devout Catholic. She and Mark previously served as eucharistic ministers, volunteered at the local food pantry and she helped lead the local Daisy and Brownie troop when her daughter was young. It was her faith that gave her peace and strength in her courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 33 years, Mark Bayer of Jay and formally of Bucksport; her son, Jason Bayer and his companion, Ashley Mosher, of Fort Myers, Fla.; her daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Tobin Clough of Underhill, Vt.; granddaughters, Summer and Violet Clough; her father, Eugene Roy of Jay; her sisters and their husbands, Angela and Doug Smith of Jay, Lucky and Mike D’Ascanio of Casco, and Terri and Bill Hartley of Kittery; many special nieces and nephews; her mother-in-law, Pauline Bayer-Lally and her companion, Max Goode, of Bucksport; her brother-in-law, Jeffrey Bayer and his wife, Rita, of Windham; the Brann family; and also her very good friend, Mary Beth Small. She was predeceased by her first husband, Dana Brann; and her mother, Theresa Roy.