WINSLOW - Roberta Ann Dumont (née Dionne) died quietly Monday evening, Nov. 30, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Roberta was born at her small home in Waterville on Dec. 28, 1933, the third daughter of Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and Augustin Dionne. It was in that small house that she and her five siblings grew and thrived. Robbie was a joyful and precocious child whose early success in school led her to skip a grade at parochial school. Yet her early family life also experienced tragedy when her father "Gus" passed away when Robbie was still a young woman. Throughout her young life Robbie saw to the well-being of her younger siblings. A lifelong resident of the Waterville area, Robbie graduated from Waterville High School in 1949, she nevertheless maintained broad horizons and taught her children to be citizens of the world. She later attended Thomas Business College where she was the youngest female in many of her classes.
Robbie married in 1956, a handsome and clever college graduate, Joseph E. Dumont and together they spent the next 59 years creating a marriage that remains an exemplar to all who know and love them.
Although Robbie assumed the traditional role of a conventional homemaker, she refused the limitations that role of the 1950's imposed upon women of her generation. As a model to her daughters and son, Robbie conveyed that women were no less capable than men and should not accept any limits to their aspirations. As a result all of Robbie's children, son and daughters, became accomplished professionals in their various occupations. When her children entered school, Robbie herself returned to the workforce as a competent and valued bookkeeper for the L.N. Violette Company until her retirement.
Robbie is predeceased by her beloved father Augustin J. Dionne, her beloved mother M. Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and her dear sister M. Geraldine Quirion (née Dionne). Robbie's surviving siblings are: M. Stella Pelletier (née Dionne) of Belfast, Joseph James Dionne and his wife Nancy of Hartford, Conn., M. Joan Gurney (née Dionne) and her husband Gene of Portsmouth, N.H., Joseph Raymond Dionne and his wife Mary of Winslow.
Robbie is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Joseph E. Dumont of Winslow; her children, a son Andrew J. Dumont and his wife Rochelle of Skowhegan, daughters, Margaret M. Williams (née Dumont) and husband John Williams of Lyndeborough, N.H., Kathryn E. Spofford (née Dumont) and husband Daniel Spofford of Waterville, Sarah A. Ledoux (née Dumont ) and husband Eric Ledoux of Winslow, Elizabeth F. Granholm (née Dumont) and husband James Eric Granholm of Oakland, and Emily J. Vaillancourt (née Dumont) and husband David Vaillancourt of Winslow; her grandchildren, Natalie and Sebastien Dumont, Skye Williams, Joseph, Joshua, Noah and Isaiah Spofford, Reneé and Jason Ledoux, Hannah, Sally and Mary Granholm, Benjamin and Mattie Vaillancourt; numerous and much loved nieces and nephews.
The family expresses its deep gratitude to the staff of 1 West at Maine General Medical Center for their compassionate care provided to both our mom in her last days and our dad during this most difficult time in his life. To our dear caregivers, Cheryl, Deb, Elaine, and Marie, who cared for mom at home as if she were their own. We are forever indebted to you. We especially want to thank Dr. David Preston and Debbie Hutchins RN who provided decades of wonderful care and support.
Burial will in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville in the spring.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one of the following: The Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, The Home for Little Wanderers, or Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area (For complete obituary, please see Central Maine Newspapers 12/4/2015 and Gallant Funeral Home)
Robbie married in 1956, a handsome and clever college graduate, Joseph E. Dumont and together they spent the next 59 years creating a marriage that remains an exemplar to all who know and love them.
Although Robbie assumed the traditional role of a conventional homemaker, she refused the limitations that role of the 1950's imposed upon women of her generation. As a model to her daughters and son, Robbie conveyed that women were no less capable than men and should not accept any limits to their aspirations. As a result all of Robbie's children, son and daughters, became accomplished professionals in their various occupations. When her children entered school, Robbie herself returned to the workforce as a competent and valued bookkeeper for the L.N. Violette Company until her retirement.
Robbie is predeceased by her beloved father Augustin J. Dionne, her beloved mother M. Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and her dear sister M. Geraldine Quirion (née Dionne). Robbie's surviving siblings are: M. Stella Pelletier (née Dionne) of Belfast, Joseph James Dionne and his wife Nancy of Hartford, Conn., M. Joan Gurney (née Dionne) and her husband Gene of Portsmouth, N.H., Joseph Raymond Dionne and his wife Mary of Winslow.
Robbie is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Joseph E. Dumont of Winslow; her children, a son Andrew J. Dumont and his wife Rochelle of Skowhegan, daughters, Margaret M. Williams (née Dumont) and husband John Williams of Lyndeborough, N.H., Kathryn E. Spofford (née Dumont) and husband Daniel Spofford of Waterville, Sarah A. Ledoux (née Dumont ) and husband Eric Ledoux of Winslow, Elizabeth F. Granholm (née Dumont) and husband James Eric Granholm of Oakland, and Emily J. Vaillancourt (née Dumont) and husband David Vaillancourt of Winslow; her grandchildren, Natalie and Sebastien Dumont, Skye Williams, Joseph, Joshua, Noah and Isaiah Spofford, Reneé and Jason Ledoux, Hannah, Sally and Mary Granholm, Benjamin and Mattie Vaillancourt; numerous and much loved nieces and nephews.
The family expresses its deep gratitude to the staff of 1 West at Maine General Medical Center for their compassionate care provided to both our mom in her last days and our dad during this most difficult time in his life. To our dear caregivers, Cheryl, Deb, Elaine, and Marie, who cared for mom at home as if she were their own. We are forever indebted to you. We especially want to thank Dr. David Preston and Debbie Hutchins RN who provided decades of wonderful care and support.
Burial will in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville in the spring.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one of the following: The Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, The Home for Little Wanderers, or Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area (For complete obituary, please see Central Maine Newspapers 12/4/2015 and Gallant Funeral Home)
WINSLOW - Roberta Ann Dumont (née Dionne) died quietly Monday evening, Nov. 30, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Roberta was born at her small home in Waterville on Dec. 28, 1933, the third daughter of Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and Augustin Dionne. It was in that small house that she and her five siblings grew and thrived. Robbie was a joyful and precocious child whose early success in school led her to skip a grade at parochial school. Yet her early family life also experienced tragedy when her father "Gus" passed away when Robbie was still a young woman. Throughout her young life Robbie saw to the well-being of her younger siblings. A lifelong resident of the Waterville area, Robbie graduated from Waterville High School in 1949, she nevertheless maintained broad horizons and taught her children to be citizens of the world. She later attended Thomas Business College where she was the youngest female in many of her classes.
Robbie married in 1956, a handsome and clever college graduate, Joseph E. Dumont and together they spent the next 59 years creating a marriage that remains an exemplar to all who know and love them.
Although Robbie assumed the traditional role of a conventional homemaker, she refused the limitations that role of the 1950's imposed upon women of her generation. As a model to her daughters and son, Robbie conveyed that women were no less capable than men and should not accept any limits to their aspirations. As a result all of Robbie's children, son and daughters, became accomplished professionals in their various occupations. When her children entered school, Robbie herself returned to the workforce as a competent and valued bookkeeper for the L.N. Violette Company until her retirement.
Robbie is predeceased by her beloved father Augustin J. Dionne, her beloved mother M. Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and her dear sister M. Geraldine Quirion (née Dionne). Robbie's surviving siblings are: M. Stella Pelletier (née Dionne) of Belfast, Joseph James Dionne and his wife Nancy of Hartford, Conn., M. Joan Gurney (née Dionne) and her husband Gene of Portsmouth, N.H., Joseph Raymond Dionne and his wife Mary of Winslow.
Robbie is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Joseph E. Dumont of Winslow; her children, a son Andrew J. Dumont and his wife Rochelle of Skowhegan, daughters, Margaret M. Williams (née Dumont) and husband John Williams of Lyndeborough, N.H., Kathryn E. Spofford (née Dumont) and husband Daniel Spofford of Waterville, Sarah A. Ledoux (née Dumont ) and husband Eric Ledoux of Winslow, Elizabeth F. Granholm (née Dumont) and husband James Eric Granholm of Oakland, and Emily J. Vaillancourt (née Dumont) and husband David Vaillancourt of Winslow; her grandchildren, Natalie and Sebastien Dumont, Skye Williams, Joseph, Joshua, Noah and Isaiah Spofford, Reneé and Jason Ledoux, Hannah, Sally and Mary Granholm, Benjamin and Mattie Vaillancourt; numerous and much loved nieces and nephews.
The family expresses its deep gratitude to the staff of 1 West at Maine General Medical Center for their compassionate care provided to both our mom in her last days and our dad during this most difficult time in his life. To our dear caregivers, Cheryl, Deb, Elaine, and Marie, who cared for mom at home as if she were their own. We are forever indebted to you. We especially want to thank Dr. David Preston and Debbie Hutchins RN who provided decades of wonderful care and support.
Burial will in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville in the spring.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one of the following: The Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, The Home for Little Wanderers, or Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area (For complete obituary, please see Central Maine Newspapers 12/4/2015 and Gallant Funeral Home)
Robbie married in 1956, a handsome and clever college graduate, Joseph E. Dumont and together they spent the next 59 years creating a marriage that remains an exemplar to all who know and love them.
Although Robbie assumed the traditional role of a conventional homemaker, she refused the limitations that role of the 1950's imposed upon women of her generation. As a model to her daughters and son, Robbie conveyed that women were no less capable than men and should not accept any limits to their aspirations. As a result all of Robbie's children, son and daughters, became accomplished professionals in their various occupations. When her children entered school, Robbie herself returned to the workforce as a competent and valued bookkeeper for the L.N. Violette Company until her retirement.
Robbie is predeceased by her beloved father Augustin J. Dionne, her beloved mother M. Adele Dionne (née Fagan) and her dear sister M. Geraldine Quirion (née Dionne). Robbie's surviving siblings are: M. Stella Pelletier (née Dionne) of Belfast, Joseph James Dionne and his wife Nancy of Hartford, Conn., M. Joan Gurney (née Dionne) and her husband Gene of Portsmouth, N.H., Joseph Raymond Dionne and his wife Mary of Winslow.
Robbie is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Joseph E. Dumont of Winslow; her children, a son Andrew J. Dumont and his wife Rochelle of Skowhegan, daughters, Margaret M. Williams (née Dumont) and husband John Williams of Lyndeborough, N.H., Kathryn E. Spofford (née Dumont) and husband Daniel Spofford of Waterville, Sarah A. Ledoux (née Dumont ) and husband Eric Ledoux of Winslow, Elizabeth F. Granholm (née Dumont) and husband James Eric Granholm of Oakland, and Emily J. Vaillancourt (née Dumont) and husband David Vaillancourt of Winslow; her grandchildren, Natalie and Sebastien Dumont, Skye Williams, Joseph, Joshua, Noah and Isaiah Spofford, Reneé and Jason Ledoux, Hannah, Sally and Mary Granholm, Benjamin and Mattie Vaillancourt; numerous and much loved nieces and nephews.
The family expresses its deep gratitude to the staff of 1 West at Maine General Medical Center for their compassionate care provided to both our mom in her last days and our dad during this most difficult time in his life. To our dear caregivers, Cheryl, Deb, Elaine, and Marie, who cared for mom at home as if she were their own. We are forever indebted to you. We especially want to thank Dr. David Preston and Debbie Hutchins RN who provided decades of wonderful care and support.
Burial will in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville in the spring.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one of the following: The Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, The Home for Little Wanderers, or Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area (For complete obituary, please see Central Maine Newspapers 12/4/2015 and Gallant Funeral Home)
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