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Compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy

Art Corale, 78, of Sanford was born on June 2, 1946, and died on Dec. 12, 2024. He was awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Vietnam War. Funeral services were held at the Southern Maine Veteran’s Cemetery in Springvale, on December 19, 2024

Doris B. Gagne of Sanford passed away peacefully on Dec. 7, 2024. She was born in Sanford on July 15, 1928, one of four daughters of Bill and Rose (Dubois) Boudreau. She and sisters Rita, Evelyn and Shirley were far closer than the average sisterly group; they were known as “the Boudreau Girls.” Rita died in 1965, but for many years after they had raised their families, the three surviving sisters lived in the same apartment building on Main Street. Doris was the loving wife of Omer Gagne for 66 years who predeceased her in 2014. Doris always said that she was blessed to have raised five happy, healthy and successful children: David of Wells; Jim of Honolulu, Hawaii; John of Springvale; Peter of Alfred and Ellen (Shaw) of East Lebanon. She was also Memere to six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was an expert seamstress who created her own elaborate wedding gown for her wedding in 1948. After graduating from Sanford High School in 1946, she began working as a legal secretary/administrative assistant for a Sanford attorney. Over the following seven decades, she worked at several Sanford attorney offices, finally retiring at the grand age of 89. Doris was an amazing individual from the Greatest Generation. A Funeral Mass was held Dec. 14 at St. Theresa Parish of Holy Family Church. Graveside services will be held in the spring.

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