Edwidge (Ouellette) Michaud, 77, died peacefully surrounded by family members on July 31, 2016, in Fort Kent. She was born in Eagle Lake on August 16, 1937, the daughter of Rosaire and Mattie (Roy) Ouellette.
Edwidge loved flowers and basket weaving, but most of all spending time with her family. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by six children, Johnny Ouellette and Leo Paul Ouellette, both of Fort Kent, Jeanne Daigle and her companion, Norman Brooks, of Skowhegan, James and wife, Sue Ouellette, of Fort Kent, Charles and wife, Bertha Ouellette, of Clinton and Marie and husband, Bill Plourde, of Fort Kent; seven siblings, Mary Ann and husband, Ernest Card, of Lisbon, Grace and husband, Maurice Barker, of Lynn, Mass., Theresa and husband, Robert Michaud, of St. Petersburg, FL, Edgar and wife, Dorthy Ouellette, of Round Pond, Edmund (Mun) and wife, Martine Ouellette, of Fort Kent, Albertine Spagnolo of Bethaney, Conn., and Rose Marie Ouellette; 12 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, nieces nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Richard Michaud, in 2004; and two brothers, Francis (Eddie) and Edwin Ouellette.
Friends may call Monday, August 8, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for visitation at the Daigle Funeral Home, Fort Kent. Burial will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Soldier Pond. In Edwidge’s memory, donations may be made to the Edgar J. (Guy) Paradis Cancer Fund, 194 E. Main St., Fort Kent, ME 04743 or to Hospice of Aroostook, 14 Access Highway, Caribou, ME 04736. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.