Louise Giguere Boulet

WATERVILLE – Louise Giguere Boulet, 75, died on March 10, 2022, after a brief Illness. Her family was by her side to help and comfort her in her final days and hours.

Born June 28, 1946, in Waterville to Joseph L. and Marie Louise Giguere, she was a late addition to her proud, Franco-American household.

Louise was educated at Mount Merici Academy, an experience she would later recall with mixed emotions. She worked during her younger years as a telephone operator and had many stories to tell about her experiences there. She was also a graduate of the Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics.

As a young, not-yet-independent adult, Louise found herself expecting a baby out of wedlock. As was common at the time, she spent time in a convent until giving birth to a baby boy who was subsequently adopted into a loving family. While a much better outcome for the baby, the experience marked Louise forever.

Resuming life in her native Waterville, she met the love of her life, an ambitious, first generation immigrant from Quebec, Jean-Louis Boulet. This was followed by years of moves from Waterville to Oakland, St. Aurelie, QC, St. Prosper, QC, finally back to Winslow to raise her three children on familiar ground. In addition to raising a family, Louise helped John launch several businesses, including Mainely Trusses in Fairfield.

A gifted seamstress, Louise’s passions were quilting and family. She made countless blankets for relatives (which she called “hugs”), wall hangings, place mats, etc. During retirement, she enjoyed traveling to quilting conventions at which she sold quilt kits under the name, Great Pond Quilts. She was an active member of various quilting clubs and was happiest when relaxing at camp with her family.

Louise was predeceased by her parents and husband, Jean-Louis “John” Boulet and her second husband, Paul MacFawn.

She is survived by her older siblings, Leandre Giguere of West Brookfield, Mass., Jacqui Marr of Gorham, sister-in-law, Jackie Boulet, and her children, Michael and Jody Boulet, of Palermo, Richard and Cheryl Boulet of Blue Hill, and Tricia Boulet and Merrill Lamont of Medford, Mass. She was proudest of being a Memere to her grandchildren, Sophie, Yanic and Zane Boulet; Joseph and Marie Louise Boulet; and Zephyr Lamont. Aunt Louise was loved by many, many cousins, nieces, and nephews, all mutually descended from the sprawling family tree resulting from her father’s 21 siblings who immigrated to Waterville in the 1920s.

As was her preference, there will be no funeral service. Family and friends are invited to attend a brief graveside prayer said for Louise at Saint Francis Cemetery on July 1 at 11 a.m.

The family would like to thank the staff and residents at Sunset Home of Waterville for making her feel happy and comforted in her final year.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that you consider a donation in Louise’s memory to Sunset Home, http://www.sunsethomeofwaterville.me. Or simply think of Louise as you do something that flaunts convention just a little bit, anything that might raise a nun’s eyebrow.