Colleen Saban

PALERMO – Colleen Saban, 95, of Palermo, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2023. She was born on Dec. 12, 1927, in Presque Isle to Roy C. and Maud (Sinclair) Robideau. She attended schools in Aroostook County and later Erskine Academy.

She moved to South China in November of 1941. Colleen married Millard Saban, Jr. on Nov. 20, 1948, and lived in Palermo. She worked at Health-Tex and Kilroy Army and Navy Store.

She was a member of the American Legion extension, the Sheepscot Fish and Game club, the Palermo Grange, the snowmobile club and the Palermo Christian Church, where she made may friends.

Her hobbies were cooking, knitting and crochet, counted cross stitching, hunting, fishing, reading, doing puzzles, and, most of all, playing the piano and giving piano lessons to many children.

She was predeceased by her husband Millard Saban, Jr., her mother and father, and her brother Richard R. Robideau. Colleen is survived by many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be held Friday, April 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, May 2, at 11 a.m., at Smith Cemetery, Level Hill Road Palermo beside her husband.

Arrangements are entrusted with Staples Funeral Home and Cremation Care, 53 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, Maine. Condolences, memories, and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the Staples Funeral Home website, http://www.staplesfuneralhome.com.