Jacqueline LHeureux

Jacqueline "Jackie" L'Heureux, 89, of Sanford, died on June 6, 2015 at the Pavilion in Sanford following a period of declining health.Jackie was born in Sanford on July 12, 1925, the daughter of Theodore Gagne, Sr. and Mary (Cote) Gagne. She attended Holy Family Grammar School and then went to work for the Goodall Worsted Mills in Sanford where she stayed until they closed. After the mills closed she began working for Jagger Brothers as a winder and reeler and continued to do so until her retirement in 1990. On November 6, 1943 she married Aram (Ram) L'Heureux and together they raised three children and shared 37 years of marriage until his death in 1981.In addition to her husband, Jackie is predeceased by her younger brother, Theodore Gagne, Jr., her parents, her son Bernard and her sister, Lillian Y. Roy.Jackie is survived by two children; her daughter, Rachel Buchala of Sanford and her son, Gerard (Jerry) L'Heureux and his wife Nancy of Alfred; six grandchildren, Mark Rouillard and his wife Kelley, Alan Rouillard and his wife, Teri, Kevin Leslie and his wife Aleta, Robert L'Heureux and his wife Heidi, Melissa Morehead and her husband Greg and Heather Alderton and her husband Doug and eight great-grandchildren, Brandon, Connor and Grace L'Heureux, Ainsley Morehead, Berkeley and Lily Alderton, Nora Rouillard and Cody Leslie.The family would like to thank the staff at both the Southridge Living and Rehabilitation Center in Biddeford and the SMHC Pavilion in Sanford as well as the staff of Life Choice Hospice for the compassionate care given to our mother and grandmother.Visitation will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 10th at the Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home located at 29 Winter Street in Sanford. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00 AM at St. Therse of Lisieux Parish, Holy Family Church, located on North Avenue in Sanford. Interment will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Sanford.Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Pavilion Activities Fund, 35 July Street, Sanford, Maine 04073.Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale.To leave a message of condolence for the family please click on the condolences tab to the left.