Micheline Toney

Micheline Toney, 76, of Sanford, died on January 26, 2017 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born in Deschaillon Sur St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada on May 14, 1940 to the late Claude and Gabrielle (Roux) St. Onge.Micheline attended college at L'Institut Notre-Dame-des-Foyers. She and her husband Stanley were married on June 30, 1962. Following Stanley's military career of over twenty years in the US Air Force, and living in various locations in the U.S. and Germany, the couple and their two children moved to Sanford in 1978. While living in Sanford, Micheline worked at Caring Unlimited Sanford for 10 years as a counselor for battered women and subsequently joined the York County District Attorney's Office where she worked for 20 years as a Victim's Advocate. Throughout Micheline's career of advocacy for victims of domestic violence and other crimes, her life's work has had a profound and lasting impact on the people of Sanford and the surrounding communities. Survivors include her beloved husband, Stanley Toney, her daughter Lynn Toney Collins and son in law Patrick of Dover, MA, her son Eric Toney and daughter in law Heather of Hanahan, SC, her five grandchildren, Morgen, Olivia, Aidan, Jaxon, and Leah, and her two step granddaughters, Elizabeth and Margaret Merz. She also is survived by her sisters; Claudette St. Onge and Louise Saintonge, as well as her brothers in law, Pierre Lesage and Claude Potvin.Family and friends are invited to a time of visitation on Monday, January 30 from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. with a Memorial Service at 5:00 P.M. at Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main St., Springvale.Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider The Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 180 Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074 or online at https:hsm46624.thankyou4caring.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale. To leave a message of condolence please click tab at left.