Dolores Priscilla Baron

Dolores P. Baron, 90, of Sanford, died on Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Landing at Saco Bay in Saco. Dolores was born in Sanford on March 31, 1932, to Albert and Mabel (Morin) Guertin in Sanford where she grew up and attended local Catholic schools. In 1950, she married Gerard Baron and together they raised three children and shared 60 years of marriage until his death in 2011. During her working career, Dolores held several jobs, but she devoted her life primarily to raising her family and spending time with her grandchildren who affectionately referred to her as “Mémère Beach.” She loved to take bus trips and travel with her family and especially treasured time spent with them at her house on the ocean. When she was younger, she enjoyed going dancing with her husband and she also loved to cook, especially for her family and friends. She was a devout Catholic and had been a communicant of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish in Sanford. Dolores will be remembered as a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who always put her family first. She and will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd at the St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish, Holy Family Church, located on North Avenue in Sanford. The family will be there to greet family and friends beginning at 9:30 AM. Interment will follow at St. Ignatius Cemetery in Sanford. Dolores was predeceased by her husband, Gerard Baron in 2011; her parents, Albert & Mabel Guertin; her twin sister, Priscilla Guertin and her brother Philip Guertin. Surviving are three children, Carl Baron and his wife Debbie of Easley, South Carolina, Alan Baron and his wife Elaine of Sanford and Brenda Morin and her husband David of Sanford; five grandchildren, Melissa Larose, Chad Baron and his wife Sherri, Angie McLeod and her husband Craig, Matthew Baron and his wife Heather and Todd Morin and his fiancée Tracy Bragdon Fowles and fourteen great-grandchildren, Vanessa Hodge, Valerie Hodge, Noah Larose, Collin McLeod, Brady Morin, Ethan Baron, Callie Larose, Shelby McLeod, Brayden Baron, London Morin, Brody Baron, Briar Baron, Reilly Morin and Brantley Baron, a brother-in-law, Ralph Madore and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider sending a memorial contribution to the Maine Children’s Cancer online at https://fundraising.mmc.org/mccp-donate-now or by mail to The Maine Children’s Cancer Program, Development Office, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, Maine 04102-9979. Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale.