Julia Hamel Carpentier

Julia Hamel Carpentier 1928-2023 SANFORD—Julia Hamel Carpentier, 95 of Sanford, died peacefully at her home on Thursday August 10, 2023. She was born in Sanford July 14, 1928, the daughter of Louis and Olivia (Fillion) Hamel. She grew up in Sanford and despite being underage, traveled by bus to Dover to make fuses for the war effort. After the war, Julia furthered her education at St. Ignatius Business School, graduating in 1947. She married Aldas Carpentier in 1949 and they shared 56 years of marriage until his death in 2005. She was a homemaker, raising her children and helping to raise the children of her sister-in-law when she died in 1962. Later in life, Julia joined the workforce again, finding employment at Ames Department Store and then at Sprague Electric where she worked soldering. When she wasn’t working and raising children, Julia enjoyed reading, playing cards with family and friends, canning and preserving the garden harvest, watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune and keeping up with the latest news. Julia was predeceased by her husband in 2005; her siblings, Rose Hamel Carpentier, George, Richard and Patrick Hamel; a step-grandson, Brian Cabana; niece Michele Carpentier and nephew Brian O’Connor. She is survived by her daughters, Rachel Carpentier, Claire Cabana, Denise Sillon and her husband Dennis and Vivian Carpentier; her grandchildren, Steven Carpentier, Kristi Cochin-Peters, Andrew Durgin and Benjamin Durgin; her great-grandchildren, Lily, Ivy, Cal and Daisy Peters, Lyric Jackson and Elizabeth Carpentier and her step-grandchildren, Shawn Cabana and Sherri Duncan as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Therese of Lisieux Parish, Holy Family Church on Friday August 18 at 10:00 am.