Laurette A. Nicholas

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Laurette Nicholas

NORTH NORWAY — Laurette A. Nicholas, 90, of North Norway died Friday, December 31, 2010 at Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris. She was born in Berlin, NH on February 17, 1920, the daughter of Willie and Alida Verrette Dubois. She attended schools in Berlin and had been employed as a woodworker at Wilner Wood Products. She retired from Norway Footwear in 1986. She enjoyed crafts and crocheting. She married Nazaire P. Bedard; he passed away in 1977. She married Peter E. Nicholas in 1987; he passed away on September 8, 2009.

Mrs. Nicholas is survived by a son, Nazaire Peter Bedard, III and his wife Marilyn of N. Norway; a brother, Alphonse Dubois of Minot; five sisters, Lucille Wojchik of Norway, Marie N. Parlin of Florida, Aurora Maurcoux of Sherbrook, Quebec, Rita Brackett of Guilford, NH and Jermaine Martin of Sherbrook, Quebec; grandchildren, Peter J. Bedard and Courtney of South Paris, Michael W. Schmal and Kimberly of South Carolina, Carol L. Marshall of West Paris, Penny J. Bedard of Oxford, Pamala A. Bedard of Stoneham and Paul D. Bedard and Julie of Oxford; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two sisters, Albertine Dubois and Doris Abbott and a brother, Lucian Dubois.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Thursday, January 6 at 11 a.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway. Interment will be in the spring at Riverside Annex Cemetery in South Paris. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Heart Association, 51 US Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, ME 04074. Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris. On-line condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.