Thibodeau, Irene, 90, Van Buren, in Van Buren, July 30, 2008. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
VAN BUREN – Irene Thibodeau, 90, wife of the late Robert Thibodeau, died July 30, 2008, at Van Buren. She was born at Hamlin, November 14, 1917, the daughter of Peter and Edna (Cormier) Martin. Irene was a loving and devoted wife and mother to her family. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was also a member of the Golden Age, Ladies of St.Anne, Daughters of Isabella and the Eucharist Ministers. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Knights of Columbus and a member of Union St. Jean of Baptiste.
She is survived by six sons Clifton Thibodeau and his wife Joan, Gordon Thibodeau and his wife Nancy, Harold Thibodeau and his wife Jeanne, Danny Thibodeau and his wife Bonnie all of Caribou; Brian Thibodeau and his wife Natalie of NH and Mark Thibodeau and his fiancé Cathy of Winslow; five daughters Robertine Martin of Inola, Oklahoma, Leola Guerrette and her husband Reg of Scottsdale, AZ, Arlene Fournier and her husband Frankie, Joyce Peterson and her husband Bob all of Caribou and Elsie Swierczewski Lendner and her husband Lou of NY; two sisters Carmen Thibodeau and her husband Alben of Caribou and Pauline Ouellette of Van Buren; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers Norman, Conrad and Gerald Martin and three sisters Gertrude Ouellette, Alfreda Doucette and Arlene Martin.
Funeral services were held 10 a.m., Saturday, August 2, 2008, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, with the Fr. Aaron Damboise, associate pastor officiating in a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment took place in the Old Holy Rosary Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou. For online register please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.