Mariette Therese Carey

South Portland, ME- Mariette T. Lessard-Carey, 90, passed away on November 14, 2024. She was born on July 14, 1934, in Waterville, Maine, a daughter of Pamphile and Lydia (Fortin) Poulin. She was educated in the Waterville schools and graduated from the Academy of St. Joseph in South Berwick.

Mariette was a longtime resident of Portland, ME, where she was a communicant at St Joseph’s Catholic Church. For the past four years, she lived at Sable Lodge in South Portland where she made many new friends.

She was also a resident of Leesburg, Florida from 1990 -2020 where she spent her winters and was a communicant at St. Paul’s Catholic Church.

She was pre-deceased by her husband Lt Col J. Normand Lessard.

Surviving are a daughter, Norma-Jean Thurber of Topsham, Maine; two sons, Jerome “Jerry” Lessard and his wife Julie of Standish, Maine, John Lessard and his wife Susan of Goffstown, N.H.; nine grandchildren, Melissa Barter, Christopher Barter, Andrew Lessard, Matthew Lessard, Kevin Lessard, Leanne Hamilton, Adam Lessard, Erica Walsh and Cody Lessard. She also has thirteen great- grandchildren with the youngest born the day after Mariette passed. Also surviving are a brother Robert Poulin of Dexter, Maine; a sister, Pauline Maxwell of Waterville, Maine and several nieces & nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am on December 12, 2024 at St. Pius X Church, 492 Ocean Ave., Portland. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in South Portland.

A Celebration of Life luncheon will be held immediately following the Mass in the Parish hall at St Pius. All are welcome to come share stories and recall memories about Mariette.

Please visit www.jonesrichandbarnes.com to sign Mariette’s online guest book.