Diane M Poitras

Diane Marie Poitras, 74, of Westbrook, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Mystic Healthcare and Rehab Center. Diane was born on October 2, 1950 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, and was the beloved daughter of Marc and Rita Legace Poitras.

Diane was a CNA by trade, and worked for many years caring for the ill and injured. Diane enjoyed being outdoors, playing guitar, playing word games and listening to classical music. She was a faithful parishioner of Saint Mark Church, and spent much of her free time participating in the parish’s activities and reading the bible.

Diane is survived by her three sisters, Jacqueline Clift, and her husband Kenneth Clift of Pawcatuck, CT; Ginette Davis of El Segundo, CA and Mona M. Premo of Groton, CT. She is also survived by eleven nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Diane was predeceased by her brothers Robert Joseph Poitras, Alphee J. Poitras and Joseph Gerard Poitras.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on November 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Saint Mark Church, 222 McVeagh Rd., Westbrook, CT. A burial immediately to follow at Riverside Cemetery of Old Saybrook.

“In my life I have served and loved God, family, my job and friends. I’ve tried to live my life as the prayers of St. Francis reads. I poured out my life for my family, my friends and for my beloved old people I’ve had the pleasure of serving for so many years as I did.

The one that made me has called me and I’m so happy and overjoyed. I have loved Him and served Him in this life, each day as it unfolded. Where the need was - I tried to fill it, as He would want me to – a shoulder to cry on or food for the needy, a ride and sometimes money – each moment of each day. I tried to be sensitive to the needs of others – that made me happy!

It was a gift given to me by my beloved. While there was sadness and tears in my life – I in turn helped someone else, for it is there that I found peace – doing for others.

I want each of you to know how much I love each of you. I never could be the person I’ve become without each of you. You were my Angels showing me the way home.

For now my beloved is calling and I’m going HOME” ….. Diane M. Poitras