Currier Soucia Doris M. , 94, Presque Isle; in Presque Isle, April 17, 2008. Spring interment will take place be in Evergreen Cemetery, Caribou. Arrangements are being handled by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
PRESQUE ISLE – Doris peacefully passed away at her home in Presque Isle, Thursday, April 17, 2008, surrounded by her children and her friends both young and young at heart after a long joyful life and a short illness at the age of 94. She was born at OxBow, February 3, 1914, the daughter of Elbridge and Alice (Murchie) Currier and married Philip W. Soucia, March 17, 1945. They lived in OxBow until moving to Caribou in 1957. Doris attended a one room school in OxBox through the eighth grade and high school at Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton, graduating in 1931. She attended the University of Maine graduating in 1939. Her college education was interrupted when the teacher in OxBow died in a car accident and the superintendent asked Doris to take over the position until they could locate a new teacher. She agreed and at the age of 19 began her career in education, during this period at OxBow many of her students were within two or three years of her age. She returned to the University and completed her degree obtaining a Bachelor’s in Commercial Education. Subsequently she taught in Norway, ME, Caribou, again in OxBow, Presque Isle, and at Loring Air Force Base. She retired from teaching Business in 1975 from Caribou High School. She is remembered fondly as a supportive, encouraging, teacher by her students from all points in her career. She picked up the nickname Molly in college after seeing the movie “They Just had to Get Married” in which Zasu Pitts played the character Molly Hull. One of Doris’s friends called her Molly and it stuck. She grew up in the Congregational Church in OxBox which she referred to as the Little White Church in the Wildwood. She was a member of the Caribou Unitarian Universalist Church and the Ladies Aid and later attended the Gray Memorial United Methodist Church in Caribou. After retiring she and Phil traveled, and at home played cribbage with other Caribou seniors at the Caribou Country Club and at the Lion’s Senior Center. She and Phil were charter members of the Caribou Historical Society.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Philip and a sister Helen Currier. She is survived by her children, Reverend Max Soucia and his partner Gail Harris of Presque Isle; Jane Soucia-Sutherland and her husband Brian of Caribou; three special step daughters Patricia Weeks of Sacramento, CA, Phyllis Washauer and her husband William of Potomac, MD, and Mary Von Bretzel and her husband George of Saint Augustine, FL; two grandchildren, ten step-grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the management and staff at the Caribou Rehab and Nursing Home and especially to the management and staff of the Leisure Village for their love and friendship.
A celebration of the Life of Doris was held 3 p.m., Sunday, April 20, 2008 from the chapel of the Mockler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Maury Landry, officiating. Friends and family are invited to gather immediately after the service at the home of Jane and Brian Sutherland for refreshments. Spring interment will take place in the Evergreen Cemetery, Caribou. In lieu of flower Friends who wish to contribute in memory of Doris may do so to the OxBow Congregational Church. Envelopes may be obtained through the funeral home. For on line registery please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
