Couturier, Rachel M., 75, Mars Hill; in Presque Isle, September 28, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 1. Friends and family may call from 12 noon until the time of the service at 2 p.m. at the Zion Pentecocostal Church, Mattawamkeag. Interment will be in the Grindstone Cemetery in Medway. Arrangements in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.
Mars Hill – Rachel M. Couturier, 75, died September 28, 2008, at a Presque Isle hospital. She was born in Eaton, Maine, on July 7, 1933, the daughter of Maurice and Pearl (Kinney) Gray.
She was a graduate of Danforth High School and Zion Bible Institute of East Providence, RI. She ministered in several churches in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Joseph “Edward” Couturier of Mars Hill; one daughter, Lila Lou Couturier of Long Island, New York; four brothers, James B. Gray of Medway and Eaton, Paul L. Gray of Eaton, Benjamin M. Gray of Naples, FL, and Sidney F. Gray of Eaton; two sisters, Mavis E. Turner and Diane M. Davis both of Medway. She is predeceased by a half-brother, Cecil Grey of Southington, CT.
Friends and family called at Duncan Funeral Home on 8 Main St. in Mars Hill from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 1, with her nephew Rev. Tyler Davis officiating. Friends and family may call from 12 noon until the time of the service at 2 p.m., at Zion Pentecostal Church, Mattawamkeag. Interment will be in the Grindstone Cemetery in Medway. Condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.
