Watson, Edna, 68, Caribou, in Caribou, November 1, 2008. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m., November 8, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Caribou – Edna Watson 68, wife of the late Gerald Watson, died unexpectedly November 1 2008, at Caribou. She was born in Lewiston February 3, 1940, the daughter of the late Patrick and Alma (Dubois) Gagnon.
Edna received her BS degree in accounting from Husson College and was employed by the Limestone Defense Finance and Accounting Services, Computer services at Loring. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. For Edna, her greatest achievement in life was her family. Mom always said that her children were God’s gift to her and she loved us all equally; each was a diamond in her eyes. Over time that family grew and she was blessed with ten grandchildren. For the birth of each grandchild she stayed with her “babies” until that grandchild was born; she scolded doctors for not moving fast enough, wore out carpets from pacing, slept in chairs, and kept a vigil until both mother and baby were doing well. When her first grandchild was born, she said she had always wanted to be called “Memere” and from that day forth she became affectionately known as “the Memere” by all her grandchildren and children. Family didn’t stop at just those she raised, but extended to many that she adopted along the way. She never forgot the Fournier family she grew up with and truly thought of them as her sisters and brothers. Over the years she celebrated with them during happy times and grieved with them during their losses. To Edna, if there was a friend in need she was there to do whatever she could. She spent nine years traveling to Frenchville to take her mother riding every weekend, helped her sister Edith settle in Maine, enjoyed taking her sister-in-law Sandy to church, and dragging her cousin Dora Jean to their Aunt Jean’s in South Portland to help her pick her crop of grapes so she could make her grape jelly and wine. Some weekends there wasn’t an area of Maine she didn’t touch; from Caribou to Edmunston, Portage to Patten, Winterport to South Portland regardless of the weather. The day she left us was as fast as the way she drove her red Toyota Tacoma; it was just a blur. For some she was a diamond in the rough, but to God she truly was a jewel in his crown.
She is survived by her children, Paul Watson and his wife Jeanine of Caribou, Michele Gagnon and her husband Dan of Madawaska , Susan Ellis and her husband Jon of Patten and Margaret Pierce and her husband David of Portage Lake; one sister Edith Lajoie of Winterport; one brother Paul Gagnon and his wife Gisele of Bristol, Ct.; her mother in law Lorette Watson of Florida; a sister-in-law, Sandra Libby of Caribou; a special aunt, Jean Robbins of S. Portland; ten grandchildren; Benjamin, Devin and Samantha Watson, Zachary and Megan Gagnon, Ralph, Madeleine, George and Ezekiel Ellis and Mason Pierce; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Watson was predeceased by her husband Gerald in 2000, a son Matthew, a brother John Gagnon. A brother-in-law Cecil Lajoie, and her father-in-law Paul Watson.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Saturday November 8, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Aaron Damboise, officiating.. Following the service all are invited to the parish hall for a time of fellowship and refreshments. Friends who wish to contribute in memory of Edna may do so to the American Red Cross, Aroostook County Chapter, 111 High St., Suite 2, Caribou, Maine 04736. Arrangements by the Mockler Funeral Home 24 Reservoir Street Caribou. For online registery go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
