LEWISTON – Candide Rose Corriveau Michaud, formerly of St. Petersburg, Fla., Cape Elizabeth, Farmington, and a longtime resident of Lewiston, passed away at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, into the everlasting peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, surrounded by the love and care of her devoted family.

Born in Frenchville, she was the first daughter to Georges and Roseanna Cote Corriveau. The paternal family provided a loving rural Christian environment that encompassed three younger sisters, Juliette, predeceased in 1991, Gabrielle, predeceased in 2003, one surviving sister, Sister Candide Corriveau, Daughter of Wisdom, of St. Agatha, four brothers, Camille, predeceased at seven months after his birth, Fidele, predeceased at the age of seven years old, surviving brothers, Gedeon and wife Aline of Frenchville, and Roland and wife Doris of East Haddam, Conn.

On May 1, 1939, in Frenchville, at St. Luce Roman Catholic Church, she married her beloved husband of 64 years, Dennis Solomon Michaud. As a mother, she instilled into her family a strong sense of spirituality, hard work, love, and, the importance of an abiding faith and peace as the fabric of their family relationships. After her large family was raised, she worked for many years as a Nurses Aide at Mercy Hospital in Portland.

She was a past member of the Sodality of the Ladies of St. Anne at Holy Family Church for over 23 years, as well as the Assumption Society of New England. Her loving spouse predeceased her on Dec. 6, 2003.

She is survived by her seven sons and spouses, Stanley, of Montgomery, Ala., Leon and wife, Ruth, of Bradenton, Fla., Bertrand and wife, Jeanette, of Old Orchard Beach, Dennis Jr. and wife, Doris (Delia), of Bangor, Donald and wife, Carol, of Danville, Roland, of Augusta, and Richard and wife, Marilyn, of Scarborough; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nephews and nieces.