LEWISTON – Winnifred A. Plourde, 66, of Gill Street, died Monday evening, Oct. 3, at Central Maine Medical Center after many years of suffering with a lung illness.

She was born Aug. 26, 1939, in Andover, the daughter of Rodney and Editha (Glover) Grover.

She grew up in the Norway/Paris area and married Romeo Plourde in 1957. They settled in the Lewiston/Auburn area and had a number of wonderful children.

She worked as a homemaker for many years as her children were growing up. She created a loving home where not only family was always welcome, but many friends also. She was known to friends of her children and other neighborhood children as “Mom.” Her No. 1 priority was always family, as she greatly enjoyed spending time with her children, their spouses and her grandchildren. Winnifred was always there for her children and will be sadly missed by us all and many others around her.

She leaves her daughter Sandra Labreck and husband, Larry Labreck, granddaughter Angela Wood and husband, Brian, great-grandsons, Trenton and Cameron, great-granddaughter, Lauryn, grandson K. Jason Burgess and wife, Amanda, grandson, Jeremy Burgess and fiance Destiny Bell; a daughter, Kathleen Plourde, and grandson David; a son, Paul Plourde and fiance Nancy Nadeau, and granddaughter Amy; a son, Donald Plourde; a daughter, Mary Jane Chabot and husband, Joe Chabot, granddaughter Kortney, and grandson Jacob; a daughter, Leslie Lacasse, granddaughter Montera and grandsons, Dominick and Preston; a sister, Priscilla Gammon and husband, Stan; and a brother, Luther Grover.