Theresa Ann (Dufour) Hamner

1948 – 2009

LEWISTON – Theresa Ann (Dufour) Hamner, 61, died Thursday, Sept. 24, at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, following a courageous battle with cancer with family by her side.

She was born Aug. 9, 1948, in Gardner, Mass., a daughter of Alfred Paul and Marguerite (Gallant) Dufour. She was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School and Mid-State Business College.
For several years she was employed by Dr. Fiorica in Chisholm, and for 36 years she was employed at Rumford Community Hospital in the medical records dept., where in recent years she served as the director.
Theresa’s legacy was about serving and helping others. She cared deeply for her family, maintaining special bonds with her nieces and nephews, reading books and telling stories to her grandson whom she nicknamed “Honey-bunny,” helping her mother and sharing in the joys and sorrows of life with her siblings. She enjoyed photography, camping and taking trips to the ocean. For those who understood Theresa well, she will be remembered for her deeply spiritual side and for the comfort she derived through nature, whether it was in her sightings of dragonflies or heart-shaped rocks, many of which she collected.

She enjoyed her vacations to Arizona and her spiritual experience at Sedona, her tropical island experience, camping with her family and capturing many of these memories through the lens of a camera.

She is survived by her daughter; Stephanie Michaud and her husband, Gerald, of Mt. Vernon and their children, Ryder Paul Michaud and Sofia Ann Michaud; her mother, Marguerite “Maggie” Dufour of Livermore Falls; her siblings:, Alfreda Fournier of Auburn, Paula Rackliff of Jay, Ronald Dufour and his wife, Makayla, of Jay, Philip Dufour and his wife, Jody, of Jay and Craig Dufour of Lisbon Falls; and a very special niece, Dr. Jennifer Lynn Campbell of Las Vegas, Nev.; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was predeceased by her father, Alfred Dufour; a baby brother, Donald Dufour; and a brother, Monk Dufour.