SCARBOROUGH — Monique C. Perron, 72, of South Portland, widow of Ronald H. Perron, beloved mother, grandmother and sister, passed away on Sept. 28, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, surrounded by her family, after a long illness.

Monique was born in Lewiston, Oct. 10, 1939, a daughter of Leo and Blanche (Simard) Breton. She attended Lewiston parochial schools and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1958. After graduating from St. Mary’s General Hospital School of Nursing in Lewiston in September 1961, and becoming a registered nurse, Monique began her career at St. Mary’s, where she worked until 1964. She subsequently moved to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she worked as an operating room nurse, until her retirement.

Monique married Ronald Perron on Oct. 26, 1963 in Lewiston. The couple relocated to Portland and later to South Portland, raising three sons and a daughter. Monique was a communicant of South Portland’s St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, where she served for many years as a eucharistic minister and taught CCD. She enjoyed crafts, including knitting and ceramics and treasured time spent with family and doting on her grandchildren. She also had a very strong faith and a special devotion to the Blessed Mother and praying the rosary.

She is survived by three sons, Raymond Perron and his spouse, Edward Ames, of Washington, D.C., Donald Perron and his wife, Anne, of Portland and Richard Perron and his wife, Leanne, of Scarborough; one daughter, Debra (Perron) Gillis and her husband, Michael, of North Waterboro; 10 grandchildren, Carmen and Joseph Ames-Perron, Renee and Jamie Gallant, Angela, Anthony, Tyler, Joshua and Gabrielle Perron and Emma Gillis; one sister, Pauline (Breton) Robinson; and several nieces and nephews.

Monique was predeceased by her husband of 45 years in 2009; her parents; and a brother, Roland Breton.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.ctcrawford.com.