SANFORD — Yvette Boisvert Desjardins, 94, of Sanford, died at the Pavilion, Saturday, Oct. 27.

Yvette was born Nov. 26, 1917, to Zephirin and Camille (Couillard) Fournier in Lewiston, where she grew up and attended local schools. After finishing high school, she attended Bliss Business College in Lewiston. In 1942, she married Rene Boisvert and they relocated to Sanford in 1946, where they operated the Lafrance-Boisvert Funeral Home for 34 year until the business was sold in 1980. They returned to Lewiston in 1980.

Yvette was a devoted wife mother and grandmother. She was a wonderful cook and took pride in preparing delicious meals for her family. Yvette cherished spending time with her sisters and brothers and particularly enjoyed playing bridge. She will be remembered as a kind and loving woman with a great sense of humor and will be dearly missed by her family and friends.

Surviving are her husband, Jean Marc Desjardins of Scarborough; three daughters, Camille Welsch and her husband David of West Newfield, Monique Boisvert-Guay of Hancock and Jocelyne Gregg and her husband Samuel of Eliot; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Yvette was predeceased by her first husband, Jean Rene Boisvert and by a daughter, Suzanne Levasseur.

To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit www.blackfuneralhomes.com.