Jacqueline M. Paquet

LEWISTON – Jacqueline “Jackie” M. Paquet, 92, of Lewiston, died early Monday morning, Feb. 28, 2022, at Central Maine Medical Center, surrounded by loving family. She was born in St. George de Beauce, P.Q. Canada on March 10, 1929, a daughter of Louis and Alexandrine (Thibodeau) Rodrigue. Jackie grew up in Canada and was educated in local schools.

On June 30, 1956 she married the love her life, Andréa “Andy” Paquet, in Canada. They moved to Lewiston to start a family. He predeceased her in 2005. In her early years, she stayed home to raise her two young sons and created a loving environment for her family.

In later years, she also worked in local shoe shops. Jackie was a member of the Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul and was a faithful and devout Catholic with a deep love of her church. She was an excellent seamstress, generously offering her skills to repair or create anything the family needed. She enjoyed frequent visits from family and friends. In fact, the amusing anecdote within the family was that many relatives from Canada had a key to her house and knew they could drop in anytime and stay as long as they wanted.

Within the family, she was known for making her one-of-a-kind breakfasts, especially “Grandma pancakes” and “little potatoes”. Jackie was a loving, devoted and hard-working wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister who will be dearly missed.

She leaves behind her two sons, Raymond Paquet and wife Jane of Farmington, Conn. and Daniel Paquet and wife Faye of Lewiston; five grandchildren, Nicole P. Whitehead and husband Brent of Morristown, N.J., Suzanne P. Coner and husband Chris of Watertown, Mass., R.J. Paquet and fiancée Cristina Pozadas of Edmond, Okla., Jordan E. Paquet and her significant other Sam Henson of Richmond, Va. and Taylor P. Hipp and husband Lee of Norwalk, Ohio; four great-grandchildren, Noah and Luke Whitehead, Paxton and Molly Coner; seven living brothers and sisters, Laurette Poirier of St. George de Beauce, P.Q. Canada, Marcel Rodrigue and wife Rejeane of Quebec City, Huguette Rodrigue of Shenley, P.Q. Canada, Agathe Rancourt of St. George de Beauce, P.Q. Canada, Bernardin Rodrigue of St. George de Beauce, P.Q. Canada Charlotte Rodrigue and husband Jean-Yves Thibaudeau of St. George de Beauce, P.Q. Canada and Claire Rodrigue and husband Myriel Gilbert of St. Joseph, P.Q. Canada; and four living sisters-in-law, Carmen Rodrigue, Jeanne Breton, Alberte Paquet, and Martine Carrier all of P.Q. Canada, and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband of 49 years; four brothers, two sisters; and one adopted cousin.

The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the CMMC emergency department, and the angel nurses on M1 for the kindness and compassion shown to Jackie and her family during her final hours.

Visitation Fortin Group / Lewiston, Friday March 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday March 12 from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a funeral at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Committal to follow in the chapel at St. Peter’s Cemetery. To view the funeral via Livestream, please visit the Fortin Group FaceBook page. To leave a message in the family’s online guestbook, please visit http://www.thefortingrouplewiston.com. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 70 Horton St., Lewiston, 784-4584.