LEWISTON – Therese L. Jean, 88, formerly of 89 Shawmut St., Lewiston, died Friday, Sept. 7, after a period of declining health.

She was born in Lewiston on July 4, 1919, the daughter of Adelard and Alice (Bergeron) Landry, and had been a resident of this community all of her life.

She attended local schools and graduated from Cours Superieur. She then became employed at Central Distributors, where she met her husband Fernand. They were married on July 4, 1940, and he died on March 27, 1985.

After raising her family, she was a bookkeeper for her husband’s business, Jean’s Waterproofing, and later employed at Liberty Mutual as a policy grader until her retirement in 1981.

She was a parishioner of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and a member of the Society and Ladies of St. Ann of Holy Family. She served as a eucharistic minister at Holy Family Church.

She will be remembered for her love of children and her passion for cooking.

She is survived by two sons, Laurier Jean, and his wife, Anita, of Harpswell and Gilbert Jean of St. George, Utah; two daughters, Diane Morin, and her husband, Emilien, of Auburn and Jacqueline Violette, and her husband, John, of Lewiston; five sisters, Fernande Hamann, and her husband, Louis Philip, of Lewiston, Juliette Bannister of Auburn, Jeanne Lessard, and her husband, Fernand, of Lewiston, Germaine Marquis of Auburn and Pauline Cashman, and her husband, John, of York; four sisters-in-law, Irene Marier of Westbrook, Denise Landry of St. Hyacinthe, P.Q., Marguerite Landry of Lewiston and Arline Landry of Lewiston; one brother-in-law, Richard Robert of Lewiston; one daughter-in-law, Jill Jean of Robinston; nine grandchildren, Celeste Chapman, Andre Morin, John Morin, Eric Jean, Nicole Jean, Jennifer Pray, Mark Morin, Erika Violette and Luke Jean; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by eight brothers; two sisters; and one grandson, Evan Jean.