She was born April 25, 1926 in Biddeford a daughter of Albanie and Laura (Grenier) Roy. She was educated locally, graduating from St. Joseph’s High School in the Class of 1945.
On Nov. 22, 1951 she married Jean Paul Letourneau in St. Joseph Church.
For 40 years she had been employed with West Point Pepperell retiring as a specifications control supervisor in 1988.
Jeannette had been a parishioner of St. Andre’s Parish for most of her life. She was active in parish activities which included donating handmade knitted mittens and hats to St. Vincent de Paul, working on the family life commission, and lector ministry. She had a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and prayed her rosary daily. She belonged to the West Point Pepperell Supervisors Club.
Jeannette was preceded in death by Jean Paul, her husband of 37 years on March 2, 1989; she was also predeceased by three brothers: Roland Roy, Raoul “Barney” Roy and Marcel “Spike” Roy, and three sisters: Jacqueline “Jackie” Bald, Pauline Pinette, and Germaine “Gerry” Aube.
Surviving are two sons, John Peter Letourneau and his wife, Cris (Strovilas), of Pickerington, Ohio and James Paul Letourneau and his husband, Norman Plate, of Kansas City, Missouri; a grandchild, Alexa; and nieces and nephews.
Visiting Hours will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. The rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m.. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon on Saturday, April 8 at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
To share condolences online, please visit www.HopeMemorial.com.
If so desired, donations in Jeannette’s memory may be made to: American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org).
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