Lorraine L. Beaulieu, 99, of Scarborough, passed away on March 21, 2023, at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was born in Biddeford on May 21, 1923, a daughter of Louis and Alda (Roy) LeRoux. She went to Biddeford Catholic Elementary School and attained her high school GED later in life.
Lorraine married her husband, Walter, on Sept. 5, 1942. She was a dedicated homemaker who enjoyed raising her family and also worked full time.
Earlier, she was employed by West Point Pepperell in Biddeford for 17 years. She also owned and operated the Sea Cliff House in Old Orchard Beach (a rooming house) with her husband for several years.
Mrs. Beaulieu was a woman of great faith. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph’s Church and then St. Margaret’s Church where she was a volunteer CCD teacher.
Some of Lorraine’s favorite pastimes were playing cards on Saturday nights with family and close friends, knitting, riding her bike and golf cart and wintering in Florida with her husband Walter of 53 years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Roger Beaulieu, four children, Vivian Kozlowski, Lionel Beaulieu, Michelle Egan and Jo Ayotte, two grandchildren Kristine Braker and Todd Kozlowski, brother Paul Leroux, and sisters Dorothy Rich, Bella Cote, Beatrice Morrissette Masse, Lilian Talbert, Gabriel Anges, Emelda Herchabise, Simone Remillard and Mable LaRiviere.
She is survived by two children Elizabeth Hart and Theresa Wellborn and husband Bart, grandchildren Wendy, Cindy, Heidy, Martin, Michael, Guy, Lucas Roger, Andrea, Lucas James, and Charles. She is also survived by two son-in-laws Tom Egan and Renald Ayotte and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting Hours will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023, at Cote Funeral Home Chapel, 87 James St., Saco. A Funeral Mass will follow at 1 p.m. Friday, March 31, 2023, at St. Margaret’s Church in Old Orchard Beach. Burial will be at St. Ignatius Cemetery in Sanford at a later date. To view Lorraine’s memorial page or leave an online condolence, please visit www.cotefuneralhome.com.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider planting a tree in Lorraine’s name.
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