She was born on March 6, 1918, to Adolphe and Delia (Berthiaume) Normand in Biddeford. She was educated in Biddeford schools, graduating from Biddeford High School in the Class of 1969.
For three years she worked with M.H. Fishman’s and three years with J.D. Boucher Department stores. She proudly served in the United States Navy during World War II and was stationed in Washington, D.C.
On Jan. 5, 1946, she married Peter F. Paul in W. Palm Beach, Florida at Morrison Field Military Chapel. They spent 61 years together until his death on May 8, 2007.
She received her CNA certificate from Biddeford High School. She worked at Southridge and with Visiting Nurse Service Health Care for 14 years before retiring in 1993. She was a member of Most Holy Trinity and served as a Eucharistic Minister. She was a member of Biddeford Senior Citizens where she served as a historian. She was also a charter member of WAVES National #41. She enjoyed sewing, dancing, doing home crafts, her Red Sox baseball and more than anything, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by: her four siblings, Blanche Guay, Ralph Normand, Oscar Normand and Rita Cote.
Pauline is survived by: three daughters, Marion Plante and her husband Roger of Saco, Elaine Gosselin of Biddeford, and Judy Petersen and her husband Larry of Dunbarton, New Hampshire; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting Hours will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, at Hope Memorial Chapel 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Biddeford.
Donations in Pauline’s name may be made to AMVETS National Service Foundation, 4647 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706.
Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel. To share condolences online, please visit HopeMemorial.com.
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