Margaret M. Richard

August 30, 1919 - February 5, 2017

AUBURN- Margaret M. Richard, 97, of Auburn died on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Clover Manor Health Care Facility with her loving family by her side following a short illness. She was born in Dorchester Crossing, New Brunswick Canada on August 30, 1919 the daughter of the late Thaddee and Laura (Legere) Cormier. She married Emile J. Richard at Ste. Jaques le Majeur, in Scoudouc, New Brunswick, Canada on December 9, 1940; and he died on April 13, 1991. Together they both enjoyed traveling and camping throughout New Brunswick and Maine. She was employed in the shoe industry at Livermore Falls Shoe, Norwalk Shoe in Jay and Forster Manufacturing in Wilton and East Wilton. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and most of all her family was her whole life. Margaret was a very devout Catholic. She is survived by two daughters Gail Corbin and her husband Richard of Florida and Maine and Rose Lagasse and her husband Paul of Auburn; four sons James Richard and his wife Jeannine of Jay, Paul Richard and his wife Pat of Augusta, Claude Richard and his companion Penny Conley of Augusta and Edward Richard of Lakeland, Florida; 11 grandchildren; and 32 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter Lucie Richard who died on November 26, 2015. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE Richard- Died in Auburn on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Mrs. Margaret M. age 97 a resident of Auburn. A Funeral Mass honoring Margaret’s life will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Church. Committal services will be held later in the spring at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Civic Center Drive in Augusta. At the family’s request there will not be any visitation. Arrangements by the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.