Andrea Quaid

Andrea Quaid, 70, of Lewiston, passed away on January 31st at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 16, 1954, the daughter of Donald J. Quaid and Evelyn Feczko Quaid. She graduated from Ramapo High School and from Dartmouth College in the first class of women in 1976 with a BA in French Languages and Literature. After college, she worked in investment management services for banks in New York, Chicago, London, and Paris, before returning to the States where she spent her career in government service, working in the office of Congressman Michael Michaud, and at the time of her death as a Constituent Services Representative for Senator Angus King, handling casework around immigration and State Department issues.

Known for her wonderful sense of humor, Andrea loved reading and theater and performed for the Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre in To Kill a Mockingbird, You Can’t Take it With You, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Odd Couple. Fluent in French, she was a true Francophile, who loved French culture and conversing with new and native French speaking Mainers. She served on the boards of the Franco-American Collection at L-A College of USM, the Androscoggin Land Trust, the L-A Community Little Theatre and the Dartmouth College Club of Maine.

Andrea was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Patroushka. She is survived by her brother Donald (Sherrie Bergman), her niece Molly Bergman Quaid (Cambridge, MA), nephew David Louis-Bergman Quaid (New York, NY), numerous cousins and a wide circle of devoted friends.

Her family wishes to acknowledge the support of cardiologist cousin Kathleen Blake, MD.

The family wishes to express deep gratitude for the extraordinary, compassionate care that Andrea received from the Cardiac ICU team at the Malone Family Tower at MaineHealth. Donations in Andrea’s memory may be made to the ICU Cardiology Team - 4th floor Malone Family Tower, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland ME, 04102, attn: Kelly Hanley, or to the USM Franco-American Collection, attn: Anna Faherty, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston ME 04240.

A Visitation for Andrea will be held on Wednesday, February 5th from 3PM to 7PM at The Fortin & Pinette Group in Lewiston. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, February 6th at 11AM at The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. A reception will follow at The Fortin & Pinette Group in Lewiston.

The Mass of Christian Burial can be streamed at the following link: https://princeofpeace.me/testing-streaming

Andrea’s ashes will be interred at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Southern Pines, North Carolina at a later date.

Arrangements are under the care of The Fortin & Pinette Group Funeral Home | 305 Alfred A Plourde Parkway Lewiston, Maine 04240 | (207) 784-4023