Lucille R Cram

Our beautiful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed from her earthly home to her heavenly home on September 12, 2023.

Born 9/6/1923 (youngest of seven children) to Maud and Victor Robichaud. She became the matriarch of a family growing to more than 30 (four generations).

Lucille graduated from Waterville High in 1942. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing. Surprisingly, she turned down a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music to pursue a career in nursing, which was her calling.

Upon graduating from Sister’s Hospital School of Nursing, she moved to New Jersey to live with her brother and work at Mountainside Hospital. There she met her first husband, Anthony Ramundo. Their marriage was short- lived as he passed away before the birth of their first child, Antonia.

She returned to Waterville, working as an industrial nurse for 8 years at Hollingsworth and Whitney, which later became Scott Paper. There, she met her second husband, Gerald Cram. They married in 1950, and had four more children: Susan, Peggy, MaryJane and Jed.

Lucille found that working shifts didn’t work, so she took a job with the Obstetric Department at Sisters’ Hospital, eventually moving to the new Seton Hospital. She truly loved this job, and her dedication to helping women feel comfortable and safe during childbirth was unsurpassed. She worked at Seton until retiring in 1985 but couldn’t quite leave the field, and in the ’90’s spent time at the Maine Children’s Home as a Prenatal Instructor of Labor and Delivery.

Lucille was dedicated to her nursing career and to her family, whom she loved fiercely. She was passionate about gardening, creating beautiful and colorful landscapes. She took joy in bird watching, setting up bird feeders wherever she lived. She even mastered the call of the chickadee and passed it on to several of her grandchildren.

Several years after Gerald died, Lucille moved to Seton Village, where she was surrounded by loving friends.

She was whip smart and witty, and loved to tell stories of her childhood. You always knew when she was ready to change the subject when she ended a sentence with : “but anuway …..”

Lucille made time for her grandchildren and great grandchildren’s sports game – and was heard whooping loudly in the stands with her signature “arrrr arrr arrrh.”

She was also known for her love of Tic Tacs and was never without them – in her sweater pocket or loose at the bottom of her purse. A devoted Red Sox fan, Lucille NEVER missed a game, staying up far later than most when games went into extra innings.

Lucille never complained and was always grateful for what she had. Lucille lived her life led by love and made sure she left the world more beautiful than when she entered. She leaves a legacy of compassion, humor and fortitude.

Lucille was predeceased by her parents, her siblings Adrien, Roland, Armand, Edmund, Juliette and Jeanette, her first husband, Anthony Ramundo, and her second husband, Gerald Cram. She is survived by her children, who loved her dearly, Antonia Ramundo, Susan Boutin (Gerard), Peggy Paulus, MaryJane Ham (Jeff), and Jed Cram (Jamie), 12 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren. Lucille was the epitome of unconditional love and will be missed every single day. We love you! Her response would be: “I love you more!”

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. September 29 at Notre Dame Church in Waterville. Donations in Lucille’s memory may be made to the Maine Children’s Home in Waterville.

A mass of christian burial for Lucille will be held Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Notre Dame Catholic Church, Silver St, Waterville, Maine.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.VeilleuxFuneralHome.com for the Cram family.