Waterville – Teresa A. Plante, age 75, of 39 Barnet Ave, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2011 at the Oak Grove Center in Waterville, Maine. She was born in Skowhegan, Maine on November 1, 1935, the daughter of Roseanna Morin Jalbert.
She was the devoted and loving wife of Joseph Plante whom she married on December 29, 1956 at Notre Dame Church in Waterville. A loving mother and grandmother, she raised her family of four children while residing in Braintree and Peabody, Mass., Littleton Colorado and Franklin Mass. She fully supported her husband who worked at Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation. While she lived in Colorado she had many opportunities to travel extensively throughout the country, meet a diverse group of people and coordinate social activities for his office. She retired with her husband to Naples Florida in 1993 and finally settled back in Waterville in 2006.
In addition to being survived by her loving husband of 55 years, she is survived by one sister, Cecile Grenier of Waterville; two brothers, Rosaire Jalbert and his wife, Theresa, of Lewiston and Marcel and his wife, Helen, of Vernon, VT; and six sisters-in-law, Dorothy Jalbert of Lewiston, Monique Jalbert of Auburn, and Madeleine Roy, Pearle Vashon, Carmen Plante and Carmel Pinnette all of Waterville.
She is also survived by her two sons, Paul and his fiancé Lou Ann of Yarmouth, ME, and Thomas and his wife Susan of Waterford, CT; her two daughters, Celeste King of San Juan Bautista, CA, and Michelle Snicer and her husband Gregory of Fremont, NH; six grandchildren, Carolyn, Mark, and Benjamin Plante, Nicholas and Sean King, and Christina Snicer and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her mother and stepfather, Arthur Jacques; three sisters, Antoinette Caron, Emerentienne (Rose) Jalbert and Helena Lebrun; and four brothers, Emile, Dominique, Robert and George Jalbert.
Family and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. on Easter Sunday, April 24 at the Veilleux Funeral Home, 8 Elm St., in Waterville. Family and friends are also invited to attend a funeral Mass which will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 25 at Notre Dame Catholic Church, 112 Silver Street, Waterville. She will be laid to rest at St. Francis Cemetery, Grove Street, Waterville.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to the Mount Merici School, 152 Western Ave, Waterville, ME 04901.
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