CARMEL - Marilyn G. (Boucher) Oakes, 83, passed away on November 28, 2020, in Bangor, after a brief illness. Marilyn was born on February 1, 1937 in Waterville, the daughter of Margaret (LeBlanc) and Leonard Boucher.
After graduating from Waterville High School in 1955, she went on to study nursing at the Maine Medical Center School of Nursing, graduating in 1959.
In 1959, she met her first husband, Doyle Wheeler, and they wed that same year, going on to have 3 children, Cheryl, Scott, and Kevin. After a few years as a full-time homemaker and mother, Marilyn resumed her career as a nurse. She worked at the Westgate Center for Rehabilitation & Alzheimer’s Care in Bangor before joining the Red Cross, where she was employed for the remainder of her career.
Marilyn lived in Maine all her life. She loved animals and had a passion for learning new things. She had a creative side, and over the years she explored sewing, embroidery, and ceramics. She also loved plants and gardening; she had a particular fondness for African violets.
Marilyn is survived by her children, Cheryl Wheeler and her husband, Martin Vuille, Scott Wheeler and his wife, Pam, and Kevin Wheeler and his wife, Janet; her grandchildren, Justin Nichols, and Katelyn Olivier and her husband, Richard; and her great grandchild, Natalie Olivier.
A memorial service is planned for a later date at Brookings-Smith, Bangor.
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After graduating from Waterville High School in 1955, she went on to study nursing at the Maine Medical Center School of Nursing, graduating in 1959.
In 1959, she met her first husband, Doyle Wheeler, and they wed that same year, going on to have 3 children, Cheryl, Scott, and Kevin. After a few years as a full-time homemaker and mother, Marilyn resumed her career as a nurse. She worked at the Westgate Center for Rehabilitation & Alzheimer’s Care in Bangor before joining the Red Cross, where she was employed for the remainder of her career.
Marilyn lived in Maine all her life. She loved animals and had a passion for learning new things. She had a creative side, and over the years she explored sewing, embroidery, and ceramics. She also loved plants and gardening; she had a particular fondness for African violets.
Marilyn is survived by her children, Cheryl Wheeler and her husband, Martin Vuille, Scott Wheeler and his wife, Pam, and Kevin Wheeler and his wife, Janet; her grandchildren, Justin Nichols, and Katelyn Olivier and her husband, Richard; and her great grandchild, Natalie Olivier.
A memorial service is planned for a later date at Brookings-Smith, Bangor.
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