Mary Louise DuBeau, 81
Dateline: Bridgton, Maine
We announce with deep sadness the passing of Mary Louise (Griffin) “Mimi” DuBeau, age 81, of Bridgton Maine formerly of Mansfield MA who lost her courageous four year battle with cancer and was called to eternal life on Monday, September 23, 2019, the Feast Day of St Padre Pio one of her favorite Saints. She passed away at home under the care of her loving family and Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice. Mary Lou was the devoted, loving wife of James W. DuBeau, Sr., to whom she was wed for the past fifty-eight years.
She was born on July 30, 1938 and raised in Newark, New Jersey, first daughter of the late Charles and Madeline (Hanly) Griffin. After losing her mother at age twelve, she was raised by her dad and aunt Margaret “Dolly” Griffin. Mary Lou was a 1956 graduate of St Vincent Academy High School in Newark, New Jersey.
Mary Lou was a joyful homemaker and mother raising six children, but she also worked many part time jobs through the years. For the last twenty years, Mary Lou and Jim enjoyed life in Bridgton Maine and golfing in the Lake Kezar Golf Club in Lovell during the summer months. During the winter months they spent time in Hudson Fl and golfed at Summer Tree Golf Club.
Other interests in her lifetime included running many local road races including ten marathons, Four on the 4th in Bridgton, skiing, traveling, camping, poker, bingo, cribbage, and she even owned and rode a motorcycle in the 1970’s.
In addition to her husband James, Mary Lou leaves behind her devoted six children: James DuBeau, Jr. and his wife Gisele of Brockton, Madeline O’Callahan and her husband Brian of Wakefield, Joseph DuBeau and his wife Kelli of South Kingston RI, Martine Palanza and her husband Richard of Mansfield, John DuBeau and his wife Kristine of Mansfield and Mark DuBeau and his wife Karen of Walpole. She was the dear sister of Anthony Griffin and his wife Judy of South Orange NJ and the late Bartholomew Griffin and his late wife Frances and the late Martin Griffin.
Mimi is also survived by her treasured grandchildren: Charles, James III and Katherine DuBeau, Annemarie (DuBeau) Couturier and her husband Ed, Anthony and his wife Margarita DuBeau, Brian, Kerri, Brendan and Nolan O'Callahan, William, Beau, Mariana, Paden, Rico, Gabriella and Lorenzo Palanza, Vail, Luke, Brooke and Jace DuBeau, Kevin, Kelsie and Molly O’Brien, Sarah Rose Beatrice and Nicole Garcia. She was the cherished great grandmother of Dean and Reese Couturier and Savanna and Summer Garcia.
Visiting hours, to which relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend, will be held on Friday, September 27th from 4:00-8:00 PM at the Sherman and Jackson Funeral Home, 55 North Main St., Mansfield.
Her funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, September 28th at 10:00 A.M. in Saint Mary’s Church, 330 Pratt St. (Route 106) Mansfield. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Mansfield.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary Lou’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
To send her family a message of condolence, please visit www.shermanjackson.com