FRYEBURG - Jeanne M. Heald, 87, passed away on September 30, 2022 from a brief illness at The Cedars nursing home in Portland, Maine.
Jeanne was born on October 12, 1934, in Bar Harbor to Richard and Marguerite H Gain. She grew up in Fryeburg and graduated from Fryberg Academy. Later on she married Fred Calvin Heald on December 20, 1954. They started a family the following year and had five children. Jeanne and her family moved to Bethlehem, New Hampshire. She started to work as a housekeeper and then onto Littleton Hospital for many years until moving back to Fryberg.
Jeanne spent many hours reading western and romance novels. She enjoyed knitting afghans, mittens, hats, and socks most of which she gifted to family and friends over the years. Jeanne loved to teach her daughter, Diane, and niece, Marion, how to can and make zucchini relish.
Jeanne is predeceased by her husband, Fred C. Heald, in 2017. Jeanne leaves behind her children, Donna Ridley and husband Garey of Littleton, New Hampshire, Dennis Heald of Brooklyn, New York, Debra Aceto and husband Edmund of Portland, Maine, Diane Cassidy and husband Thomas of Littleton, New Hampshire, and David Heald and wife, Wendy of East Conway. She also leaves behind four grandchildren, Brian Ridley, Chantelle Ridley, Thomas Cassidy IV, and Marguerite Aceto.
Jeanne will be forever missed by all who knew and loved her.
The family has chosen not to have a service but instead to celebrate her life privately.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Poitras, Neal & York Funeral Home, Cornish, www.mainefuneral.com