Cecile Danais

Cecile Methot Danais LEWISTON -- Cecile Leclerc Methot Danais passed away Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, after a short illness. She was born in Canada on Oct. 1, 1923, one of nine children of Joseph Joachim Leclerc and Marie Levesque Leclerc. She graduated from Mount St. Marie High School and then College Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada, where she was awarded an Associate Degree in Letters. While a college student she met Francois P. Methot, M.D. and they were married on Nov. 27, 1943. She accompanied her new husband to Lewiston, where he established his medical practice. She quickly became fluently bilingual and settled into their new community. Together they had three children, and enjoyed their summers at Tacoma Lakes. He predeceased her in 1962. In 1982 she married Edouard Danais, M.D. of Berlin, N.H. She made her home with him in Berlin until his death in 1989. She then chose to stay in Berlin in her mountainside condominium which she loved. She returned to Maine in August 2007 when she became a resident of Schooner Estates in Auburn. She was there until her recent illness where she enjoyed the friendship of the staff and her dining room companions. She was predeceased by her first husband, Frank Methot; her second husband, Edouard Danais; and her siblings, Jean Baptiste, Germain, Yvon, Yvonne, Henriette, Madeleine and Lucille. She is survived by her three children, Jacqueline Methot Bate of Auburn and her companion Robert Thompson of Westbrook, Suzanne Methot Auble of Centreville, Va., and Claude Methot and his wife Janice of Portland. She is also survived by her step children, Marcel Danais and his wife Gertrude of Berlin, N.H., Guy Danais and his wife Jeanne of Plymouth, Mass., and Suzanne Danais Lemieux and her husband Raymond Lemieux of Gorham, N.H. She was fond of her grandchildren, Karen Bate-Pelletier and her husband Timothy Pelletier, Renay Galati and her husband Michael Galati of Centreville, Va., and John Bate and his companion Erin DeMars of Lewiston; and her step grandchildren, Michael Danais and his wife, Karla, Nicole Danais and her husband Jean, Robert Danais, Daniel Danais and Luc Lemieux; great-grandchildren, AnneMarie Galati of Virginia, Jillian Pelletier of Lewiston; and six step great-children. She is also survived by her sister, Esther Leclerc Ouellette Kateley of Naples, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. A private funeral service was held for the family, and interment will be at Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston. A service of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services Lewison/ Auburn 784-4584. www.thefortinfroup.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation in her memory be made to your favorite charity. Cecile Methot Danais