Darlene Stubbe

1944-2023
Putnam, CT – Darlene E. (Woods) Downie Stubbe was born on March 2, 1944 in Waterville, Maine and was raised there by her parents Ralph and Laura (Bernier) Woods. In 1962, she attended secretarial school in Boston and worked as a legal secretary for Paul A. Carbone, Esq. on Tremont St. for the next eight years.
Upon her marriage to John P. Downie, they lived in several locations east of the Mississippi River, including Asheville, NC, where her two daughters were born. The children were raised in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and thereafter Darlene returned to New England. Besides the law office, her favorite career was hospitality, serving as a tour guide at the Breakers in Newport, RI and a concierge for Marriott Hotels. She married Robert P. Stubbe in 2004 and was predeceased by both of her husbands and sister, Sharon W. Parent.
Darlene was involved in volunteer work throughout her life, including local women's clubs, hospitals, churches and community organizations. Likewise, music was always a part of her life from piano and French horn to singing in choirs.
She is survived by two daughters, Adrienne D. Fournier and her husband Robert of Putnam and Michelle D. Kranes and her husband Michael of Austin, TX; four grandchildren, Simone and Gilbert Fournier of Putnam and Sidney and Cecelia Kranes of Austin, TX; and two sisters, Debbie Woods of Putnam and Nancy Roy of Kittery, ME.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Darlene's family on Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Valade Funeral Home and Crematory, 23 Main St., N. Grosvenordale, CT. Darlene's funeral will assemble on Monday, January 9 at 12:00 noon at the funeral home followed by a funeral Mass of Christian burial at 1:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church, 18 Main St., N. Grosvenordale. Burial will follow at the parish cemetery. Memorial donations may be made in Darlene's memory to Matulaitis Nursing Home, 10 Thurber Rd., Putnam, CT. To sign the memorial guestbook, visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.