RICHMOND - ANOTHER ANGEL HAS ENTERED HEAVEN'S GATES. CLAUDIA C. WALLACE, 93, PASSED AWAY JULY 10, 2017, AT MID-COAST HOSPITAL IN BRUNSWICK.

SHE WAS BORN AUGUST 23, 1923, IN KINGFIELD, MAINE THE DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH COTE OF CANADA AND AURORE FOURNIER MICHAUD OF MAINE BUT RESIDED MOST OF HER LIFE IN RICHMOND.  CLAUDIA ATTENDED RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHE WORKED AT BATH IRON WORKS DURING WWII..  SHE ALSO WORKED AT AMES TEXTILE FACTORY AND  ETONIC SHOE IN RICHMOND AS A STITCHING ROOM FOREMAN FOR   19  YEARS.  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN RICHMOND.

SHE VERY MUCH ENJOYED LIFE, FROM BOWLING, SNOWMOBILING, SQUARE DANCING, ATTENDING BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS, AND KEEPING BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS AT HOME.  HER FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR WERE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. SHE AND HER HUSBAND JOHN SR. PRACTICALLY BUILT THEIR HOME ON THE COUNTY ROAD TOGETHER. SHE WAS A HARD WORKING WOMAN.  SHE BELIEVED THAT IDLE HANDS WERE A WASTE OF PRECIOUS TIME AND SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AND CANNING VEGETABLES  AND PICKLES . SHE WAS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER AND AUNT WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN NEEDED.

CLAUDIA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND JOHN, BROTHERS LEO MICHAUD OF EAST CORINTH, ME., AND ROLAND AND ALBERT COTE OF CANADA, SISTERS MARIE CLAIR COTE OF CANADA, AND ROSE MARIE GIGUERE OF RICHMOND. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON JOHN OF RICHMOND, SISTERS RITA AND HUSBAND BOB HANNING OF RANDOLPH, IRENE DOLIBER OF SEARSPORT, LORNIA WOOD OF DEER ISLE, AND BROTHER REGINALD AND WIFE LULA MICHAUD OF RHODE ISLAND.  SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A VERY SPECIAL SISTER-IN-LAW DOROTHY WALLACE OF RICHMOND.  THEY SHARED MANY SPECIAL MOMENTS TOGETHER. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF AT MID COAST HOSPITAL IN BRUNSWICK THAT TOOK CARE OF MOM DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. THEY ARE WONDERFUL CARING PEOPLE.

A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, 1PM, JULY 23, 2017 AT COTTON CEMETERY IN RICHMOND AFTER WHICH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WILL GATHER AT THE AMERICAN LEGION ON CARDING MACHINE ROAD IN RICHMOND.