- Date Of Birth: July 21, 1959
- Date Of Death: April 9, 2016
- State: Maine
Ann Maurine “Annie” LeSuer, 56, of Damariscotta, passed away unexpectedly at home the morning of Saturday, April 9. Ann was born July 21, 1959 in Bozeman, Mont. to Blaine and Lorella LeSuer. She grew up in Great Falls, Mont., where she attended public schools. She graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and moved to Seattle to work as a nurse at a University of Washington-affiliated hospital. She met her first husband, Dr. Garth Miller, at the hospital in 1981. They married the following year and soon started a family. She gave birth to the first of her seven children, Matthew Miller, in Washington on Aug. 4, 1983. The family moved to Redmond, Ore. in 1984, where five more children were born: Emily, Nicholas, Rachael, Jacob, and Nathaniel. She also completed training as a lay midwife while in Oregon. The family moved to Maine in 1991, eventually building a home and settling in Edgecomb. Ann gave birth to her seventh child, Aidan Blaine Collins, on Nov. 24, 2004, at the age of 45. She moved back home to Montana with Aidan for a time before returning to Maine in 2011, where she spent the final years of her life in Damariscotta and Nobleboro. Annie was a woman of many talents. At various times in her life, she was a nurse, midwife, online chat-room monitor, and writer. She was an excellent and engaging writer as demonstrated through the wellness and lifestyle articles she wrote online for Associated Content and her personal postings on her blog One Hot Mess(age). Her creativity extended beyond the written word, however. Growing up, she was involved in chorus and drama. When she moved to Maine in the 1990s, she also participated in local theater productions, such as “Damn Yankees” at Lincoln Theater. She loved going to Broadway shows in New York City and her favorite productions were “Les Miserables” and “Phantom of the Opera.” Annie was a beloved mother and will be forever missed by her seven children.
