Obituary for Carolyn Ouellette | Strong-Hancock Funeral Home
- Date Of Birth: August 4, 1938
- Date Of Death: March 21, 2023
- State: Maine
Carolyn E. Boyd Ouellette, 84, of Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta, passed away on the morning of March 21, 2023, after a period of declining health. Carolyn was born on August 4, 1938 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta and grew up on Lewis Hill Road in Newcastle, attended area schools and graduated from Lincoln Academy High School in 1957. She was married to Carroll L. Dinsmore, Jr. for nineteen years, later remarrying Joseph Reno Ouellette with whom she was married for twenty-five years. In 1979 she relocated from Midcoast Maine to Forestville, Connecticut and in 1982 to Shelbyville, Tennessee where she continued to reside until 2019 when her family moved her back home during her time of need.
Carolyn was a stay-at-home mom before holding various secretarial and clerical positions including at the Probate Office at Lincoln County Court House, Wiscasset, ME, Hartford National Bank, Hartford, CT., and U.S. Pen & Pencil Company, Shelbyville, TN.
For over twenty-five years Carolyn was an active volunteer at Civitan—a foundation for enhancing the lives of the developmentally impaired. She and her late husband also gave of their time at the annual Shelbyville Walking Horse Show. For many years she was on a women’s and senior’s bowling league and participated in line-dancing.
Carolyn attended church regularly at the church of Nazarene, and before that as a congregationalist. She loved people and could hold a conversation with anyone.
Carolyn was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Reno Ouellette; father, Harry W. Boyd; mother, Isabelle Lewis Boyd; step mother, Cote Vandermark Boyd; and brother, Raymond Boyd.
She is survived by her daughters, Holly Dinsmore; Jean Brewer and husband, Richard; Cassidy Dinsmore and spouse, Karen White; and her son, Timothy Dinsmore and wife, Wendy Longe; grandchildren ,Bethany Podrasky and husband Robert, Brandon Brewer and companion Katie Taylor, Brittany White and husband Benjamin, Daniel Dinsmore, Julie Dinsmore and fiancé Leo Ray, Acadia Dinsmore and Marina Dinsmore; great grandchildren Taylor Podrasky and companion Lawrence Friend, Shyanne Podrasky, Mason Brewer and Maverick Brewer; stepsons, John Ouellette and wife Barbara; Joseph Ouellette; stepdaughters, Mary Ouellette Bisson and husband, Gary; Ramona Ouellette; Denise Ouellette Berkmoes and husband Robert; step grandchildren, Nathan Berkmoes, Andrea Berkmoes, Joshua Ouellette, Peter Ouellette, John Ouellette, Rachel St-Pierre, Ryan Ouellette, Rebecca Hurle, Janet Hurle, Garret Bisson, Devin Bisson, Jesse Bisson, Rhiannon Ouellette, Morgan Ouellette; and thirteen step great grandchildren.
Carolyn had many friends and neighbors she cherished over the years—too numerous to list, but a few from her past were particularly close: Nancy Baldwin, Maurice Blomquist, Shirley Chadbourne, Anna Flood, Polly French, Charlotte Gourley, Sylvia Gray, and Janet Ray of Maine; and Leanna Clanton, Trey Clanton, Minnie Cooper, Sherman Harden and Jerry Bowman of Tennessee.
