Claire Arsenault

Flat Gap, KY & Eastport – Dr. Claire Arsenault, 67, passed away in Ashland, KY on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Claire was born in Eastport on Feb. 13, 1942, daughter of Madonna and Horace Call. She was educated in the Eastport school system, graduating from Shead Memorial High School Class of 1960, and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Class of 1964. Upon graduating from Mercy Hospital, Claire’s nursing career began there and followed at Eastport Memorial Hospital, and as administrator of the Eastport Health Care Center. Claire furthered her education at the University of Minnesota, receiving a Phd. in Philosophy in 2002. She dedicated her life’s work to the care of the ill and the dignity of the dying, being awarded by the Governor of Kentucky “Business Woman of the Year” for her entrepreneurial skills and stewardship as CEO to Hospice of Big Sandy. Claire was a communicant and Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Eastport for many years, as well as a member of the Daughters of Isabella. Claire lobbied at the Maine State House for health care reform and was past president of the NECHA. She was predeceased by her father, Horace Call. Surviving are her mother, Madonna Cassidy Call; a loving friend of 45 years, Robert Arsenault Sr.; three children, Madonna Arsenault of Machias, John Arsenault and his wife Cathy of Brewer, and Robert Arsenault Jr. and his wife Shelley of Eastport; six grandchildren, Joshua, Jacob, Jesse, Michael, Catherine and Emma; her brother Larry of Bangor; sister Marie and her husband George of Bridgewater, MA; niece Cathy; and her nephews Chris, Jesse and Casey. Claire will also be fondly missed by her cousins, John, Nellie, Bill, Vint, Edmund and Ann for the family gathering roundtable dinners at Pennamaquan Lake during her youthful years. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Homes, Calais & Eastport.


Memorials:
Donations in Claire’s memory may be made to The Hometown Foundation, c/o The First, PO Box F, Eastport, ME 04631.


Cemetery:
Hillside Cemetery
High Street
Eastport, ME 04631 (map/driving directions)



Services:
10:00AM at St. Joseph R.C. Church on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 (map/driving directions)