Obituary of Nathalie-Marguerite Hebert

WATERVILLE -- Nathalie Marguerite Hebert, 99, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at Mount St. Joseph Nursing Home in Waterville.She was born in Lynn, Mass., on April 14, 1905, the daughter of Napoleon E. and Emma Blair Hebert. She came to Waterville from Lynn when she was 13 to live with relatives. Miss Hebert was one of the founders and first president for the first four years of Sisters Hospital Auxiliary and Treasurer for 14 years and remained an active Guild member until later years. She graduated from Mount Merici Academy in 1923.She was president of Mount Merici Alumni Association, president of Columbus Guild, president of the Waterville District of the Maine Council of Catholic Women, and president of the Catholic Junior Guild. She was the only woman in the Civil Defense Division of the Waterville Police Department during the 1940s. She was executive secretary of the Kennebec Water Co. for 47 years, retiring in 1970.She enjoyed traveling, visiting friends, hunting and fishing on Moosehead Lake. She was a woman of exceptional talent and great vitality.She was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Clarence Hebert; her beloved cousin, Sr. Carmelita Mathieu and Frank Lewis Leighton. She is survived by a niece, Mary Jane Hebert of La Canada, Calif., and a cousin, Theresa de Simone of Everett, Mass., as well as three great-nieces and numerous grandnieces and nephews.Visiting hours will be 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm St., Waterville. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 70 Pleasant St., Waterville. Committal prayers will be said at church. Burial will follow in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Grove Street, Waterville.Friends may sign a register book and send condolences care of http://www.gallantfh.com.