BRUNSWICK - Anne M. Bouchard, 58, of Hickory Drive, died Saturday June 4, 2005 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.She was born in Brunswick on Dec. 15, 1946, a daughter of Gerard A. and Rita M. Poulin Bisson. She was educated in Brunswick, graduating from St. John's Elementary School in 1961 and Brunswick High School in 1965.On May 30, 1970, she married Robert F. Bouchard at St. John the Baptist Church.She worked from 1963-1971 at Pacific Industrial Bank, and from 1971-1990 at Canal National Bank, later known as Key Bank as head teller. Since 1990, she was a secretary and bookkeeper at St. John's Parish.She was a communicant of St. John the Baptist Church.In 1990, Anne received a kidney transplant and referred to it as her 'angel of life.' She was also counseled men and women preparing to go on kidney dialysis. A breast cancer survivor, she counseled women going through breast cancer. She was the recipient of the 1999 National Catholic Educational Association Award from St. John's School.Anne enjoyed knitting, creating memory book, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends. She had organized the Jean and Corinne Poulin Family Reunion in 2000, as well as, creating the 'Poulin Family History' book with over 900 pages of photos, anecdotes, genealogy, and family stories.Surviving are her husband of 35 years; three sisters, Aline Archibald and her husband, Jim of Brunswick, Jean Geer and her husband, Steve of Freeport, and Anita Shean and her husband Leonard 'Tiger' of Brunswick; two brothers, Gerard Bisson and his wife, Terri of Middleburg, Fla., and Roland Bisson and his wife, Dianne of Phippsburg; four nieces, Amy Little and husband, Patrick, Amanda Owenby and husband, Tom, Stephanie Geer, and Jennifer Bisson; 11 nephews, Douglas Bisson, Eric Bisson and wife, Joy, Benjamin Shean and fiancee, Jennifer Bell, Joshua Shean, Christopher Geer, Ryan Bisson, John Bouchard, Geoffrey Bouchard, Will Nesbit, Eric Nesbit and Chrissy, and Brian Bouchard; grand- nieces and nephews, Eric and Alex Hittle, Evan Owenby, Ariel, Mikayla and Corbin Bouchard, and Althena Nesbit.Visiting hours will be 2-4 and 6-9 p.m., Tuesday at Demers-Desmond Funeral Home, 34 Cushing St., Brunswick. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m., Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Church, Pleasant St., Brunswick. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery. -- BRUNSWICK - Anne Bouchard, whose courage through cancer and a kidney transplant was an inspiration to friends and relatives, died Saturday. She was 58."She touched a lot of people," said her husband, Robert Bouchard. "She was always a giving person, always wanted to be there for anybody in need."Mrs. Bouchard and her husband grew up in Brunswick and were friends long before they began dating after high school. Robert Bouchard saw a bright personality and an inner strength."She was my childhood sweetheart, she was always the one I knew I wanted to marry," he said. "There was something special about her."Not long after high school, Mrs. Bouchard lost both of her parents and assumed much of the responsibility for five younger siblings. At age 22 she was already the matriarch of a large family, her husband said. The couple did not have children of their own, but saw Mrs. Bouchard's siblings in that light, as the couple has treated their 15 nieces and nephews as grandchildren. Those bonds were trying at times, but ultimately brought the entire family closer. "They would always come to her for advice," her husband said. Mrs. Bouchard needed all of her strength to fight three bouts of breast cancer, her husband said. Not only did she fight back the cancer, he said, but she became a counselor for women going through the same challenges.And later, when Mrs. Bouchard was on kidney dialysis for more than four years, she filled the same role for those who sought her out. Dozens of people in the midcoast were affected by her kindness and openness, her husband said. "She would lay it out for them and say 'I'm not going to sugarcoat it,' " he said.Mrs. Bouchard called the donation of a kidney in 1990 her "Angel of Life." The couple created an angel garden in front of their home on Hickory Drive, and people who knew them added many angels to their collection. "Anytime we sent out cards and letters, we signed Bob and Anne and the Angel of Life," her husband said.The Bouchards did not know how much life to expect after the kidney transplant. Robert Bouchard said it has been seven wonderful years.The illness that claimed Mrs. Bouchard's life turned out to be a return of cancer, this time to her bones. They just discovered that about a month ago, her husband said. Her death has come as a shock to those who were close to the family, and many will pay their respects at services this week."Her faith was strong throughout," her husband said. "Anybody who was with her through her many struggles knows this."