Laconia, N.H.-----Biruta “Lorraine” (Skaistis) Dubiel, 81, of Weirs Beach, died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia.
Lorraine was born in Hartford, Conn. on August 3, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Butkus) Skaistis. She was raised in Warehouse Point, Conn. and attended schools in South Windsor, Conn. She then went on to attend Edgewater Park in New York where she received an Associate’s Degree.
In 1950, Lorraine married the love of her life, Ted, where they resided in Bloomfield/Windsor, Conn. They later relocated to Mystic, Conn. before moving to Weirs Beach, N.H. in the ‘90’s after retiring. Lorraine was employed at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and later at Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, both in the greater Hartford area.
Lorraine lived life to the fullest and was an avid gardener, loved doing crafts and was a lover of animals (especially cats, horses and birds). Lorraine belonged to the Bloomfield Garden Club and was actively involved in church activities at the Sacred Heart Church in Bloomfield, Conn.
Lorraine is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen (Dubiel) and Angelo van Engelen of Mystic, Conn. and Belmont, N.H, a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ernest and Nancy (Kallaugher) Dubiel of Safety Harbor, Florida, a sister-in-law, Sophie (Dubiel) Godlewski of Rocky Hill Conn. and by two nieces and five nephews. She was predeceased by her loving husband of fifty-nine years, Ted, by a sister, Helen, and by a brother, Bernard.
There will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, March 21, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Rte. 3, Boscawen, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N.H. 03247.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.