Born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of John J. and Virginia Edgerly McMillin on March 10, 1920, Ethelyn move to Bethel in 1923 where she attended Bethel schools graduating from Gould Academy in 1940.
In 1940, she went to work at the South Portland, Maine, Shipyard for two years, from there she joined the U.S. Army as a WAC, where she spent two years of military duty.
She married Francis H. Caillouet in 1944, who was also in the Army, he died in 1977. They soon left the military and moved to Louisiana, where she lived for 37 years and raised her family of four children. Upon the death of her husband, she spent her summers in Bethel and winters with her children in Louisiana.
She also worked for the Forrest Service for 10 years cleaning camp grounds. She was a member of Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church in Bethel, the Mundt-Allen Post 81. Mrs. Caillouet enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf and working in her flower gardens.
Survivors include two daughters, Cynthia and her husband C.E. Richardson, of Texas, Brenda and her husband Brady Manual of Louisiana; two sons, Keith and wife Pat Caillouet of Texas, Brian and his wife Rene Caillouet, of Louisiana; eight grandchildren, Sean Richardson, Courtney Caillouet, Paige Caillouet, Jason Manual, Heather Radigan, Amanda Thompson, Amy Fuller and David Caillouet; six great grandchildren, Ryan, Colton, Savanna, McRae, Samantha and Daniel; four sisters, Edna Curtis of West Paris, Kay McMillin of Bethel, Jo Monahan of Bethel and Nikki Miller of Berkeley, Calif.
She was pre-deceased by two brothers, Roderick and Frederick McMillin; and her twin sister Evelyn Merrill.
Born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of John J. and Virginia Edgerly McMillin on March 10, 1920, Ethelyn move to Bethel in 1923 where she attended Bethel schools graduating from Gould Academy in 1940.
In 1940, she went to work at the South Portland, Maine, Shipyard for two years, from there she joined the U.S. Army as a WAC, where she spent two years of military duty.
She married Francis H. Caillouet in 1944, who was also in the Army, he died in 1977. They soon left the military and moved to Louisiana, where she lived for 37 years and raised her family of four children. Upon the death of her husband, she spent her summers in Bethel and winters with her children in Louisiana.
She also worked for the Forrest Service for 10 years cleaning camp grounds. She was a member of Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church in Bethel, the Mundt-Allen Post 81. Mrs. Caillouet enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf and working in her flower gardens.
Survivors include two daughters, Cynthia and her husband C.E. Richardson, of Texas, Brenda and her husband Brady Manual of Louisiana; two sons, Keith and wife Pat Caillouet of Texas, Brian and his wife Rene Caillouet, of Louisiana; eight grandchildren, Sean Richardson, Courtney Caillouet, Paige Caillouet, Jason Manual, Heather Radigan, Amanda Thompson, Amy Fuller and David Caillouet; six great grandchildren, Ryan, Colton, Savanna, McRae, Samantha and Daniel; four sisters, Edna Curtis of West Paris, Kay McMillin of Bethel, Jo Monahan of Bethel and Nikki Miller of Berkeley, Calif.
She was pre-deceased by two brothers, Roderick and Frederick McMillin; and her twin sister Evelyn Merrill.
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