Sandra Lee Daigle

Gorham- Half past noon on October 25, 2024, Sandra Lee Daigle gently passed onto heaven peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Sandy was born in Portland on May 8, 1946. A daughter to Merritt D. “John” Jr. and Pauline F(Coolbroth) Furman, Sandy’s earliest memories were of time spent at the family’s general store in Cornish Maine. In 1955 the family, including younger sister Jo, moved to Gorham Maine. Sandy’s childhood days were filled with time spent ice skating, summers tenting at Nason’s Beach on Sebago Lake, swimming in the family pool and pantomiming in skits which the neighborhood kids would perform for parents. In 1964 Sandy graduated from Gorham High School with an achievement award for speed typing that came in useful at her work in the accounting department of New England Telephone and Telegraph in Portland Maine. Sandy met the love of her life, Claude “Fred” Daigle on a blind date set up by Dennis Morton, her sister’s boyfriend and summer worker on the Daigle Potato Farm. Sandy and Fred were married on October 22, 1966 . Spending time in each year between the Daigle Potato Farms in Gorham Maine and Homestead Florida, Sandy embraced and thrived in the farm family lifestyle of hard work, occasional hard times and enjoying the harvest all while raising three children with her husband Fred. When the family farms were retired, Sandy filled her days sharing stories and precious moments with her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Piano would become a passion for Sandy eventually turning into a proficiency of playing the organ. Sandy spent many days and evenings playing and singing gospel songs by Elvis Presley, her favorite artist and singer. Her love for good music was clearly evident in her passion for the television show American Idol. Sandy could normally pick out the winner by the third week of the live show. Aside from music, Sandy also studied and grew her talent with painting, her canvases still survive today for family to enjoy and remember her by. An avid bird lover, her later years were spent tending to the special feed and houses for her faithful flock of blue birds. Speaking of faithful, once a Yankees fan as a child, Sandy grew to become an avid Red Sox fan spending countless days and evenings watching the games and her favorite baseball players from the first pitch to the last at bat. For those who knew Sandy closely, you understood that she loved to host and prepare traditional and occasionally unique meals of some new recipe she found on the internet or TV. She enthusiastically looked forward to planning, cooking, hosting and entertaining no matter the occasion. Sandy truly showed us that life is far too short, so we should try and remember all the good times. Try your best to love yourself, love your friends and most importantly love your family. Sandy was predeceased by her loving husband Claude “Fred” Daigle, her parents Merritt D “John” Jr. and Pauline F(Coolbroth) Furman.She is survived by her son Freddie, his wife Tracey and their children Bailey and his wife Cayle, and Bridget, her daughter Jennifer Lee Sundik and her husband Greg and their children Alexander and William, her daughter Christine Daigle, her sister Jo Morton and her husband Dennis Morton along with many nieces, nephews and lifelong friends. Visiting hours will be held Sunday November 3, from 2:00 – 5:00PM at the Windham Chapel of Dolby, Blais & Segee 434 River Road, Windham. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00AM Monday November 4, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church 299 Main Street, Gorham. Interment will be held at St. Hyacinth Cemetery, Westbrook. To express condolences please visit www.DolbyBlaisSegee.com

Sandra Lee Daigle

May 8, 1946 - October 25, 2024

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