Flavie B. LANCTOT

NORRIDGEWOCK -- Flavie B. (Lanctot) Williams Swain, 79, of Norridgewock passed away Saturday morning, April 2, 2005, at Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison after a long illness.She was born on April 18, 1925, in Skowhegan, the daughter of William and Elize (Thibault) Lanctot, the second of seven children.Flavie graduated from Bloomfield Academy in 1943. She married Lawrence R. Williams in October 1947; he passed away in January 1956. She then married Eugene H. Swain on Feb. 15, 1963; he passed away on Oct. 15, 2000. She worked at home to raise her children, and also at the Lamkin Hatchery in Skowhegan for many years. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and especially watching birds.Survivors include five children, Kenneth A. Williams and fiancee Ruby Gordon, Dolly A. Bernier and husband Wild Turkey, Lawrence R. Williams and wife Verna, Jean E. York and husband, Tim, and Neil A. Swain and wife Linda; four stepsons, David Swain and wife Mite, Gerald Swain and wife Thelma, Brian Swain and companion Tony, and Daryl Swain and fiancee Gail; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Helen Erickson and her husband, Leo; and two brothers, Richard Lanctot, and John Lanctot and his wife, Joyce. Flavie was predeceased by her two husbands; a son, Roy K. Williams; her parents; her sister Phildora Lapointe; and two brothers, Felix and James Lanctot.A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan, with the Rev. Georges Plante officiating. Interment will occur next month in Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan.