Betty Gauthier, 79, died Oct. 15, 2023 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor. 

Betty was born Feb. 3, 1944 in Boothbay Harbor to Fred Ardene Abbott Sr. and Frances Doty Abbott. She grew up in East Boothbay and attended local schools. In her youth she enjoyed helping her father at the East Boothbay School House and with the bus he drove for the school. She enjoyed swimming off of the Bayville Dock near where she grew up.

She worked as a housekeeper at Smuggler’s Cove, Boothbay Harbor Inn, and at the Tugboat Inn. She also worked as a waitress at the Mariner’s Grill. She met her husband, Roger Gauthier, who was a chef at Smuggler’s Cove, where they met and fell in love. She married Roger on Oct. 1 1975. She and Roger loved each other’s company, spending time playing rummy together, planting and maintaining  fruit trees in the yard and working in the family’s flower and vegetable gardens.

Betty loved her brother and best friend, Buddy. She loved to sing and dance when he was playing his guitar. She really enjoyed music in general, especially her love of Elvis and dancing. She loved and will be  greatly missed by her family and friends. The family would like to thank the staffs at the Gregory Wing and Beacon Hospice for their loving care.

Betty was predeceased by both her parents; husband Roger Gauthier Sr.; brother, Fred “Buddy” Abbott Jr.; sister, Alice Sprague; niece, Felicia Abbott; sister-in-law, Mary Lee Abbott; nephew, Harvey Abbott; and stepdaughter, Gail Ulmer.

She is survived by her daughters, Tracy Gauthier and her significant other David of Boothbay and Jeanie Main and her husband Gary of Boothbay; sons, Troy Gauthier of Boothbay and Roger Gauthier Jr. of Florida; stepson, Gary Gauthier and his wife Nancy of Lewiston; stepdaughter, Phyllis St. Laurant of Lewiston; sisters, Auldene “Olly” Driscoll of Brunswick and Ella Page and her husband Warren of Boothbay Harbor; grandchildren, Bridy Greenleaf and husband Nick of Boothbay Harbor, Brandy Hunt and her husband Adam of Texas, Mikayla Main of Boothbay, Cynthia Gauthier of Boothbay, Haley Gauthier of Ocala, Florida; 15 great-grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren.

A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay. 

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.hallfuneralhomes.com