Jennifer Sue Lessard

GRAY, MAINE -- Jennifer Sue Lessard, 40 of Gray, ME. Her life was taken on May 19, 2008. She was born on July 18, 1967 in Nashua. She is the daughter of Kristine Skilling of Gray, Me., and Ronald Valliere of Equinunk, Penn. She is survived by her sons, Logan Mitchell John Bergquist and Mason Riley Lessard. She is predeceased by her grandfather Lawrence Riff of Berlin, and her step-father Kenneth Skilling of Gray, Me. She has two brothers, Jody Valliere and family of Gray, Me., and ...GRAY, MAINE -- Jennifer Sue Lessard, 40 of Gray, ME. Her life was taken on May 19, 2008. She was born on July 18, 1967 in Nashua. She is the daughter of Kristine Skilling of Gray, Me., and Ronald Valliere of Equinunk, Penn. She is survived by her sons, Logan Mitchell John Bergquist and Mason Riley Lessard. She is predeceased by her grandfather Lawrence Riff of Berlin, and her step-father Kenneth Skilling of Gray, Me. She has two brothers, Jody Valliere and family of Gray, Me., and John Valliere and family of New Gloucester, Me.. She has a sister, Janet Valliere  and family of Berlin. She also has two half sisters, Gwendolyn Brien of Goffstown, and Pamela Valliere of Quebec, along with a half brother Roland Valliere of Quebec. Her maternal grandmother is Grace Riff and paternal grandmother is Evelyn Lavigne, both reside in Berlin. She also has  many aunts, uncles and cousins. She was married to Bart Bergquist in 1986 unfortunately divorcing after 16 years and married Michael Lessard which also unfortunately ended in divorce after three years. Jennifer was a lover of Maine coon cats and raised many.

Jennifer was a graduate of the University of R.I. Jennifer was a well respected pharmacist for Walgreens in Windham, Me. She previously was at Osco in Portland, Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway and Wal-Mart in Gorham. She enjoyed being with her sons the most and spending time outside. She was a 1985 Berlin High School graduate and a track star in high school and still has a record for the 100mm high hurdles. Her record for the 100mm dash made in 1983 was recently broken. Jennifer enjoyed playing horseshoes on the beach on Little Sebago Lake, boating, swimming and having nightly fires at their camp THE DREAMERY.