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Arlene Agnes Gauthier, 86, of Bridgton, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. 

Arlene was born on March 5, 1940, in Salem, Mass., to Agnes and Lawrence Abbott. Survivors include her daughters, Judith Huntress and her husband, John, of Bridgton, and Jayne Pappas and her husband, Lee, of Waterford; her son-in-law, Michael Burnham of Dixfield; six grandchildren, Jacob Huntress and Johanna Huntress O’Connell of Bridgton, Charles Pappas of Waterford, and Melissa, Jasmine, and Dillon Burnham and his wife, Sara, all of Dixfield; and 11 great-grandchildren, Briggs, Kenny, Ginger, Noah, Allie, Scarlet, Jade, Shane, Shailee, Landon, and Everly. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Ronald; her daughter, Janyce Burnham; and her granddaughter, Jessica Pappas.

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