Diane "Babe" Jandreau

Fort Kent--- Diane “Babe” Jandreau, age 85, passed peacefully in Fort Kent after a courageous battle with Lewy Body Dementia on October 16, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.

Babe was a graduate of UMFK in 1974. She worked at the Fort Kent Post Office for 21 years. Prior to her postal career, she taught school in Fort Kent, St. Francis and Allagash. She served on St. John Parish Council board, was a member of Maine State Teacher’s Association, Society for Exceptional Children, Fort Kent Women’s bowling league, Hospital Guild, Post Office Women’s Club, and Black Lake Snowsledders.

She enjoyed time with family and friends, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, and boating. She especially loved spending time at their camp on Eagle Lake. She was a great cook and card player. She enjoyed reading, doing crossword puzzles, playing cribbage and Charlemagne. She also loved finishing the hardest Sudoku she could find. She made an amazing spaghetti sauce, always canning some for her children. She also loved canning beets which she taught and passed on her recipe to her children. She will be dearly missed by her family who she was so proud of.

Babe was predeceased by Bob, her loving husband of 57 years, and 15 brothers and sisters.

Babe is survived by three children, Tony and wife, Catherine Jandreau, of Fort Kent, Cheryl and her husband, Dan Daigle, and Tina and her husband, Leon Jackson, all of Dayton; five grandchildren, Nichole, Chase, Danielle, Tori, and Keaton; eight great-grandchildren, Cameron, Halle, Rowan, Grayson, Everly, Amina, Mason and Carter. She is also survived by one sister, Viola Plourde of Vermont, as well as two sisters-in-law, Josephine Pelletier of Watertown, CT, and Barbara Baker of Ashland.

At Babe’s request, funeral services were held privately and interment was in St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John. Arrangements were a service of Lajoie-Daigle Funeral Home, 14 E. Main St., Fort Kent. In lieu of flowers, donations in Babe’s name may be made to: Crosswinds Activity Fund, 40 Village Rd., Fort Kent, ME 04743. To share memories and condolences online, please visit Babe’s tribute page at www.LajoieFuneralHome.com