Agatha K. DeRepentigny
Agatha K. DeRepentigny, 86, of Boothbay and Old Orchard Beach died on Feb. 18, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Agatha was born on June 18, 1935, in Biddeford, Maine to Stanley and Mary Curly Kenney. She attended St. Mary’s schools in Biddeford and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School in 1954. Following graduation, she married Daniel DeRepentigny and together they had four children, Denise Daniel, Kelly and Shawn.
The family moved to Boothbay in 1969 when she and Dan purchased the Boothbay Register, followed by the Opera House and the Tugboat Inn. After her children were raised and the businesses sold, she returned to Old Orchard to live and worked at the Beagle Ridge law firm in Portland where she was the receptionist. She was very fond of the firm’s partners and her coworkers and formed lasting friendships. She retired in 1999.
Agatha was predeceased by her parents, her three brothers Patrick, Stephen and John Bridges and her son Kelly DeRepentigny and daughter-in-law Ann DeRepentigny.
She is survived by her children, Denise (Michael) Marr of Boothbay, Daniel (Theresa) DeRepentigny of Old Orchard Beach, and Shawn (Patricia) DeRepentigny of Vero Beach, Florida; her grandchildren, Nicole (Robert) Fallon, Justin DeRepentigny, Kaitlyn DeRepentigny, Brennan DeRepentigny, Cullen Gillis, Chelsea (Nick) Trumpler, Jessica DeRepentigny; and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Margaret’s Church, 6 Saco Ave., Old Orchard Beach. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Biddeford.
Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral are coordinating the services for the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.