Yvette Dostie, 95, died Sept. 30 in Punta Gorda, Florida. She was the third of seven children, born in Lewiston, Maine, on Dec. 12, 1929, to Napoleon and Bernice (Guite) Boucher, and a graduate of Edward Little High School in Auburn. In 1949 she married Jules Dostie. Together they raised six children, grew the family jewelry business and made a family in Harpswell before retiring to Florida.
Ever active in her community and the Maine jewelry industry, Yvette also ice skated, skied, sailed, built stone walls, hosted dinners, read bedtime stories, made creton, drove a governor’s campaign van, panned for gold, mined for tourmalines, became a stained-glass artist, rocked grandchildren to sleep and made innumerable friends. She lived a full life.
Yvette was predeceased by her husband, Jules; son Thomas; daughter-in-law Jill Victor; brothers Roger, Laurence, and Perley; and sister Lillian Goldsmith. She is survived by her sister Lorraine Belanger; her brother Paul Boucher; her sons Paul (Karin McIlvaine), Jacques (Diane), Daniel (Susan), and Jules Jr. (Holly); her daughter, Mary Dostie-Ladd; daughter-in-law Lynn; and multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A service will be held at St. Katharine Drexel Church in Harpswell on June 5, 2026, at 10 a.m.
To view Yvette’s memorial page or leave condolences, please visit lccpg.com/obituaries/yvette-dostie.
In remembrance of Yvette’s life, charitable donations in her name can be made to the Orr’s Island Library at orrsislandlibrary.org/support-us or the Cranberry Horn Cemetery, c/o Sandy Swallow, 6 Sage Road, Harpswell, ME 04079.
