Heather Ann Bilodeau went into the arms of Jesus on April 19, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine after a long healing journey with ovarian cancer.

Heather was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 20, 1967 to Richard W. Reynolds and Susan M. (Schoen) Reynolds and was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Her baptismal godparents are Dick Schoen and Sally Schoen.

Heather married her soulmate Bob Bilodeau on July 14, 2007 in Thomaston, Maine.

She was previously married to Robert Jack from the Bangor, Maine, area.

Heather served her country in the United States Air Force (1987-1991) while stationed in Bitburg, Germany.  Heather frequently worked on the flight line and was in love with the sounds of the F-15 fighter jets preparing for take-off.

Heather had a depth of feelings for serving others as a soulmate, step-mother, daughter, friend, sister or auntie.  She expressed these feelings through her art work including art journals, junk journals, mixed media projects, knitting socks, acts of kindness, and always thinking of what personal touch someone else needed.  Heather enjoyed her solitude, and had a lot of love beneath her surface to share with others.  She was an avid reader and cook and proud of her “world famous macaroni and cheese with crunchies” dish.  She was also a founding member of the BBBFDE (Bilodeau Birthday Bash and Father’s Day Extravaganza).  Heather enjoyed watching nature come to life during the springtime, and looked forward to the daffodils, trillium, and lady slippers blooming each year.

Heather owned the arts and crafts store Local Talents of Maine in Thomaston, Maine, in the 1990s and more recently the C.R.A.F.T. (Creative Randomness And Fun Times) Arts Studio in Union, Maine. 

Heather was passionate about supporting children’s literacy and enjoyed volunteering at the Vose Public Library in Union and served on the Board of Trustees. Heather combined her love for crafts with her desire to help others by making a wide assortment of craft projects from recycled books to help raise money for the library.  Heather was also passionate about women’s rights initiatives and helping veterans, the homeless and at risk, especially children. 

During the past year, even when she was hurting so much, she thought of others and volunteered to knit “listening dolls” for children at risk, making junk journals as thank you gifts for family and helped to create special memories at Christmas and Easter for the family to cherish after she was no longer on Earth with us.

Heather is survived by her husband Bob Bilodeau, of Union, Maine, and stepson Tyler Bilodeau of Rockport, Maine; her mother, Sue Hebel, sister Mary Reynolds, brother James Reynolds, nieces Damia Reynolds, Charlotte Lodl, nephew Trenton Lodl, brother-in-law Don Lodl, many aunts, uncles and cousins all of the greater Green Bay and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, areas, two paternal cousins, Colleen Engle and Lori Beatty of Dayton, Ohio, her mother-in-law Joline Bilodeau, father-in-law Roger Bilodeau, grandmother-in-law, Rita Janelle, of Auburn, Maine and her husband’s aunts, uncles and cousins.

Heather was predeceased by her father, Dick Reynolds, paternal aunt and uncle, Claudia and Dale Chambers, maternal aunt Gail Stryzewski and maternal uncle Jerry Schoen. 

Heather now walks with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit and sings with the angels hymns praising the Triune God Forever in Heaven.

The family would like to extend many, many thanks for all of the prayers given by friends, family members and friends unknown for comfort and the ability to live each day over the past year.  Special thank you to Dr. Barb MacDonald, the Home Hospice and Sussman house staff, friends Joan and Richard Vargas and for all of you who are helping to heal our broken hearts. 

A remembrance service in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a military burial in Augusta, Maine, are being planned and will be announced at a future time. 

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Heather Bilodeau to 

Vose Library, P.O. Box 550, Union, ME, 04862 or Sussman House, 40 Anchor Dr., Rockport, Maine, 04856.