Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Bulger
First Name	Joan
Middle Name
Maiden Name	MacDonald
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1937-01-08
Place of Death	Winterport, ME
Date of Death	2024-01-05
Publication	BDN 2024-01-08
Obituary	Corinna and Winterport - Joan Bulger, 86, died January 5, 2024, at her daughter's home in Winterport. She was born January 8, 1937, in Dexter, a daughter of James and Mildred (Worden) MacDonald. She was employed at Eastland Woolen Mill and was a communicant of Our Lady of the Snows Parish, St. Anne's Catholic Church, Dexter. She will be remembered as a wonderful cook with many fond family memories of time around the table. She enjoyed gardening and snowmobiling with Ed. She also worked on the Corinna Ambulance and in her younger years was known as a horsewoman riding bare back or standing on the horse's back. Joan is missed by her children, Trudy and husband, Myles Gallant, of Summerside, P.E.I., Canada, Pat and wife, Monica Bulger, of Newburyport, MA, and Donna Bulger and significant other, Don Muth, of Winterport; four grandchildren, Danielle, Graig, Cory, and Jody; six great-grandchildren, Jack, Benny, Jessa, Hailey, Lincoln, and Avery; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Edward D. Bulger; and her siblings, Julia and husband Reg MacLean, Gene and wife Susan MacDonald, Rose and husband, Don Carney, Bud and wife, Barb MacDonald; and Reg and wife, Patsy MacDonald. Friends may call at Crosby & Neal, 117 Main Street, Newport from 10 to noon, Friday, January 12. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Anne's Church, 64 Free Street, Dexter, with the Rev. Father Rob Lupo officiating. A spring committal service will be in the Corinna Center Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Saint Joseph's Hospice, P.O. Box 1638, Bangor, ME 04402. Those who wish may leave written condolences at CrosbyNeal.com. To send flowers to the family of Joan J. Bulger, please visit Tribute Store. Published on January 8, 2024