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Katherine Arcand

It is with heavy hearts we make known the passing of Katherine “Kate” Arcand of Portland, Maine. She was 87 years old. Kate passed peacefully in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2024, surrounded by the comfort of her family in her final days. She was facing a large window with sunlit snow covering the branches of the trees. Her face lifted into a smile in the last moments, listening to the sweet sound of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” Kate was a loving and loyal daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, and lifetime volunteer in the community. Katherine Glutting was born June 10, 1936, to Barbara (Blake) and Paul Glutting. She grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, and attended Sacred Heart in Newton, Massachusetts. She went on to graduate from Newton College, now part of Boston College, with a degree in Social Work. After a short time in New York City, Kate married Richard Arcand in September of 1959. After brief stays in Detroit and Mount Kisco, New York, the young family settled in Madison. It was there she and her husband raised the family she so loved, and there she made many lifelong friends.

After her beloved husband Dick passed in 2001, she followed her sons to Maine. In Maine, as was her Christian beliefs, she spent the majority of her time giving back to the community by volunteering at Maine Medical Center in the cafe, St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen, and Northern Light Hospice care, to name just a few. She also found time to help raise her grandchildren and always attended all their various activities. As a close friend of Kate’s has said, “Kate is the most unselfish person I know. She taught so much through her own loving actions. She loved unconditionally.”

Kate was predeceased by her parents, Barbara and Paul Glutting; her loving husband, Richard Arcand; her brother, Penn Glutting; and her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Taran. She is survived by her loving sons, Ted Arcand and his wife Laura, Chris Arcand, Charlie Arcand and his wife Michele, Andy Arcand and his wife Amanda, as well as her son-in-law George Taran; her grandchildren: Joseph, Katie, Tristan, Tyler, Stephanie, Theo and Owen; her great-grandchild, Annalyse Nicole; and her brothers, Andrew Glutting of Hull, Massachusetts, and Chris Glutting of St. Petersburg, Florida.

A special thanks to the staff at The Cedars for their care of our mother in her final years and to the volunteers at Northern Light who comforted her in her final hours. In lieu of services straightaway, her family will be having a Celebration of Life this summer at her much-loved family house, Green Hill, in Hull, Massachusetts.