Obituary of Dianne Joy Morais

Dianne Joy Morais beloved wife, sister, aunt, great aunt, friend and organic gardener passed
away on November 7th after a long, courageous battle with metastatic colon cancer.

Dianne was born November 19, 1951, in Waterville Maine, the youngest child to the late
Rodolphe and Arlene Morais of South China, ME. In her younger years, she enjoyed playing
and working at the family campground Sunset View on Three Mile pond. She attended Erskine
Academy and, in 1974, graduated with a degree in Business Education from Thomas College.
Dianne taught typing at the new Maranacook School for three years and then migrated to
Northern California where she worked in a new exciting career in technology and business -
sales of new computers.

When her sister Sandra passed in 1988, Dianne came home to Maine to raise her 6 year old
nephew Bret in Scarborough. In 1991, she became reacquainted with an old friend Kemp
Carey. Dianne and Kemp spent 33 wonderful years together building a beautiful life and home
in New Gloucester.

Dianne was a gentle, kind soul, a nature lover and enjoyed being here in New Gloucester along
the Royal River. She loved all four seasons. In the fall, she loved the apples and vibrant colors.
In the winter, she enjoyed sledding down our small hill with Lily her Springer Spaniel, chasing
close behind and skating on the ice in the back field. Spring and summer brought her beautiful
gardens. She loved starting her day by walking our springer spaniels first thing in the morning
no matter the weather. In recent years she was able to enjoy time with her nephew Bret
(Danielle) and his young family. She loved being a Great Aunt to Evan and Hazel.

Dianne often said she felt so fortunate to be able to live here on our land - the seasons, the
bugs, snakes, turtles, ducks, turkeys, hawks, eagles, otter, deer, beaver, fox, coyotes, bear,
bobcat and even moose. She loved the wildflowers, butterflies, bees, and had special trees for
her meditation and thought - her beautiful spirit always in tune with Nature around her.

Dianne’s lifelong passion was gardening, planning her days around the gardens. She built
beautiful flower gardens around her home but was most proud of her vegetable gardens.
Starting as soon as the soil would allow, she had peas in the ground, then came the asparagus,
beets, lettuce, broccoli, garlic, onions, squash, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, string
beans and many more. Her organic gardening produced great bounties of vegetables and fruits
- certainly more than we could eat. She canned, dried and froze to preserve the bounties of her
labor. There was always something to send home with family and friends. She loved being in
the garden, sporting her dirt-stained overalls. Lily, her four- legged companion knew when
Diane picked up the wheelbarrow in the garage that they were headed for the garden, and off
they would go.

Dianne operated CareMor, a life insurance screening business, for twelve years from her home
office and enjoyed working with agents and nurses all around the state. She later created
“cultivateyourintuition” a spirituality web site where she enjoyed researching and writing about
her thoughts and sharing her findings. Prior to her illness, she was involved in learning how to
write and market her writing in this new world of the internet and AI.

Dianne is survived by Kemp Carey, her loving husband and partner for 33 years, constant
companion, and caretaker. She also leaves behind a sister Pat Luke of Baileys Harbor, WI.
Nephew Bret Morais (Danielle) and their twins Evan and Hazel of Cornville, Maine. Niece Pam
Reay and her son Rahlo of Pembroke, MA. Niece Danielle Morais of Putnam Valley, N.Y.
Nephew Jason Morais (Lorie) and daughter Sophia from Northwood, N.H. Niece Penny
Orstead (Bret) and sons Alex, Ben and Chris of Baileys Harbor, WI. Cousins Nancy, Ruth,
David (Sondra), Gary and Stephen (Roberta) Arnold. Dianne's wishes are to be cremated at
Direct Cremation Maine and laid to rest with her mother and sister at Chadwick cemetery in So.
China, Maine. We will have a celebration of Dianne's life in May at her home. Contact Kemp at
kcarey57@hotmail.com