Luisa Larrabee Obituary (1987 - 2018)

WEST GARDINER – Luisa M. Larrabee, tragically passed away on December 27, 2018 at the age of 31. She was born in Povoacao on the island of St. Miguel, Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, the daughter of Antonio and Maria Ines Loras. Luisa was a sweet, imaginative and curious child growing up. In 2003, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling in Cherry Hill, NJ. She graduated from Eastern High School in Voorhees, NJ., and was later accepted to the University of Maine, Orono, where she studied computer programming. Luisa was a caring woman, who loved her family and experiencing with them all that Maine had to offer. She met her future husband, Nicholas Larrabee, in 2006, when they shared several college classes together. They fell in love and married in 2013, eventually settling down in West Gardiner, Maine. Luisa was fond of the surrounding communities, parks, and beaches, and was happiest experiencing the Maine outdoors through kayaking and boat river trips to the Maine coastline. She also enjoyed reading, gardening, drawing and designing clothes, listening to music, and cooking nourishing food for her family. Luisa was a warm and empathetic person who was kind to those she met and had unyielding curiosity and desire to learn when something took her interest. Luisa will be deeply missed. She is predeceased by her father, Antonio Loras. Luisa is survived by her husband, Nicholas Larrabee; her mother, Maria Ines Loras; two brothers, Rui and Alvaro; three sisters, Adelaide, Lina, Ana Paula; in addition to aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Visiting hours will be held on Saturday January 5th, 2019 from 11AM to 1PM at Staples Funeral Home and Cremation Care, 53 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, Maine, where a funeral service will follow at 1PM. Burial will be held in the Spring. Arrangements are in the care of Staples Funeral Home and Cremation Care, where condolences, memories and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the Staples Funeral Home website: familyfirstfuneralhomes.com