Paula Jo (Richardson) Michaud, 76, wife of the late Morris B. “Sonny” Michaud, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3, 2025, at Park West Hospital, Knoxville, Tenn., following an extended illness.
She was born June 14, 1949, in Memphis, Texas, the daughter of Floyd J. and Alice (Geisler) Richardson. Paula Jo was a graduate of the Ralls, Texas School System and furthered her education at West Texas State University and obtained an associate’s degree in accounting at the Northern Maine Technical College, Presque Isle, Maine.
She was married to Morris B. “Sonny” Michaud on Dec. 31, 1971, and had been employed by Key Bank, Fort Fairfield, Maine, as a bookkeeper for Sage and Langley Law Offices, Fort Fairfield, Maine, and retired from the County Federal Credit Union in 2009. She had been a resident of Lenoir City, Tenn. since 2016.
Paula Jo was a wonderful wife, mother, daughter, sister and grandmother and was loved and will be missed by many.
In addition to her parents, Paula Jo was predeceased by her husband, Sonny, on Jan. 28, 2025; and two sisters-in-law, Deanna McPherson and Charlotte Hanson. She is survived by two daughters, Kimberly J. Dannenberg and her husband, Carl, of Sedgwick, Maine, and Kiska J. Butler, of Knoxville, Tenn.; one sister and brother-in-law, Karla and Greg Needham, of Tulia, Texas; two grandchildren, Bryce and Reece Dannenberg, of Sedgwick, Maine; and several nieces, nephews and many cousins with whom Paula Jo was very close.
Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at the Giberson- Dorsey Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 144 Main St., Fort Fairfield, Maine. A funeral procession will depart from the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday, October 17, 2025, for the Northern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Caribou, Maine, for a committal service, which will be conducted at noon with Rev. Roland Wortman officiating.
Those who wish, may contribute in memory of Paula Jo to the American Cancer Society, New England Division, One Bowdion Mill Island, Suite 300, Topsham, Maine 04086. Online condolences may be expressed at http://gibersondorseyfuneralhome. com/.
