NORTH BERWICK, Maine -- Opal M. Chambers, age 88, formerly of Smyrna Mills, passed away Sunday, February 29, in H.D. Goodall Hospital in Sanford, ME.
For the past 12 years, she had lived in North Berwick with her granddaughter and her husband, Gloria and Dennis McMahon.
She was born January 7, 1916 in Oxbow, Maine, a daughter of Charles and Iva (Chase) Condon. For many years she was employed by the Long Lane School for Boys in Middletown, CT.
Opal was a very loving and caring mother and grandmother who enjoyed tending to all of her family and friends.
She was pre-deceased by her husband of 63 years, Whitney Chambers, a grandson, Gordon Whitney Worcester and a great-granddaughter, India Tavares. She is survived by a son, Terrence Chambers of Durham, Maine, two daughters, Jeanette O'Clair of Sanford and Simone Vitkus of North Branford, CT, two sisters, Ruby Marquis of East Hampton, CT and Donna Cirelli of Providence, RI, ten grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, March 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a funeral service directly following. Spring interment will be in the Moro Private Cemetery in Moro, Maine. Arrangements by the Johnson Funeral Home in North Berwick, Maine, and the Bowers Funeral Home of Island Falls, Maine.
Record-Journal - (Mar/2/2004)
NORTH BERWICK, Maine -- Opal M. Chambers, age 88, formerly of Smyrna Mills, passed away Sunday, February 29, in H.D. Goodall Hospital in Sanford, ME.
For the past 12 years, she had lived in North Berwick with her granddaughter and her husband, Gloria and Dennis McMahon.
She was born January 7, 1916 in Oxbow, Maine, a daughter of Charles and Iva (Chase) Condon. For many years she was employed by the Long Lane School for Boys in Middletown, CT.
Opal was a very loving and caring mother and grandmother who enjoyed tending to all of her family and friends.
She was pre-deceased by her husband of 63 years, Whitney Chambers, a grandson, Gordon Whitney Worcester and a great-granddaughter, India Tavares. She is survived by a son, Terrence Chambers of Durham, Maine, two daughters, Jeanette O'Clair of Sanford and Simone Vitkus of North Branford, CT, two sisters, Ruby Marquis of East Hampton, CT and Donna Cirelli of Providence, RI, ten grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, March 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a funeral service directly following. Spring interment will be in the Moro Private Cemetery in Moro, Maine. Arrangements by the Johnson Funeral Home in North Berwick, Maine, and the Bowers Funeral Home of Island Falls, Maine.
Record-Journal - (Mar/2/2004)
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