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Barbara A. <I>Royles</I> Hughes

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Barbara A. Royles Hughes

Birth
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Death
22 May 2015 (aged 86)
Maine, USA
Burial
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Barbara A. Hughes, 86 CAPE ELIZABETH-Barbara A. Hughes, 86, of Cape Elizabeth, died May 22, 2015. She was born in South Portland on November 16, 1928, to Harry Spencer Royles and Maude Lyndel Cunningham Royles.
She attended South Portland schools. Her favorite memory of childhood was spending her summers on Peaks Island.
After graduating in 1946, she worked for New England Tel. & Tel. in the Revenue Accounting office.
In 1951, she married Lee Stephen Hughes. Theirs was a true love affair. Together they raised two children, daughter Ann, and son Stephen, in Cape Elizabeth.
She was the leader of Girl Scout Troop #26; bowled with the Cape Clippers; attended St. Alban's Church; and enjoyed many volunteer activities, including volunteering at the Women's Exchange.
She was predeceased by her husband Lee in 1995; three brothers,Ivory, Edgar and Thomas Royles, and three sisters: Iola Violette, June Irvin and Helen Tetreault. She is survived by her daughter, Ann Hughes Connellan, her son, Stephen and his wife Carol of Scarborough; four grandchildren, Laura Hughes of Scarborough, Stephanie Petersen of Portland, Ore. J. Joseph Connellan of Austin, Texas, and Kate Connellan Lane of Wellington, Fla; four great grandchildren, Anna, Emma, Cara and Henry; and a special niece, Carol Violette Hurd.
Visiting hours will be from 2-4 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at
Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Forest City Cemetery, Lincoln Street, South Portland.

Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram from May 24 to May 25, 2015
Barbara A. Hughes, 86 CAPE ELIZABETH-Barbara A. Hughes, 86, of Cape Elizabeth, died May 22, 2015. She was born in South Portland on November 16, 1928, to Harry Spencer Royles and Maude Lyndel Cunningham Royles.
She attended South Portland schools. Her favorite memory of childhood was spending her summers on Peaks Island.
After graduating in 1946, she worked for New England Tel. & Tel. in the Revenue Accounting office.
In 1951, she married Lee Stephen Hughes. Theirs was a true love affair. Together they raised two children, daughter Ann, and son Stephen, in Cape Elizabeth.
She was the leader of Girl Scout Troop #26; bowled with the Cape Clippers; attended St. Alban's Church; and enjoyed many volunteer activities, including volunteering at the Women's Exchange.
She was predeceased by her husband Lee in 1995; three brothers,Ivory, Edgar and Thomas Royles, and three sisters: Iola Violette, June Irvin and Helen Tetreault. She is survived by her daughter, Ann Hughes Connellan, her son, Stephen and his wife Carol of Scarborough; four grandchildren, Laura Hughes of Scarborough, Stephanie Petersen of Portland, Ore. J. Joseph Connellan of Austin, Texas, and Kate Connellan Lane of Wellington, Fla; four great grandchildren, Anna, Emma, Cara and Henry; and a special niece, Carol Violette Hurd.
Visiting hours will be from 2-4 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at
Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Forest City Cemetery, Lincoln Street, South Portland.

Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram from May 24 to May 25, 2015


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