Lois M. Lindsey, 90, of Newcastle, died 16 days before her 91st birthday, on the evening of Sunday, March 27, [2005] at Cove's Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.
Born in Bangor, April 12, 1914, she was the daughter of Herbert A. & Rosabelle (Hurd) Freeman.
She was graduated from Old Town High School and coming to Rockland as a young woman, worked many years at Green Island Packing Company. She later relocated to the Bath area, where she worked at both the Congress Shirt Company and Stinson Canning.
In 1956, she and her family moved to Connecticut, where she worked for over 25 years at Better Packages Company, retiring in 1981, at which time she and her husband came back to Maine, settling in Newcastle.
Mrs. Lindsey was a longtime member of the Grange.
She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Elmer Lindsey, in 2001.
Survivors include her children, Gerald C. Lindsey, Richard A. Lindsey and Carol L. Stewart, all of Newcastle; 23 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Lindsey will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta. She will be laid to rest, with her husband, May 22, at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Orrington.
If desired, the family wishes donations made to Miles Home Health/Hospice, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Damariscotta.
[contributed by Paul Ring]
Born in Bangor, April 12, 1914, she was the daughter of Herbert A. & Rosabelle (Hurd) Freeman.
She was graduated from Old Town High School and coming to Rockland as a young woman, worked many years at Green Island Packing Company. She later relocated to the Bath area, where she worked at both the Congress Shirt Company and Stinson Canning.
In 1956, she and her family moved to Connecticut, where she worked for over 25 years at Better Packages Company, retiring in 1981, at which time she and her husband came back to Maine, settling in Newcastle.
Mrs. Lindsey was a longtime member of the Grange.
She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Elmer Lindsey, in 2001.
Survivors include her children, Gerald C. Lindsey, Richard A. Lindsey and Carol L. Stewart, all of Newcastle; 23 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Lindsey will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta. She will be laid to rest, with her husband, May 22, at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Orrington.
If desired, the family wishes donations made to Miles Home Health/Hospice, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Damariscotta.
[contributed by Paul Ring]
Lois M. Lindsey, 90, of Newcastle, died 16 days before her 91st birthday, on the evening of Sunday, March 27, [2005] at Cove's Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.
Born in Bangor, April 12, 1914, she was the daughter of Herbert A. & Rosabelle (Hurd) Freeman.
She was graduated from Old Town High School and coming to Rockland as a young woman, worked many years at Green Island Packing Company. She later relocated to the Bath area, where she worked at both the Congress Shirt Company and Stinson Canning.
In 1956, she and her family moved to Connecticut, where she worked for over 25 years at Better Packages Company, retiring in 1981, at which time she and her husband came back to Maine, settling in Newcastle.
Mrs. Lindsey was a longtime member of the Grange.
She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Elmer Lindsey, in 2001.
Survivors include her children, Gerald C. Lindsey, Richard A. Lindsey and Carol L. Stewart, all of Newcastle; 23 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Lindsey will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta. She will be laid to rest, with her husband, May 22, at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Orrington.
If desired, the family wishes donations made to Miles Home Health/Hospice, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Damariscotta.
[contributed by Paul Ring]
Born in Bangor, April 12, 1914, she was the daughter of Herbert A. & Rosabelle (Hurd) Freeman.
She was graduated from Old Town High School and coming to Rockland as a young woman, worked many years at Green Island Packing Company. She later relocated to the Bath area, where she worked at both the Congress Shirt Company and Stinson Canning.
In 1956, she and her family moved to Connecticut, where she worked for over 25 years at Better Packages Company, retiring in 1981, at which time she and her husband came back to Maine, settling in Newcastle.
Mrs. Lindsey was a longtime member of the Grange.
She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Elmer Lindsey, in 2001.
Survivors include her children, Gerald C. Lindsey, Richard A. Lindsey and Carol L. Stewart, all of Newcastle; 23 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Lindsey will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta. She will be laid to rest, with her husband, May 22, at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Orrington.
If desired, the family wishes donations made to Miles Home Health/Hospice, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Damariscotta.
[contributed by Paul Ring]
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