Lendal P. Mills

Mills, Lendal P., Sr., 80, October 27, 2007.  Arrangements by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.  Interment to be held in the Evergreen Cemetery.     WASHBURN – Lendal P. Mills, Sr., 80, died October 27, 2007 at his residence. He was born at Caribou, May 2, 1927, the son of Leigh and Anna (Stitham) Mills.  He was a graduate of the Washburn High School, Class of 1944. Lendal was a farmer in the local area for 50 years, starting his freshman year in high school. He attended all boys and girls basketball games in Washburn, where he received the fan of the year in 1998 and was king of August Festival in 1999. He was an avid fisherman and loved fishing at Square Lake, where he took 1st and 2nd place in the fishing derby. He married Edwyna (Stitham) Mills on August 24, 1978.
    Surviving in addition to his wife Edwyna of Washburn are two sons Lendal P. Mills Jr. and his wife Tammy and Philip Mills and his wife Kathy both of Washburn; four daughters Lynn Morales and her husband Jim of Mary Ester, FLA, Martha Bouchey and her husband Rodney of Washburn, Norine Bishop and her husband Michael of Sidney and Lorna Redmond and her husband James of Navarre, FLA; one brother Ronald Pelkey and his wife Rose Marie of TX; one sister Arlyne Bailey of Quincy, MA; 11 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren; his step-children Trudy Bither of Topsham, Teddie Bither, Peggy Longstaff  and Jane Clark all of Houlton, Andy Bither of Portland and Eddie Bither of Washburn. He was predeceased by a brother Graydon Mills and a sister Inez Mills.
    Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 31, 2007 from the chapel of the Mockler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bruce Blakney, pastor of the Washburn Pentecostal Church, officiating. Interment will take place in the Evergreen Cemetery. For online register go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.