Rowena M. Graham

    GRAHAM, Rowena M., 90, MARS HILL, October 5, 2010. Arrangements in care of Duncan Funeral Home, Mars Hill.

    MARS HILL – Rowena M. Graham, 90, wife of the late Harold Graham, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010, in her home, with her family by her side.
    She was born February 13, 1920, in Easton, the daughter of George and Emma (Broad) Patterson. Rowena had a very rewarding and fulfilling life. She attended Mars Hill High School and worked as a CNA  at the Mars Hill Nursing Home. During her years as a CNA, she also helped her husband around the farm for 30 years. She and her husband Harold worked in Massachusetts for six years as caretakers. On their return back to Mars Hill, they bought and remodeled a home which had been the home of her husband, Harold in his younger childhood. They then moved to Westfield to fulfill their dream of designing and building a log home. We all love and miss the matriarch of our family.
    She is survived by two daughters , Colleen Hogan and her husband, Dwight of Mars Hill, and Wanda Cope of Tenn; two foster children, Norman Wardwell of Portland and Steven Wardwell Sr. of Danforth; grandchildren, Michelle Devine and her husband, Tom of Fort Fairfield, Melanie Rideout and her husband, Jon of North Waterboro, Jerad Boyd and his wife, Dianna of Maryland, James Willis and his wife, Michelle of Van Buren, Justin Willis of New Orleans, and  Steven Wardwell Jr. of Littleton; great-grandchildren, Jorden and Bret Kilcollins, Hunter and Emma Rideout, Alexis Bradbury, and  Lucie Cameron Boyd; great-great-grandchildren, Damion Willis, Ian Willis, and Madison Kilcollins; special nieces, Linda Bill, Bonnie Anderson, Nancy Madore and Dale Blanchard.
    She was predeceased by,  a sister,  Vera Alger; and brothers, Cecil, Kenneth, Orville, Wendell, Grover and Robert Patterson.
    Relatives and friends called at the Duncan Funeral Home in Mars Hill from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, at the Mars Hill United Baptist Church with Rev. Mitch Ross officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, P.O.Box 735, Bangor, ME 04401. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com.