Emma E. Sanders

    Sanders, Emma E., 100, February 4, 2011.  Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.
    HOULTON – Emma E. Sanders, 100, died Feb. 4, 2011 at a local healthcare facility. She was born Jan. 16, 1911 at Hodgdon, the daughter of James and Alta (Outhouse) Bither.
    Emma attended the Ricker Classical Institute, was a member of the Houlton United Methodist Church and the Rachel Circle. She was also a member of the Houlton Grange and the Town & Country Senior Citizens.
    Emma is survived by her daughter, Jean (Estabrook) Thompson of Houlton; two grandchildren, Audbur Thompson and his wife, Ann, of CT, Douglas Thompson of Houlton; three great-grandchildren, Richard and his wife, Carola, of NY, Micah and his wife, Jen, of CT, Elizabeth Dolham and her husband, Scott, of MA; one great-great-granddaughter, Emma Marie Thompson; her daughter-in-law, Lillian Sanders of Linneus; several nieces and nephews; two stepdaughters, Gladys Hand and Eleanor Phillimore; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel, her son, Harold Libby, her great-great-granddaughter, Lydia Thompson, brothers Merle, Waldo and Charles Bither, sisters Mildred Carlisle, Hazel Emanuel, Dorothy Jenkins and Janice Nevers.
    Friends called at the Dunn Funeral Home Monday at 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. with Rev. Randall Burns and Rev. Naomi Sam’Kpakra officiating. Gifts may be made in Emma’s memory to the Cary Library or the charity of one’s choice, c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton, ME 04730.
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