EDGECOMB – Alice M. Boardway, 93, a resident most recently of The Vicarage and longtime resident of Edgecomb, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 27, 2008, in her sleep, at The Vicarage, Harpswell. Alice was born Oct. 30, 1914, in Presque Isle, a daughter of Arthur Gagnon and Flavie Cote Gagnon. She attended schools in Easton, graduating from Easton High School. Alice attended nursing school at Eastern Maine General Hospital. After becoming a registered nurse she moved to Boston and worked at the former Boston Lying In Hospital for a few years before returning to Maine. She married her husband, Walker Boardway, in 1938 and moved to Edgecomb in 1940. Alice and her husband, Walker, operated a lobster pound at Fort Edgecomb for many years. Alice was a member of Edgecomb Congregational Church. She served on the ladies aide committee at the church and was also very active in the town. She worked as the public health nurse in Edgecomb and on many committees including the school board and PTA. She was employed by the State of Maine as a park ranger at Fort Edgecomb. Alice was predeceased by her husband, Walker, in 1978; and son, Paul, in 1972. Survivors include a son, Dennis Savage of Rantoul, Ill.; and daughters, Ann Zak and her husband, Robert, of Edgecomb, Joan Day and her friend, Peter Nichols, of Edgecomb, Denise Cronk and husband, Billy, of Wiscasset and Marjorie Simmons of Auburn and grandchildren, Robert Zak of Bolton, Mass., Laura Hackels of Reading, Mass., Michael Zak of Edgecomb, Christopher Zak of Buckfield, Sean Day of Alna, Shannon Mahoney of Gray, Cory Cronk of Alna and Tonya Simmons and 12 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. May 24, at Edgecomb Congregational Church, Edgecomb, with the Rev. Tom Clough officiating. Should friends desire, donations may be made in Alice’s memory to Edgecomb Congregational Church, P.O. Box 113, Edgecomb, ME 04556. Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons Harrington and Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay.
ALICE M. BOARDWAY
