BANGOR – Anna Laura Banks, 94, wife of the late Garrett C. Banks, died Oct. 2, 2004, at a Bangor Nursing Facility. She was born in Windsor, N.B., Canada, June 25, 1910, the daughter of M. Stephen and Nora C. (Connolly) Orsen. Anna was a hard worker, a loving wife of 57 years and a wonderful mother. She enjoyed her home, cooking and gardening but most of all, her family was her life. She is survived by two children, Patricia Veal and husband, Robert, of Bangor, Lowell Banks and wife, Eunice, of Grass Valley, Calif.; six grandchildren, Elizabeth Adams of Levant, Leslie Spencer of Glenburn, Robert Veal of Phoenix, Ariz., Bruce, Steven and Garrett Banks, all of California; seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her siblings, Fern Orsen, Maude Burpee, Earl Orsen, Jennie Dickinson, Flossie Pond, Belle Shaw and Vera Dow. Anna’s family extends a warm thank you for the loving care which was given to Anna by the staff of Bangor Nursing and Rehab and Hospice of CHCS. Relatives and friends may call 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Foley Funeral Service, 299 Union St., Bangor, where funeral services will be held 12 noon Friday with Pastor Stephen D. Hall officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Hartford, N.B. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Anna’s memory may be made to My Friends Place, 703 Essex St., Bangor, ME 04401.
ANNA L. BANKS
