LYMAN – Doris Evelyn Kinney, 82, of Alewive Road, Lyman, died late Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at the Southern Maine Medical Center. She was born in Orient, Maine, the daughter of William and Velma Maxell Brown. Doris attended Orient and Houlton schools, and moved to Southern Maine in the early 1940s. Mrs. Kinney moved to Lyman in 1951, and has been a resident there since. She was a member of the Golden Girls, Navy Marine Corp Relief Society, the Lyman Food Pantry and the Lyman Library. She will be fondly remembered for crocheting afghans for babies and knitting thousands of pairs of mittens that were donated to many of the churches and local charities. Mrs. Kinney was predeceased by her husband, Harry Kinney, in 1979. Survivors include four sons and their wives, William F. Kinney and Sharon of Baltimore, Md., Leroy W. Kinney and Doris of Lyman, Alton E. and Diana Kinney of Lyman, Barry C. and Linda Kinney of Lyman; four daughters and their spouses, Velma and Charles Hayes of Arundel, Patricia Perry of Arundel, Barbara Collins of Lisbon Falls, Grace and Jim Rike of Kittery Point; one brother, Linwood Brown of Blaine; two sisters, her twin Dorothy Carlucci of Orient, Grace Geffert of Sayre, Pa.; 22 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces; and a special companion, Fred Anderson. Visiting hours are to be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Dennett, Craig and Pate Funeral Home, Rt. 202 in Buxton, where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be at the Goodwins Mills Cemetery at a later date. The family suggests that donations may be made in her memory to the Goodwin Mills Rescue, 481 Goodwin Mills Road, Lyman, ME 04002 or to the Lyman Community Library, 10 John St., Lyman, ME 04002.
DORIS EVELYN KINNEY
