BANGOR – Elizabeth Ida Colburn, 81, loving wife, mother and “Mammy”, died May 4, 2005, at a local healthcare center. She was born June 10, 1923, in Hampden, the daughter of Stuart Gardiner and Irma Elizabeth (Henry) Leeman. Elizabeth was a graduate of Bangor High School and a member of the National Honor Society. She was employed for 44 years in the business office at Freeses’ Department Store and was a former member of the Universalist Church of Bangor and the Guild of the church, now the Universalist Unitarian Society of Bangor. Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Colburn of Bangor; one daughter, Jane E. Helsley and her husband, Adam, of Bangor; three grandchildren, Bethanie, Kristin and Taylor; two sisters, Bertha Dauphinee of Corinth and Josephine Pomroy of Bangor; one brother, Roger Leeman of Bangor; nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, May 9, at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until time of service Monday. Private interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor. Gifts in her memory may be made in support of the family care of Jane Helsley, 19 Katahdin St., Bangor, ME 04401.
ELIZABETH I. COLBURN
