NEWBURGH and NANTUCKET ISLAND, Mass. – Evelyn L. (Allen) Lakeman, 90, passed away Aug. 19, 2004, at Nantucket Island. She was born in Guildhall, Vt., Feb. 1, 1914, the daughter of Wesley and Elvena (Currier) Allen. Evelyn was a longtime resident of Newburgh and had worked for many years as a supervisor at Emple Knitting Mill. She is survived by two daughters, Marjorie E. Avery of Nantucket Island, and Bertina L. Weymouth of Florida; 10 grandchildren, six great-grand-children, two great-great-grand-children, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert M. Lakeman in 1979; and by two daughters, Priscilla “Pat” Fergerson and Eleanor L. Backus; two sisters, Alice Ball and Pauline Tetu; and by two brothers, Howard and William Allen. A graveside service will be announced later in the fall at Arnold’s Corner Cemetery, Newburgh. Memorial gifts may be made to the Evelyn L. Lakeman Memorial Heart Fund, care of EMMC Charities, P.O. Box 404, Bangor, ME 04402-0404. Arrangements entrusted to the Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Avenue, Hampden.
EVELYN L. LAKEMAN
