HARRINGTON – Evelyn M. Willey, 71, of Harrington died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility in Milbridge. She was born March 2, 1934, in Ellsworth, the daughter of the late Elliot and Louise (Cole) Stratton. Evelyn was educated in Sullivan graduating from high school there in 1952, as the class salutatorian. Once married, she became a military wife for 20 years, traveling the world along with raising her family. She had resided in Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, N.H., Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, Loring Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Selfridge Air Force Base, Detroit, Mich., Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan and Hill Air Force Base, Utah, where she and her husband spent 24 years. While in Utah, Evelyn worked as a certified nurse’s assistant and for more than 17 years was an advertising agent for K-mart in Utah. Most recently, she moved to Harrington with her husband in 1996, where she became active with the Osceola Grange No. 570 of Harrington and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Post No. 8 of Cherryfield. She shared 46 years of marriage with Alonzo C. Willey Sr. In addition to her husband, family members include daughter, Inez Day of Cherryfield; two sons, Alonzo C. Willey Jr. and his wife, Debbie and Wayne Willey and his wife, Dawnelle, both of Ogden, Utah; one stepson, Glen Willey Sr. of Auburn; and one stepdaughter, Ronda Rhodes and her husband, Richard, of Faxon, Okla.; seven grandchildren, Jordyn, Ryan, Glen Jr., Richard Jr., Brooke and Kendra; and nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Eleanor Daley and her husband, Raymond, of Sullivan; and two special friends, Betty Look of Cherryfield and Carol Ann Ferlin of Morgan, Utah. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Prospect Harbor Cemetery, Gouldsboro. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038-1131. Cremation arrangements are by the Bragdon-Kelley-Campbell Funeral Home, 47 Main St., Milbridge.
EVELYN MAE WILLEY
