PRESQUE ISLE – Fernette R. Stephenson, 86, died Thursday evening, May 5, 2005, at a Presque Isle hospital. She was born Jan. 20, 1919, at Chapman, the daughter of Harry A. and Maude (Grendell) Walton. She worked as a stitcher at Converse Rubber Co. in the early 1970’s. Fernette and her husband Robert were active in the Spragueville Grange. She is survived by a son, Clifton Stephenson and his wife, Sylvia, of Presque Isle; two daughters and their husbands, Marilyn M. and Ronald Rivers of Colchester, Vt., Deborah and Howard Hitchcock of Presque Isle; a sister, Kathleen Carmichael of Rochester, N.Y.; six grandchildren, Vicky Stephenson, Randy Stephenson, Brian, Paul, and Keith Rivers, and Jennifer Ouellette; a stepgrandson, Jeffrey Hitchcock; eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert in 1997 after 62 years of marriage; a daughter, Brenda M. Stephenson; two brothers, Keith and Floyd Walton; two sisters, Crystal Kidney and Dorothy Crory. A private graveside service will be held Monday, May 9, 2005, at the Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle. Those who wish may donate in her memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 163 Lancaster St., Suite 160B Portland, ME 04101. Arrangements in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home.
FERNETTE R. STEPHENSON
