PITTSFIELD and SIDNEY – Lillian A. Elias formerly of Pittsfield, wife of the late Lloyd R. Elias, died at Mt. Saint Joseph’s, Waterville, early Thursday morning, Dec. 4, 2003. She was born April 12, 1913, in St. Cecile, Quebec, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Valeda Audet. At the age of nine Lillian and her family moved to Greenville. She attended school there and later trained in Bangor to become a hair dresser. She was a practicing beautician in Pittsfield for many years. In 1937, she married her husband, Lloyd R. Elias and from 1950 until their retirement they ran a successful grocery business. She is survived by one daughter, Isabelle Elias Robinson and her husband, Thomas A. Robinson of Enfield; one son, Rochid “Rocky” Joseph Elias and his wife, Jody Webber Elias of Sidney; two special grandsons, Andrew Thomas Robinson and his wife, Leslie Susan Yetter, of Brunswick, and Corey Webber Elias of Sidney and Boston, Mass.; one great-granddaughter, Katherine Aurianne Robinson of Brunswick; two brothers, Patrick Audet and his wife, Simone, of Hampden, and Arthur Norman Audet; five sisters, Jeannette Sawyer of California, Yvette and Hector Lamontagne of Pittsfield and Dade City, Fla., Rita and Blair Libby of Gulfport, Fla., Charlene and Leon Vienneau of Bradley, Joan and Charles Mountain of Mars Hill; many special nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A funeral mass will be held in late spring and will be announced at a later date. Those who wish may make donations to St. Agnes Parish, Detroit Ave., Pittsfield, ME 04967 or to a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Greenlawn Funeral Home, 300 State St., Bangor.
LILLIAN AURIANNE (AUDET) ELIAS
