LOUISE G. HUGHES LINCOLN and MAPLETON – Louise (Wyeth) Hughes, 88, died Jan. 28, 2004, at a Lincoln health care facility after a long illness. She was born Feb. 17, 1915, in Dighton, Mass., the daughter of Edwin Wyeth and Clara (Moeller) Wyeth. She graduated from Taunton, Mass. High School and Syracuse University in 1936. She taught music in public school in Allegan, Mich. and Mapleton High School for several years, leaving to raise her family and to teach private music for 51 years in Mapleton and six years in Lincoln. She loved sharing her joy of music with her many children and adult students. She touched many lives. She was church organist in Mapleton, organized talent shows and operettas. She and her husband had their own dance band for many years. She was a former member of the Lincoln Jr. Extension (now the Chit Chat Club) and was a member of the Lincoln Congregational Church. She was predeceased by her husband, Wallace Hughes, a twin sister, Barbara Wishart, and a brother, Irving Wyeth. She is survived by a sister, Helen Scoville of Vancouver, Wash.; two daughters, Connie Zagorianakos and her husband, Nicholas, of Lincoln, and Gretchen Smith and her husband, Thurlow, of Augusta; a son, Gregory Hughes of Mapleton; four grandchildren, Alison, her husband, Mark Haskell and their children, Mark Jr. and Elizabeth of Brunswick, Gregory Zagorianakos, his wife, Sue and their children, Nicholas, Matthew, and Michael of Gorham; Steve Zagorianakos, his wife, Julie and their children, Andrew and Amy of Lincoln; and Paul Hughes, his wife, Jenny and their child, Seth of Seattle, Wash.; several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Clay Funeral Home, 7 Lee Road, Lincoln. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Darrell Joiner officiating. A graveside committal service will be held in the spring at the South Side Cemetery, Mapleton, with the Rev. Thurlow Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Colonial Health Care Facility Activities Fund, P.O. Box 70, Lincoln, 04457. Donations may be left at the funeral home. For an online register book, please go to www.clayfuneralhome.com.
LOUISE G. HUGHES
