KENNEBUNK – Virginia Marie Lanigan, 97, a 35-year resident of Kennebunk, most recently of Landing Way, previously Old Port Road, Kennebunk and Somerville, Mass., died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, at Kennebunk Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 22, 1909, in Bangor, a daughter of Charles and Laura (Jones) Ware. She graduated from Bangor High School and attended Nursing School in Boston. She was a nurse for more than 25 years in the Somerville, Mass., area and Kennebunk area. She was an avid Boston Red Sox fan. She was predeceased by her husband, Leo J. Lanigan; her son, Paul T. Lanigan; six sisters, Catherine Richardson, Laura Vachon, Frances Grey, Doris Weart, Margaret Lambert and Belle Sorenson; and brother, Charles Ware. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Jacquelyn Lanigan of Kennebunk; her five grandchildren, Martin Lanigan and his wife, Karen, of Basking Ridge, N.J., Janet V. Libby and her husband, Ron, of Spotsylvania, Va., Rosemary Bourgault and her husband, John, of Casa Robles, Calif., Leo J. Lanigan and his wife, Bethaney, of Kingsbury, Calif., William R. Lanigan of Kennebunk; eight great-grandchildren, and one great-greatgrandchild. Visiting hours will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at St. Martha’s Church, Portland Road, Kennebunk. Interment will be at Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, in the spring. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Lanigan’s memory to Kennebunk Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 158 Ross Road, Kennebunk, ME 04043. Arrangements by Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk. www.bibberfuneral.com
VIRGINIA MARIE LANIGAN
