ARLENE M. (DORR) ATWATER

ARLENE M. (DORR) ATWATER – STEUBEN – Arlene M. (Dorr) Atwater, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, at an Ellsworth health care facility. She was born Aug. 6, 1923, at Columbia Falls, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Iva (Grant) Dorr. Mrs. Atwater was educated and graduated from Columbia Falls High School. Arlene was a hard worker and held many jobs throughout her working career. She enjoyed cooking and reading. Mrs. Atwater was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, always looking after everyone else’s needs before her own. She shared 54 years of marriage with the late Forrest B. Atwater Sr., who died in 1997. Family members include her three sons, Forrest B. Atwater Jr. and his wife, Sandra, Anthony Atwater and wife, Ann, and Dale Atwater and wife, Brenda; a caring and devoted daughter-in-law, Rebecca Atwater; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was also survived by sisters, Eleanor Chipman, Leona Bailey, Barbara Pinkham, Wilma Newcomb and Donna Snyder; several nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a son, Leon S. Atwater in 2006; a granddaughter, Charlene Bagley and husband, Chuck; and great-grandchildren, B.J. and Cady Bagley; three brothers, Shirley Dorr, Embert Dorr and Robert Dorr; and three sisters, Gertrude Smith, Betty Chipman and Laura Ramsay. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Unionville Cemetery, Steuben, with Pastor Lewis Cushman officiating. Relatives and friends are invited. If desired, memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made in Arlene’s memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis TN 38101-0060 or Shannon McCormack Foundation, Inc., 10 Maplewood Road, Medfield, MA 02052. A service of Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home, Milbridge. For online condolences, please visit our website at www.bragdonkelley.com.