LITTLE DEER ISLE – Christina M. (Haskell) Pert, 79, wife of the late Randall Pert, died Nov. 22, 2009, at an Orono health care facility. She was born June 7, 1930, in Little Deer Isle, the daughter of Elmer P. and Lucy B. (Eaton) Haskell. Christina was a lifelong resident of Little Deer Isle. She worked for 42 years at Stonington Canning Co. until it closed in the 1990s. Christina also was a wreath maker and clam digger with Randall, and helped him cut wood. She worked with Gene Eaton and Junior Joyce at their clam shucking factory for a period of time, as well as being the caretaker at Eggemoggin Inn for 30 years. Christina belonged to Galilean Gospel Temple Church, Stonington, and was the church secretary there for 25 years. She is survived by a daughter, Lorena Whitmore and her husband, Sonny, of Ellsworth; three grandchildren, Eric Whitmore and his wife, Jackie, Christine Lanphier and her husband, Rick, and Kelly Brown and her husband, Scott; four great-grandchildren, Malarie, Madison, Kyle and Kacie; a brother, Roland Haskell; two sisters, Winnifred Thompson and her husband, Phillip, of Little Deer Isle and Laurice Hardie and her husband, Billy, of Stonington; many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband, Randall, Christina was predeceased by her father in 1964, her mother in 1984; a brother, Raymond Haskell in 1989; and a sister, Hazel Cooper in 1996. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Gray’s Hill Cemetery, Little Deer Isle, with the Rev. Francis Cormier officiating. Gifts in her memory may be sent to the Leukemia Society, the Diabetes Association or the Cancer Society. A service of Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home, Stonington. Condolences may be expressed at www.bragdonkelley.com.
CHRISTINA M. (HASKELL) PERT
