MARS HILL – Rowena M. Graham, 90, wife of the late Harold Graham, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at her home with her family by her side. She was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Easton, daughter of George and Emma (Broad) Patterson. Rowena had a very rewarding and fulfilling life. She attended Mars Hill High School and worked as a certified nurse’s aide at Mars Hill Nursing Home. During her years as a certified nurse’s aide she also helped her husband around the farm for 30 years. She and her husband, Harold, worked in Massachusetts for six years as caretakers. On their return back to Mars Hill they bought and remodeled a home, which had been the home of her husband, Harold, in his younger childhood. They then moved to Westfield to fulfill their dream of designing and building a log home. We all love and miss the matriarch of our family. She is survived by two daughters, Colleen Hogan and her husband, Dwight, of Mars Hill, and Wanda Cope of Tennessee; two foster children, Norman Wardwell of Portland and Steven Warwell Sr. of Danforth; grandchildren, Michelle Devine and her husband, Tom, of Fort Fairfield, Melanie Rideout and her husband, Jon, of North Waterboro, Jerad Boyd and his wife, Dianna, of Maryland, James Willis and his wife, Michelle, of Van Buren, Justin Willis of New Orleans, and Steven Wardwell Jr. of Littleton; great-grandchildren, Jorden and Bret Kilcollins, Hunter and Emma Rideout, Alexis Bradbury and Lucie Cameron Boyd; great-great-grandchildren, Damion Willis and Ian Willis, and Madison Kilcollins; and special nieces, Linda Bill, Bonnie Anderson, Nancy Madore and Dale Blanchard. She was predeceased by a sister, Vera Alger; and brothers, Cecil, Kenneth, Orville, Wendell, Grover and Robert Patterson. Relatives and friends may call 7-9 p.m. Friday at Duncan Funeral Home, Mars Hill. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Mars Hill United Baptist Church with the Rev. Mitch Ross officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to Shriners Hospitals for Children, P.O. Box 735, Bangor, ME 04402. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com.
ROWENA M. GRAHAM
