CUMBERLAND – Anna Louise Whittier Shorey, 82, passed from this life to the next, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Scarborough. She was born Feb. 2, 1928, in Bangor, a daughter of Ethel (Chipman) and Levens H. Whittier. Anna was educated in Bangor schools and graduated from Bangor High School, Class of 1946. Anna married Walter G. Shorey Jr. of Veazie, Dec. 21, 1947, and together they had three sons. Anna spent the first 20 years of her marriage traveling with Walter, who was a career military person with the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force. They settled in Cumberland in 1967 and lived there continuously until her death. Anna was a member of Eastern Star and Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, Cumberland. Anna enjoyed working with children and worked for the Cumberland School District as a school bus driver for 23 years and is still well known to several generations of Cumberland’s children. Anna enjoyed sewing, knitting, quilting and crafts. Befitting someone who places others before herself, she led a very full life enjoying family and friends. Anna is survived by her three sons, Walter G. Shorey III and his wife, Ellen, of North Yarmouth, Joel W. Shorey of Westbrook and Jeffrey D. Shorey and his wife, Hazel, of North Yarmouth; her five grandchildren, Mindy, Amy, Elizabeth, Mathew and Jason; her four great-grandchildren, Chad, Kyle, Kostya and Tatiana; her two sisters, Marcia Whittier and Mary Freeman, both of Bangor; her brother, Robert Whittier and his wife, Phyllis, of Dover-Foxcroft; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter, in 2000. Visiting hours will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. The funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, at Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. Burial will be at Farris Cemetery, Cumberland. A reception will be in the church hall. For those who wish, donations may be made in Anna’s memory to Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. To share your condolences, memories and tributes with the Shorey family, please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com.
ANNA L. SHOREY
