WADE – Elaine A. Snell, 71, died Jan. 13, 2011, at a Van Buren health care facility. She was born Dec. 1, 1939, in Wade, daughter of Harold and Beulah (Carmichael) Churchill. “Red” married Ronald Snell and they were stationed in many areas of the country during his time in the military. She and her husband were avid motorcycle enthusiasts and participated in several poker runs in Florida. They then moved back to Maine where she worked for several years at the Waldo County Hospital pharmacy. For more than 15 years she was employed at the Cary Medical Center pharmacy in Caribou. Elaine was a wonderful gardener, raising flowers and vegetables. She enjoyed genealogy, ceramics, card and board games, talking with friends on the phone, but mostly spending time with her family. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by a brother, Merle Churchill. She is survived by two sons and their wives, Douglas L. and Cindy Snell of Limestone, and Donald L. and Judy Snell of Caribou; a daughter and her husband, Jackie and Mark Shaw of Mapleton; grandchildren, Kelly, Michelle, Jacob, Travis and his wife, Christie, Jasmyn, Jordyn and Dylan; great-grandson, Tristan; three brothers, Nate Churchill and his wife, Cynthia, of Brewer, William Tactikos of San Antonio, Texas, and Steve Churchill and his wife, Melody, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; sister, Gwendolyn McBurnie and her husband, Bud Porter, of Perham; and sister-in-law, Joy Churchill of Washington, Pa. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, with the Rev. Bruce Blakney officiating. Relatives and friends may call 11 a.m. until the time of the service. A reception will be after in the gathering area of the funeral home. A spring interment will be at Maine Veterans Cemetery. Those who wish may make donations in her memory to Salvation Army, 12 Court St., Houlton, ME 04730. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com.
ELAINE A. SNELL
