WINTERPORT – Hope (Clark) Higgins Adams, 96, passed away peacefully May 10, 2011, in Florida. Hope was born Feb. 2, 1915, in Winterport, daughter of the late Morris G. and Ruth (Emerson) Clark.
Hope was a hard working woman who owned her own convenience store in Brewer, bought several pieces of land which she sold, and worked as a caretaker for many people in the Bangor area. She loved spending time at her camp on the coast, enjoying many weekends of mowing the lawn and family dinners. In her later years she enjoyed spending winters in Florida before eventually living there year-round. Hope will be missed and remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister and friend.
Hope is survived by her children, Randolf Higgins Sr. and wife, Susan, of Winterport and Robert Higgins Sr. of Florida; brothers, Stephen Clark and Joshua Clark; sisters, Faith McKuster and Olive Clark; grandchildren, Terry Bryant and husband, Randy, of Newburgh, Hope Leighton and husband, Gerald, of Newport, Robert Higgins Jr. and girlfriend, Diane Wescott, of Belgrade, Jennifer Higgins and fianc‚, Jim Morgan, of Bangor, Randolf Higgins Jr. of Winterport and Kelly Thibodeau; great-grand-children, Justin Doble, Paige Doble, William Oxley III, Dustin Littlefield and Luke Leighton; a great-great-grandchild, Grace Oxley; a son-in-law, Vern Holyoke of Newport; and a daughter-in-law, Coral P. Higgins of Winterport. Hope was predeceased by her parents; her first husband, Robert B. Higgins; her second husband, George S. Adams Sr.; her daughter, Joane E. Holyoke; and three sisters, Ardele Casey, Connie El-Hajj and Pauline Clark. Hope’s family thanks all of the staff at Island Lakes Center, Longwood, Fla., for all of their dedicated and compassionate care during her stay.
A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden, with Pastor Steve Nute officiating. Family and friends may visit 1 p.m. until the time of service. Interment will be immediately after the funeral at Oak Hill Cemetery, Winterport. Memorial contributions in Hope’s honor may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Messages of condolence and memories may be shared through
www.hampdengilpatrick.com.