BANGOR – Shirley E. Chadbourne, 95, died July 4, 2011. She was born Dec. 26, 1915, in Cambridge, daughter of Ralph Bailey and Edna Watson Bailey Sawyer.
Shirley and Norman raised their family in Cambridge and retired to Florida for winters. Shirley moved to Sunbury Village in Bangor in 2003 where she met many new friends who became like family. She was very active and enjoyed her life at Sunbury. She was a member of Cambridge Baptist Church, Gideon’s International, Northside Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, Fla., and in recent years, Calvary Baptist Church, Brewer, where she enjoyed the love and care of her church family in her senior years.
Shirley is survived by her daughter, Deanna Lander and husband, Galen, of Hermon, Alden Stuart of Tennessee, husband of her deceased daughter, Beth; six grandchildren, Mark Stuart and wife, Christie, of Maryland, Gary Stuart and wife, Beth, of Tennessee, and Stephen Stuart of Tennessee, granddaughter-in-law, Mary Stuart of Bangor, Kelly Bragdon and husband, Kelley, of Bangor, Karen Lander of Portland, and Jeffrey Lander and wife, Connie, of Silverdale, Wash.; eight great- grandchildren, Douglas, Logan, Lane, Ryan, Emily Stuart, Laura Curtis and husband, Caleb, and Ben and Nathan Lander; great-great-grandson, Landon Curtis; and a sister, Althea Folsom and husband, Arthur, of Buxton. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Norman, in 1984; daughter, Beth Stuart; grandchildren, Douglas Stuart and Marcia Lander; sisters, Thelma Burns, Mildred Ayer, Esther Phares, Joyce Bragg, Jackie Miller and Janice Evans; brothers, Merle Watson and Phil Bailey.
A celebration of her life will be held beginning with fellowship 10 a.m. Monday, July 11, at Calvary Baptist Church, Brewer, with a service beginning 11 a.m. and committal 3 p.m. at Cambridge Memorial Garden Cemetery, with Pastor Roger Davis officiating at both services. Those who wish to give memorial gifts as a remembrance of Shirley may contribute to the Gideon’s International, Bangor Camp, P.O. Box 134, Bangor ME 04402-0134; Cambridge Baptist Church, P.O. Box 40, Cambridge, ME 04923; or Calvary Baptist Church, 61 State St., Brewer, ME 04412. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal, Dexter. For an online guest register, go to
www.CrosbyNeal.com.