HUDSON – The world has lost one of the funniest and most caring people today, Jan. 10, 2012. Maria Elena Preble passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends.
Maria graduated from Nokomis Regional High School in 1971. She went on to receive her associate degree in social work from UCB in 1995, and later her bachelor’s degree in 2001. She worked at Dorothea Dix, where she enjoyed working with the clients and always treated them with respect and honesty. Maria had a tremendous love for life. She could often be seen fishing on the Narraguagus and chasing after her partner spotting wildlife and birds to be photographed.
She loved talking with family and friends.
Maria is survived by her loving partner, Pamela McCue; daughter, Delores Adams and partner, Jason Emery; son, Tracy Chipman and his wife, Caryn; two grandchildren, Maria Adams and John Adams; two brothers, Marvin Preble and his wife, Diane, and Terry Preble and his wife, Donna; many nieces and nephews. A note of thanks to the McCue family who accepted Maria as their own. A special mother, Eileen McCue; “brother” Ed McCue and his wife, Mary, Carl McCue and wife, Debbie, Michael McCue and his wife, Patty, Richard McCue, and Kenneth McCue; “sister” Betty Herlihy and husband, Jerry, “sister” Polly Allen and husband, George, Mona Decker and husband, Don, “sister” Mary Stewart and husband, David. Special thanks to her friends, Christina Brown, Mary Lois Alicen, Susan Davies, Tina and Lenny LaFlamme, Jillian Merrill, Bonnie Green, Irene Poirier, Leeann McLean, Kam Atwood and “the boss man” Dana. She was predeceased by her parents, Elwin and Gladys (Corbett) Preble; two sisters, Elizabeth Cole and Delores Badejo; and a brother, Elwin Preble Jr.
Services will be held 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at Hammond Street Congregational Church, Bangor, with a reception afterward. In lieu of flowers, Maria would like you to please spend a day fishing with a loved one. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Service Center, Newport. To sign an online guest book and leave written condolences, please visit
www.PhilipBrownFuneralHome.com.
Rest in peace Maria