LINCOLN – Ila (Boyington) Arthurs, 87, wife of the late William Arthurs, died Oct. 26, 2012, at a Lincoln health care facility. She was born May 26, 1925, in Prentiss, to Clyde and Nettie (Ogden) Boyington.
She attended schools in Chester, Macwahoc and Lincoln. She worked as a weaver, a nurse’s aide and taught music for 20 years, all the while working in several churches in the Lincoln area as pianist, organist and soloist.
She is survived by six children, Larry of Lincoln, Jerold of Wytopitlock, William Jr. of Lee, Linda Houghton of Lee, Ellen Shorey of Lee and Robin Polomsky of Newington, Conn.; 15 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was predeceased by a son, Joe; five brothers, Richard, Jacob, Harrison, Kenwood and Fred; a sister, Beaulah; a grandson, Robert Joseph Arthurs; and a special great-grandson, Larry Hoyt Arthurs Jr.
“Absent from the body, present with the Lord.” II Corinthians 5:8. The Rev. Leon Robinson will officiate at funeral services 3 p.m. Friday at Clay Funeral Home, 7 Lee Road, Lincoln, where friends may call 1 p.m. until the time of services. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Lee. Those who wish may donate in her memory to Penobscot Valley Humane Society, 1 Park Ave., Lincoln, ME 04457. Those who wish may sign an online register and leave written condolences at www.clayfuneralhome.com.
Ila (Boyington) Arthurs
