December 28, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Services held for resident, 106

FRENCHVILLE — Funeral services were held at the St. Luce Catholic Church at Frenchville Thursday for the parish’s oldest native who died Monday at a Fort Kent hospital at the age of 106.

Leona Martin, born at Frenchville on Aug. 25, 1886, died at a Fort Kent Hospital Monday. She had been a resident at the High View Manor Nursing Home at Madawaska for several years.

She was a member of the Ladies of St. Anne of St. Luce Parish.

She was survived by four daughters, Hilda Koss of Waterbury, Conn.; Idella Fore of Carlsbad, N.M.; Rita Boucher of Frenchville; and Evelyn Wietrzykowski of Bristol, Conn.; 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were celebrated by the Rev. Angelo Levasseur in the church that was built when Martin was 22 years old. She was a lifelong member of the parish that is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.


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