Auburn food bank founder, JoAnn Pike

AUBURN – JoAnn Pike, founder of the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, died March 17 at age 62.

Pike, who was being treated for cancer, died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She had retired three weeks ago from running the food bank on a daily basis.

Good Shepherd, the state’s largest food bank, last year distributed more than 9 million pounds of food to food pantries and soup kitchens around Maine.

Pike started the food bank from the living room of her home more than 20 years ago.

A funeral service will be held Monday at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Mechanic Falls.