Mabel Thelma Bailey Gagne (Tilly), 94,
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Mabel Thelma Bailey Gagne (Tilly), 94,
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Mabel Thelma Bailey Gagne
DRESDEN -- Mabel Thelma Bailey Gagne (Tilly), 94, educator and lifelong resident of Dresden, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at the home of her son, Dana, in Dresden.
She was born in Dresden on Sept. 16, 1911, the daughter of Viola Lovett Bailey and Elmer Bailey. Mrs. Gagne was a 1930 graduate of Bridge Academy and attended Farmington Normal School, obtaining a lifetime teaching certificate.
On April 6, 1936, she married Theodore Louis Gagne in Gardiner.
Mrs. Gagne taught school in the one-room schoolhouses in Dresden for more than 30 years, most of them in the little yellow schoolhouse, which is the present Dresden Town Office. She retired in 1970.
At home, she enjoyed sewing, cooking and gardening, and was especially proud of her orchard. She always looked forward to picking wild blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.
Mrs. Gagne was a member of the Maine Education Association Retirees and the National Education Association, as well as AARP.
She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore, in 1997; her sister, Carolyn Sirois; and brothers Bernard Bailey, Clyde Bailey, Norman Crooker and Ralph Crooker.
Mrs. Gagne was survived by her sons, Dana Gagne and his wife, Ruth, of Dresden and Dale Gagne and his wife, Bonnie, of Williamsburg Township; nine grandchildren; 18 great -grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Staples Funeral Home in Gardiner.
Visiting hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial will follow at the family plot in Forest Hill Cemetery, Dresden.
Published in the Kennebec Journal on 2/7/2006.
DRESDEN -- Mabel Thelma Bailey Gagne (Tilly), 94, educator and lifelong resident of Dresden, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at the home of her son, Dana, in Dresden.
She was born in Dresden on Sept. 16, 1911, the daughter of Viola Lovett Bailey and Elmer Bailey. Mrs. Gagne was a 1930 graduate of Bridge Academy and attended Farmington Normal School, obtaining a lifetime teaching certificate.
On April 6, 1936, she married Theodore Louis Gagne in Gardiner.
Mrs. Gagne taught school in the one-room schoolhouses in Dresden for more than 30 years, most of them in the little yellow schoolhouse, which is the present Dresden Town Office. She retired in 1970.
At home, she enjoyed sewing, cooking and gardening, and was especially proud of her orchard. She always looked forward to picking wild blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.
Mrs. Gagne was a member of the Maine Education Association Retirees and the National Education Association, as well as AARP.
She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore, in 1997; her sister, Carolyn Sirois; and brothers Bernard Bailey, Clyde Bailey, Norman Crooker and Ralph Crooker.
Mrs. Gagne was survived by her sons, Dana Gagne and his wife, Ruth, of Dresden and Dale Gagne and his wife, Bonnie, of Williamsburg Township; nine grandchildren; 18 great -grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Staples Funeral Home in Gardiner.
Visiting hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial will follow at the family plot in Forest Hill Cemetery, Dresden.
Published in the Kennebec Journal on 2/7/2006.