Borsworthy, Barbara “Nan”, 84, Presque Isle; in Presque Isle, September 21, 2008. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Presque Isle. Interment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle. Arrangements in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.
Barbara Marie (Rogers) Norsworthy, wife of the late Willard A. Norsworthy of Presque Isle, passed away September 21, 2008, at the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle. Born December 13, 1923, in Fort Fairfield, Maine, she was the daughter of Hugh G. and Beatrice Deyone Rogers. Christened “Nan” by her grandsons, Barbara became known by that nickname to family and friends alike.
She started school in Fort Fairfield, but at an early age moved with her family to Canada, where she graduated from Perth Superior School in 1940. She was employed for several years at the former Day’s Jewelry Store in Presque Isle. She was a communicant of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where she had been a member of the choir, the E. C. W., St. John’s Altar Guild, and had served as Altar Directress for seven years. Barbara was a life member of Lunar Chapter #126, Order of the Eastern Star of Presque Isle. Barbara enjoyed a wide circle of close friends, including those at bingo.
She is survived by a daughter, Julianna, and her husband, Robert Palmer; a son, Willard R. (Bill) and his wife, Remillie Norsworthy; two grandsons, Andrew and Daniel Duprey; Daniel’s wife, Rebecca, and Barbara’s two great-grandsons, Benjamin and Alexander Duprey, all of Presque Isle; a sister, Elizabeth, and her husband, James Hudson, of Aroostook, New Brunswick, Canada; and many very dear nieces and nephews in the extended family. Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by an infant sister, Margaret; a brother, Richard (Dick) Rogers, of Caribou, and a son-in-law, Richard P. Duprey of Presque Isle.
Relatives and friends called at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, where O.E.S services were conducted by officers and members of Lunar Chapter #126 at 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Presque Isle with Rev. Robert Smith officiating. Interment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle. Gifts in her memory may be sent to St John’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 8, Presque Isle, ME 04769. Condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.
