Evelyn Blake

Blake, Evelyn, 98, October 14, 2009.  Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home, Houlton.  Interment was held in the Dyer Brook Cemetery.
    OAKFIELD – Evelyn Blake, 98, died October 14, 2009, in Brewer. She was born March 14, 1911, in Dyer Brook, the daughter of the late Weyman and Josephine (Shields) Estabrook.
    She was a member of Smyrna Methodist Church, Oakfield Senior Citizens, Maine Teacher's Association, and the National Education Association. Evelyn graduated from Merrill High School and Presque Isle Normal School. She retired after 38 years of  teaching in Dyer Brook, West Baldwin and Merrill. She enjoyed crafts, sewing and loved to bake. Her family looked forward to the fresh baked bread and chocolate chip cookies she would make when they came to visit. She always had a ready smile and helping hand for everyone.   Her grandchildren loved to listen to the stories of her growing up with a family full of practical jokers.
    She is survived by her sons, Morris Blake and his wife, Lora of Plantsville, CT and Zephyrhills, FL and Duane Blake of Holden; grandchildren, Morris Blake, Jr. of CT,  Denise (Quentin) Memmelaar of NC, Michael (Heidi) Blake of CT,  Debra (Robert) Burke of NC, David (Rose Marie) Blake of Brewer,  Alison (Scott) Schevling of CT and  Amy (Troy) Lindsay of CT;  thirteen great-grandchildren;  five great-great-grandchildren;  several nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by  brothers:  Chalma, Philip and Calvin Estabrook; sister, Millicent Rainey; and daughter-in-law, Roseanne Blake.
    Graveside funeral services were held 2 p.m. on Monday, October 19, at the Dyer Brook Cemetery with the Rev. Andy Harthorne officiating. Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home.