Dobson, Marie A., 93, Presque Isle, in Presque Isle, November 8, 2009. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Interment will be at North Main Street Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.
PRESQUE ISLE – Marie A. Dobson, 93, died Sunday, November 8, 2009, at a Presque Isle hospital. She was born at Portage Lake on July 8, 1916, the daughter of Frank and Agnes (Emond) Landry.
She was a graduate of Schenck High School, East Millinocket, where she played on their first girls’ state championship basketball team. She loved sports, especially basketball, and was an avid bowler in her younger years. Marie will be missed by her friends at Friday night Bingo at the Elks Club, and her neighbors at McCulley Commons.
She is survived by two daughters and their husbands; Cecile and Dick Wilcox of Mapleton, Gale and Al Martin of Providence, RI, a son Steven and his wife Prudy of Washburn, a son-in-law Steve Stearns of South Paris, seventeen grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren, two special friends Louise Seeley and Joyce Michaud.
Marie was predeceased by her husband Urbain “Herb” Dobson, a son Hebert Wesley, a daughter Judy Stearns, two sisters; Cecile Michaud and Vie Gagnon, a brother Joesph Landry, and one great-grandson Thomas Dobson.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m., Wednesday at the Parish of the Precious Blood, St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Raymond Morency officiating. Relatives and friends called from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday evening at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle. Interment will be at North Main Street Catholic Cemetery.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 9 Erie Drive, Suite 101, Natick, MA 01760. Condolences may be expressed at duncan-graves.com
