Winnifred Mae Strout

STROUT, Winnifred Mae, 84, EASTON, at Presque Isle, February 7, 2013. Spring interment will be at Estes Park Cemetery, Easton. Arrangements in care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

    EASTON – Winnifred Mae Strout, 84, passed away on Thursday February 7, 2013, at a Presque Isle hospital. She was born in East Corinth on July 9, 1928, the daughter of Ralph and Hazel (Clapp) Goodwin Sr.
    She was very social and enjoyed working. She retired as a CNA from the Presque Isle Rehab and Nursing Home in 2004, and then continued to work at Kelly’s Fabric Center until 2007. She had been previously employed by Vahlsing  in Easton and Converse Shoe Co. in Presque Isle. Winnie was a very kind and gentle soul who cared deeply about her family and friends. She was a prankster who liked to tease and play jokes. She enjoyed reading, embroidery and playing FIND A WORD.
    Winnifred is survived by a son, Keith Strout and his wife, Harriet of Fort Fairfield; four daughters,, Nancy Beattie and husband, Daniel of Highland, Michigan, Susan Saucier and her husband, Armand, Bonnie Hotham and her husband, Brian, all of Presque Isle, and Sally Strout of Easton; a brother, Donn Goodwin of Eddington; three sisters, Phyllis Garnett of Valdosta, GA, Gretchen Dupuis and Rhoda Turner, both of Bangor; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
    She was predeceased by her husband, Edgar in 2009; four brothers, Laurice, Ralph, Robert and Edwin Goodwin; two sisters, Donna Holyoke and Beverly Goodwin.
    Friends called 12 noon until time of service Monday, February 11, 2013, at Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30  Church Street, Presque Isle, where funeral services were held 1 p.m., with Rev.  Richard Bell officiating. Spring interment will be at Estes Park Cemetery, Easton. Donations may be made in her memory to Ronald McDonald’s House, 654 State Street, Bangor, Maine 04401. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.