Margaret Constance McIlroy ^272,1887

Sun Journal
Lewiston, Maine
October 20, 2003
p. A5

CONSTANCE LOCHHEAD
1915-2003

LEWISTON -- Constance McIlroy Lochhead, 88, of Auburn, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Born in Winthrop on August 13, 1915, the daughter of Ronald Crawford McIlroy and Rena Leadbetter McIlroy, Mrs. Lochhead attended Lewiston schools and graduated from Lewiston High School in the class of 1933. She received her business education in Trenton, N.J. and Auburn.

Beginning in 1936, Mrs. Lochhead worked as a secretary for the Maine Department of Health and Welfare in Augusta. During World War II, she worked for the U.S. Maritime Commission in South Portland, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Department in Macon, Ga. and at Babson Institute in Wellesley, Mass.

On August 31, 1940, she married John Malcolm Lochhead of Auburn, who died in May of 1990. They made their home in Portland; Macon, Ga.; and Buffalo, N.Y. before returning to Auburn in 1949.

Mrs. Lochhead was a member of the High Street Congregational Church, where she taught Sunday school and was an active member of the Women's Guild. For many years, she was a member of the YWCA, where she served on the Board of Directors. She also belonged to the Women's Hospital Association of CMMC and the Auburn Art Club.

Survivors include a daughter, Shelley Lochhead, of West Hopkinton, N.H.; two sisters, Katherine Flynn of Lewiston and Madeline Wellman of East Longmeadow, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a third sister, Dorothy Hawes, in 1978.

Funeral Notices

LOCHHEAD -- Died in Lewiston, Oct. 16, 2003, Mrs. Constance Lochhead, 88, a resident of 200 Stetson Rd., Auburn. Graveside committal services will be held Friday 1 p.m. Oct. 24, at Mt. Auburn Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Martz officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. Family and friends are invited to gather together 12:30 p.m. prior to the committal at the family owned Dillingham & Son Memorial Chapel, 62 Spring St., Auburn. 784-6449.

  Events

• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

Margaret married John Malcolm Lochhead, son of Ralph Alexander Lochhead and Gleana Boynton, 31 August 1940.⁶⁸⁶⁴ (John Malcolm Lochhead was born 5 November 1914 in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine,⁶⁸⁶⁶ died 19 May 1990 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine ^6866,6867 and was buried after 19 May 1990 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine at Mount Auburn Cemetery ⁶⁸⁶⁶.)