Elsie M. Lawrence ⁷⁴⁰⁹

Bangor Daily News
Bangor, Maine
March 18, 1999
p. B6

ELSIE M. LEVESQUE

OLD TOWN -- Elsie M. Levesque, 93, died March 17, 1999, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born March 23, 1905, in West Enfield, a daughter of Dana and Elizabeth (Davis) Lawrence.

Pins and needles, Yard and Thread, that is how your love is spread. A heart of gold with hands of love. One would swear she was sent from the heavens above. Lady hero, so full of wisdom and smarts. Sharing a place in all our hearts.

She is survived by four daughters, Ruth Cummings of Passadumkeag, Shirley LaBree and Lorena Smith, both of Old Town, Claudette Michaud of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; a son, Arthur Monk of Brewer; a special granddaughter, Sherry Conary; and a special CNA, Sharon Snell; 26 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; 23 great great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her first husband, James Monk; her second husband, James Levesque; two daughters, June Butler and Gloria Conary; and a son, James Monk.

At her request, there will be no public services. Interment will be in West Enfield Cemetery. For those who wish, memorial contributions in her memory may be made to Operation LiftOff, Maine Chapter, PO Box 29, Carmel 04419. Cremation arrangements by Birmingham Funeral Home, 287 So. Main St., Old Town.

Elsie married James Henry Monk 1 March 1924 in Maine.⁴²⁶ (James Henry Monk was born 19 November 1903 in Princeton, Washington County, Maine,²⁷² died in 1935 ⁷⁴¹⁰ and was buried in 1935 in West Enfield, Penobscot County, Maine at West Enfield Cemetery ⁷⁴¹⁰.)