1923 – 2004
PORTLAND – Lila Irene Tufts, 81, of New Gloucester, was born to Bertha and Charles Strout on March 3, 1923 in Gray. She attended schools in the area.
She met her best friend, Wilbur D. Tufts and later married him on Nov. 2, 1940.
She died at Maine Medical Center in Portland after many years at home standing strong and brave against several diseases.
Her passion and lifelong dedication was to her husband, family, friends and to all children.
She enjoyed embroidery, drawing, laughing, picking wild flowers, roaming with her daughter in the RV, decorative artist painting, and meeting the needs of others. The life she lived will remain always, held as an example for those who knew her to also raise to that level of love and loyalty.
Surviving are a son, Wilbur B. Tufts, and a daughter, Anita Stone Richards, both of New Gloucester; one sister, Velma Smith of Oxford; three grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews, most of whom reside in Maine.
She was predeceased in 1973 by her beloved husband, Wilbur D. Tufts, of New Gloucester.
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