YARMOUTH – Aileen Bennett Tufts, 102, of Gray, died Saturday, March 26, in Yarmouth.

Shw was born on Nov. 10, 1902, the daughter of Charles Payson and Hattie Woodbury Bennett in New Gloucester, at what is now the Opportunity Farm. She graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1920, then went on to the University of Maine at Orono, becoming a member of Phi Mu sorority in 1921 and graduated in 1924.

On Aug. 1, 1925, Aileen wed Eben Dutton Tufts of New Gloucester.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church of New Gloucester and was active in civic affairs in both Gray and New Gloucester for more than 60 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Barbara E. Pollard; grandchildren, Denise Pollard, Wayne Pollard and his wife, Gwen; great-grandchildren, Jessica Pollard, and Nicole Hamilton and her husband, Walker, all of Gray; a son, Gordon E. Tufts, of Las Vegas; grandchildren, Terry Lynn of Indiana, Pernell Tufts of Las Vegas; daughter-in-law, Pauline B. Tufts; grandchildren, Sharon Henson and Charles Tufts of Bakersfield, Calif., Elizabeth Wallace and Ross Tufts of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Payson A. Tufts Jr. of Oregon; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband of 46 years, Eben; her son, Payson A. Tufts Sr.; and great-grandson, Mark Wallace.