YORK – Evelyn H. Wentworth, 94, formerly of Heather Lane, Wells, died Sunday, April 3, at Sentry Hill at York Harbor.

She was born in Mexico, on Oct. 27, 1910, the daughter of Forrest C. and Gemma Richardson Hunt. She graduated from Mexico High School and attended Gorham Normal School.

She was affiliated with her husband, Robert P. Wentworth, in the operation of the Narragansett Hotel at Kennebunk Beach until 1959. In the fall of that year, they moved to Wells, where they bought the property on Route 1 known as The Sea Gull Motor Inn. After selling this business in 1973, she again joined her husband in the operation of Brookside Garden Center on the Sanford Road at Wells Corner, retiring in 1980.

She was a member of the First Parish Unitarian Church of Kennebunk and was active in its various organizations.

She is survived by her daughter, Annette M. Wentworth of Kennebunk; her foster daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Sheila) Breary of Cape Porpoise; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, who died in 2002.

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