NORWAY – Agnes L. Howe, 81, of Norway, died Friday, Aug. 5 at Stephens Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Waterford on Jan. 11, 1924, the daughter of Horace and Mary Hamlin Gardner. She graduated from Bridgton Academy, and attended Auburn School of Commerce.

She married Paul W. “Bill” Howe on June 26, 1943.

She was a bookkeeper and a housewife.

She was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Norway, and the Reading Club in Norway.

She is survived by her husband of Norway; two daughters, Beverly Cronin and her husband, Ronald, of Scarborough, and Beth Brainerd and her husband, Paul, of Norway; two granddaughters, Laura and Amanda Brainerd, both of Norway; three brothers, Edwin Gardner, Charles “Loren” Gardner and Ralph Gardner; and one sister, Annie Gardner.

She was predeceased by a son, Dennis Howe; and a brother, Howard Gardner.