BETHEL – Louise Elizabeth Stone Lord, 96, of Bethel, died at her residence on Oct. 19.

She was born in Waterford, on Nov. 29, 1909, the daughter of Edgar L. and Marian Aldrich Stone. She graduated from Bridgton Academy and Farmington State Teachers College. She had taught school in Waterford, Bethel and Bryant Pond and in Gorham, N.H.

She was a member of the Oxford County Retired Teachers Association, Maine Retired Teachers Association, Maine Association of Retirees, Bethel Historical Society, Maine Genealogical Society, Order of the Eastern Star, Purity Chapter 102, Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Fairbanks Family in America and the West Parish Congregational Church. She had knit more than 100 baby caps for newborns at Stephens Memorial Hospital.

She married Stanley Bickford Lord of Waterford on Oct. 9, 1934 and he died March 20, 2005.

She is survived by two daughters, Ellen E. Cochran of Woodbury, Minn. and Eleanor L. Jodrey, and beloved son-in-law, Arlan Jodrey, of Bethel; three grandchildren, Becky Swan, and her husband, Ross, of Greenwood, Michael Jodrey of Bethel and Jeff Cochran, and his wife, Kim, of Omaha, Neb.; and great-grandchildren, Ashley Swan and Corey Swan, both of Greenwood and Dan Koris and Austin Jodrey, both of Bethel.

She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley; and a granddaughter-in-law, Celina Jodrey on April 6, 2004.