AUBURN – Evelyn Annie Redmun Veazie of Auburn died late Saturday, Jan. 12, at Odd Fellows Nursing Home, where she had resided for the last three years.
She was born in Yarmouth on Jan. 19, 1914, the fourth of nine children and the oldest daughter of Ernest and Myra (Cates) Redmun. The family relocated to Danville, where her father was the station agent for the Grand Trunk Railroad. She traveled by train to attend school in Auburn.
She married Wilbur C. Veazie on Dec. 10, 1932, raising two daughters in Auburn. She enjoyed her home. She and her husband spent years converting an old schoolhouse/church into their home.
She worked hard for many years in the food industry including the original Poland Spring Inn, DeWitt Hotel and Steckino’s. From 1969 to 1993, she was employed at Bates College Commons as a supervisor, retiring at age 79.
She is survived by one sister, Muriel Mulkern; one daughter, Jean Pulkkinen and husband, Richard; seven grandchildren, James Pulkkinen, Heidi Jordan, Judith Keene, Peggy Boucher, Frank and Howard Wright and Cynthia Noyes; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by her husband, Wilbur; daughter, Carole; brothers, Lawrence, Earle, Harold, Alfred and William; and two sisters, Lois and Madolyn.
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