AUBURN — Rowena Foster Lane, 95, of New Gloucester passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Hospice House after a period of declining health.

She was born in Charleston, April 26, 1915, the daughter of Fred and Ila Foster. She grew up and was educated in the East Corinth area.

She was married in 1941, lived five years in the Portland area then moved to New Gloucester, raised her family and spent the last 10 years with her daughter, Flo. She worked at the Opportunity Farm and Pineland Center as a cook and dietician. She loved to go to church, travel, crochet, take care of her flowers and be with her family.

She was sister to Frank, Othel, Jocelyn and Freida and the wife of Everett Lane Sr. and mother of nine children: four sons, Hubert of Texas, Frank (wife Sherry) of Gray, Paul and Everett Jr. (wife Christine) of New Gloucester; five daughters, Marilyn Lovley (husband Gerald) of Tucson, Ariz., Carolyn Rue (husband Paul) of Evansville, Ind., Florence Leduc Merry (husband Luke) of New Gloucester, Loretta Kuhn (husband Thomas) of Tyler, Texas, and Darlene Farnum (husband H. Dennis) of Sebago; 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and more arriving — including stepchildren and stepgrandchildren.

She was predeceased by husband, Everett; grandsons, Mark and Joshua; brothers, Frank and Othel.

Special thanks to the hospice workers, nurses and doctors.