FREEPORT — Eva Sandstrom Masterman died peacefully in her sleep March 23, at Freeport Nursing Home.

Eva was born in Farmington, Sept. 16, 1911, the daughter of John C. and Olive O. Sandstrom.

She attended schools in several Maine towns and graduated from Livermore Falls High School, Class of 1929. A gifted athlete at a time when girls scholastic sports were limited, she was captain of her high school basketball team and was named Miss Basketball for the state of Maine her senior year. As an adult. her sports participation was restricted to golf, but she often recounted that as a young housewife, kids would come to the door to ask if Mrs. Masterman could come out and play. She’d happily leave the dishes in the sink and go join the neighborhood kids in a game of baseball.

She was married for 68 years to Everett L. “Andy” Masterman, who died in 2000. They were married in 1932 in Wilton, where they lived until 1998. At that time Eva moved to Freeport to live with her daughter, Janis Bennett and husband, Bill. Eva enjoyed many happy years under their loving care and companionship, before becoming a resident of the Freeport Nursing home in 2008.

Eva was an active member of the Wilton community and she enjoyed socializing with a wide circle of friends throughout her years in Wilton.

She was a member of Rebekah Lodge, Wiltona Club, Wilton Thimble Club, Wilson Lake Country Club and the Wilton Congregational Church. Eva was a meticulous housekeeper, a wonderful cook and a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Eva was a formidable bridge player, an avid reader and a talented stencil artist. Her stenciled tin trays, boxes, stools and countless other items are keepsakes treasured by her children and grandchildren.

Eva’s hands were never idle: she mastered macrame, beaded jewelry, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, plastic canvas, embroidery and fabric crafts. She also got great joy from playing the piano and organ. Although in her final years her ability to communicate was compromised and the effects of ill health began to take their toll, she will be remembered as a woman whose sweet disposition and loving nature remained until the end.

Surviving are her three children, Everett L. Masterman Jr. and his wife, Marjorie, of Tallahassee, Fla., Janis M. Bennett and her husband, William S., of Freeport and Dr. Leslie J. Masterman and his wife, Kathleen, of Milton, N.H.; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Everett “Andy” Masterman; and her siblings, O. Harley Sandstrom, Eric E. Sandstrom, Carl E. Sandstrom and Thelma Sandstrom Byron.

Her family wishes to thank the staff of Freeport Nursing Home for their kind and compassionate care of Eva in her last years.