MONMOUTH – Amber S. McCabe, 87, a resident of Monmouth, passed away peacefully, early Monday morning, Dec. 24, 2018, at her home. She was born April 29, 1931, in East Monmouth, the daughter of G. Clinton Smith and Dorothy (Frost) Smith.
She attended East Monmouth One Room Schoolhouse, was a graduate of Melrose High School in Massachusetts, attended Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass. and also attended Gorham State Teachers College. On Nov. 1, 1952 in Greene, she married her husband John F.C. McCabe, Sr. They enjoyed 43 years together before his passing on Dec. 14, 1995.
Amber was devoted to her family and her home, and took great pride in caring for her family and working on their farm. She was a member of the East Monmouth United Methodist Church and the Church Auxiliary, and the Monmouth Lions Club. She enjoyed volunteering at the Monmouth Food Bank, knitting prayer shawls and mittens, cooking for church suppers and was known for her great pickles and relish.
She is survived by her sons, Stephen McCabe, Sr. and wife Edie of Shirley, Joel McCabe and wife Barbara, Colin McCabe and John F.C. McCabe, Jr. and wife Iona, daughters, Marguerite McCabe and fiancé Thomas Haefele and Kathleen Heath and husband Timothy all of Monmouth; brothers, Ralph C. Smith and wife Dorothy of Kittery, and Kenneth Smith and wife Rita of Greene, sisters Constance Buckley of Leeds and Frances McCabe of Auburn; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Geraldine MacCabe and Hedwig MacCabe, brother-in-law, Lloyd McCabe; her aunts, Ruth Travers and Nellie Mae Rolfe, her uncle, Wilbur Smith; her dear friend, Donna Frost; many nieces, nephews; great-nieces, great-nephews; and her granddog “Rosie.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband; brothers, Roger, Robert, Raymond, Roland, Fred, and Milton Smith, sister, Alberta Tapley and several brothers-in-law, and dear friend Ken Frost.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, at East Monmouth United Methodist Church, Hwy 135, Monmouth, Maine. Visitation will be held from 12 – 1 p.m. at the church prior to the funeral service. Interment in the spring at Monmouth Ridge Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Monmouth. Arrangements by BRAGDON-FINLEY FUNERAL HOME, 707 Main St., Monmouth. Messages of condolence may be sent to: www.finleyfuneralhome.com
If desired contributions may be made to:
East Monmouth
Ladies Auxiliary
C/O Noni Prince
138 Tilson Rd.
Monmouth, ME 04259 or:
The Dempsey Center
29 Lowell St., 5th Floor
Lewiston, ME 04240
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