1949 – 2014

BRIDGTON — Pamela J. Dyer, daughter of Betty S. Dyer and the late Laurence H. Dyer of Naples, died at the Bridgton Health Care Center on Sunday, July 27, after a long illness. She was born at Webber Hospital, Biddeford, on June 30, 1949.

Pamela was a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern Maine and a respected member of the Lewiston High School English department faculty for 17 years. She was also a former board member of the Lewiston YWCA.

Her interests included crafts, reading, crocheting and cooking. She and her former husband, Curtis Shaw, co-managed Little Lyford Pond Camps for a summer. She also enjoyed travel and visited Alaska several times with her former husband, Thomas Gagnon.

She is survived by her mother; two daughters, Heather Sargent of Bridgton and Sally Shaw of Lewiston; two sisters, Gail Dyer of Gardiner and Susan Cole of North Bridgton; four grandchildren; a niece; and nephews.

Pamela was predeceased by her father and an infant daughter.