1922 – 2016

AUBURN — Blanche D. Parker, 93, a resident of Frost Hill Ave., Lisbon Falls, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 7, at the Hospice House with her loving family by her side.

She was born in Lisbon Falls on Aug. 1, 1922, the daughter of Eugene and Rose Eva (Caron) Bourgoin. She graduated from Lisbon High School in 1940 as salutatorian, then went to and graduated from Bliss Business College in Lewiston. She worked for the U.S. Gypsum Co. in Lisbon Falls for 25 years and in later years worked at L.L. Bean in Freeport for five years.

She was a member of the Lisbon Falls Historical Society and a member of the Shiloh Church in Durham. Her favorite hobbies were spending time with her family, oil painting and teaching art.

She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Walter; and their four children, Nancy and husband, Victor Bouchard, of Brunswick, Carolyn and her husband, Dr. Alex Norzow, of Bowdoin, Glenice and her husband, Gary Green, of Turner, and Richard Parker of Browntown, Va. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren; and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; and many loving nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her younger sister, Cecile Wiley of Bedford, N.H.

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