Helen Carpenter Eugley Hamilton, 70, wife of the Rev. Richard M. Hamilton, passed away March 18 at her home in Scarborough of a glioblastoma brain tumor. She was born in Newark, N.J. on Jan. 25, 1937. Her adoptive parents were Lucy M. (Polk) and Orson S. Carpenter. The family moved to Maine at the time of her senior year and she graduated from Waldoboro High School. She was employed by Central Maine Power Company, and for several years was a secretary at the Green Street United Methodist Church in Augusta.
Helen was an active member in the United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women in the communities where she lived: Augusta, Waldoboro, Tavares, Fla., and Scarborough. In earlier years she was active in the community through the scouting program, the youth group in the churches, and the church school programs. She loved gardening, especially with flowers. She loved nature walks, photography, canoeing and most of all, cultivating and maintaining friendships. She took a positive, thankful attitude toward her life and all its possibilities and this continued throughout her illness.
In 1961, she married Ernest C. Eugley, Jr. His death came in November 1994.
She is survived by her three children and grandchildren: Kevin Eugley and wife Brenda of Biddeford and their children Kristen and Nathan, Karen Schaller and husband Kurt of Exeter; and Brian Eugley and wife Michele of Richmond, Va. and their daughters Laura and Jenna; sister-in-law, Maybelle Mank of Waldoboro.
She married Richard M. Hamilton in September of 1998 and he survives her. During their marriage they traveled extensively in Turkey, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and in Europe: France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy. Their last trip was to Alaska.
She is survived by five step-children and ten step-grandchildren: Susan and husband Roland Ouellette and their children Nicole and husband Brian Erwin and their daughters Alissa and Alaina, Janel Ouellette; Richard Ouellette; Joshua Ouellette; Judith and husband James Robichaud and daughters Corrine and Crista Getchell of Bangor; James Hamilton and wife Collette of Saco and son Zachary; Christopher Hamilton and wife Jennifer of White River Junction, Vt. and their children Tyler, Kyle and Caroline; and Andrew Hamilton and wife Stacy of Manchester, N.H.
She is also survived by sisters and brothers, Julie Treweeke of Butler, N.J., Rosemary Vanderhoff of Apex, N.C., Philip Carpenter and wife Sue of Cape Elizabeth, and Eugene Dean of Ormond Beach, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews and many dear friends.
Memorial service celebrating her life 10:30 a.m., Sat., March 24 at the West Scarborough United Methodist Church.
Interment will be at the German Protestant Cemetery in Waldoboro.
Contributions may be made in Helen’s Memory to VNA Home Health Care and Hospice, 50 Foden Rd., South Portland, ME 04106 or West Scarborough United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 2035, Scarborough, ME 04074-2035.
