Iona M. Pinkham, 70, of Woolwich, died Nov. 26 at MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick, where she was a patient.
She was born in Dresden on Jan. 7, 1936, a daughter of Ernest and Melva Bixby James.
She was educated in Dresden schools and married Albert Pinkham on July 24, 1954 at the Nazarene Church in Richmond.
During her life she worked at Richmond Shoe Factory, Stinson’s Canning Co., and the Boothbay Harbor Inn as a housekeeper. Her favorite occupation, however, was being a worm digger.
She enjoyed music, taping TBN, all animals, church, cribbage, card playing, get-togethers with family and friends, playing the piano, Beano, bowling, reading the Bible, and collecting items of interest.
She was a loving mother and grandmother who loved everyone. She would often caution others to “save that, you might need it someday.”
Survivors include five sons, Albert Pinkham, Jr. and wife Starr of Wiscasset, Michael Pinkham and wife Louanne of Wiscasset, Alan Pinkham and wife Dorothy of Dixmont, Frederick Pinkham and partner Elizabeth Griffin of Wiscasset, and Ernest Pinkham and partner Jennifer Dersham of Harpswell; daughters, Kathleen Ward and husband Gregory of Dresden, Karen Pinkham and partner Christopher Hersom, Sr. of Damariscotta, Lois Leask and husband Roger of Woolwich, Stephanie Pinkham and partner David Blake of Pittston, and Tina Pinkham and partner Jeffrey Howard of Wiscasset; brothers, Ernest “Eddie” James and wife Marie of Florida, Wilmer “Bill” James and wife Ellen of Wiscasset, George James and wife Sharon of Dresden, and Kevin James and partner Irene Plant of Wiscasset; sisters, Francis Cray of Richmond, Mamie Chapman of Dresden, and Valerie Hinkley and husband Harold of Wiscasset; 33 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29 at Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal St., Wiscasset.
Funeral 1 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 30 at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, 255 Gardiner Rd., Wiscasset with the Rev. Wally Staples officiating.
Committal service will be held at Forrest Hill Cemetery, Dresden, immediately following the funeral. Reception will be held at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene following the committal service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Iona M. Pinkham to the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, P.O. Box 458, Wiscasset, ME 04578.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal St., Wiscasset.
