Mildred “Estelle” Stover, 88, passed away peacefully at high-noon with her sons and niece Peggi Savage by her side at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta on June 29. Estelle was born on Jan. 20, 1928 in Seataucket, Long Island, N.Y. to parents Ralph Eugley and Mildred Estelle (Davis) Eugley.
Estelle married Arthur Stover in 1946 and they had 58 wonderful years together.
Estelle worked at the Holmes Fish Factory in Rockland, the Button Factory in Waldoboro, and Lights Poultry Farm in Waldoboro and was also a waitress in Waldoboro. She especially loved making braided rugs and attending to her many flower gardens. Estelle also found great enjoyment in NASCAR, and baseball and football games and watching old T.V. shows.
Estelle was predeceased by her parents; husband, Arthur D. Stover; brothers, Milton Eugley, and Fred Eugley; sisters, Pauline Foster, Phyllis Foster, Arlene McFarland, and Christine Kennedy; and infant sister, Gloria.
She is survived by sons, Donald Stover and wife Beryl of Waldoboro, and Les Stover and wife Cindy of Scarborough; sisters, Georgene Westaway of North Bilerica, Mass., and Patricia Benner of New Harbor; grandchildren, Amy Harkins of Portland, Angie Stover of South Portland, Jonathan Stover of Midland, Ga., and Zachary Stover of Monroe, Conn.; great-grandchildren, Lincoln and Nolan Stover of Midland, Ga., and Emily and Jeremy Stover of Monroe, Conn.; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Graveside services for Estelle will be held at 12 p.m., Mon., July 11 at the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Augusta.
To extend online condolences, light a candle for Estelle, or to share a story or picture, visit her Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.
Hall’s of Waldoboro has care of the arrangements.
