BANGOR – Ernestine B. Cole, 88, passed away peacefully January 16, 2022 with family by her side at her home in Bangor. She was born April 8, 1933 in Bangor, the daughter of Ernest and Gladys (Hatch) Braley.
A graduate of Bangor High School, where she met David Cole her husband of 68 years, Ernestine traveled the country and Europe with David, raising their four sons (the “Cole brothers”) as he pursued his career in the U.S. Army. After her husband’s retirement from the Army, Ernestine and her husband returned to Bangor and built their dream home.
As a member of North Bangor Congregational Church; Ernestine played the piano during services and was the Chorale Director. She served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School. She was a long time member of the Bangor Baptist Church. Ernestine loved doing Christian Missionary work, making five trips to Vietnam.
She was a lifelong avid and accomplished gardener, bird watcher, and feeder of birds. Ernestine was a longtime member of the Bangor Garden Club, serving two terms as president, and she would generously share plants with any neophyte gardener.
She was a skilled crafter who enjoyed needlework, lampshade piercing, ceramics, rug hooking and rug braiding. Ernestine was a superb cook and holiday hostess and planner. She also enjoyed traveling and camping around the country and Canada.
In addition to her parents, Ernestine was predeceased by her sisters, Muriel and her husband, Frank, and their son, Robert, Marion and her husband, “Slim” and their son, Donald, Beulah and her husband, Everett, and their son, Jimmy, Leone and her husband, Sterling, Dorothy and her husband, Ken, and their son, Kevin; parents-in-law, Benjamin and Clara Cole; sister-in-law, Jean and her husband, Joseph, and their grandson, James; sister-in-law Anne Chatfield and her husband George. Surviving, in addition to her husband, David, are her sons, Bruce and his partner, Lynn, Paul and his wife, Tracie, Clayton and his partner, Linda, Stephen and his wife, Serena; grandchildren, Liza Foley, Danny Cole, Riley Cole, Emily Cole, Brittany Cole, Faith Cole, and Caroline Cole; five great-grandchildren; and a special, longtime friend, Paula Frederick.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00PM Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Crosspoint Church of Bangor. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at Crosspoint, immediately following the service. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor.
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A graduate of Bangor High School, where she met David Cole her husband of 68 years, Ernestine traveled the country and Europe with David, raising their four sons (the “Cole brothers”) as he pursued his career in the U.S. Army. After her husband’s retirement from the Army, Ernestine and her husband returned to Bangor and built their dream home.
As a member of North Bangor Congregational Church; Ernestine played the piano during services and was the Chorale Director. She served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School. She was a long time member of the Bangor Baptist Church. Ernestine loved doing Christian Missionary work, making five trips to Vietnam.
She was a lifelong avid and accomplished gardener, bird watcher, and feeder of birds. Ernestine was a longtime member of the Bangor Garden Club, serving two terms as president, and she would generously share plants with any neophyte gardener.
She was a skilled crafter who enjoyed needlework, lampshade piercing, ceramics, rug hooking and rug braiding. Ernestine was a superb cook and holiday hostess and planner. She also enjoyed traveling and camping around the country and Canada.
In addition to her parents, Ernestine was predeceased by her sisters, Muriel and her husband, Frank, and their son, Robert, Marion and her husband, “Slim” and their son, Donald, Beulah and her husband, Everett, and their son, Jimmy, Leone and her husband, Sterling, Dorothy and her husband, Ken, and their son, Kevin; parents-in-law, Benjamin and Clara Cole; sister-in-law, Jean and her husband, Joseph, and their grandson, James; sister-in-law Anne Chatfield and her husband George. Surviving, in addition to her husband, David, are her sons, Bruce and his partner, Lynn, Paul and his wife, Tracie, Clayton and his partner, Linda, Stephen and his wife, Serena; grandchildren, Liza Foley, Danny Cole, Riley Cole, Emily Cole, Brittany Cole, Faith Cole, and Caroline Cole; five great-grandchildren; and a special, longtime friend, Paula Frederick.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00PM Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Crosspoint Church of Bangor. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at Crosspoint, immediately following the service. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor.
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