BANGOR - Faith (Stratton) Friel, 79, passed away at a Bangor hospital on January 6, 2024. She was born in Augusta, Maine, June 13th, 1944, the daughter of Reginald M. and Virginia E. (Jackson) Stratton.
Faith grew up in East Millinocket and graduated from Schenck High School, Class of 1962, and attended 1 year of business college in Augusta. She worked for several years at Ames Department Store in Millinocket, and later as a CNA at Ross Manor and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, on the cardiac floor. She loved her pets, especially her Sphynx hairless cats and her African Gray Parrot, Gracie.
Faith is survived by her daughter, Rena Oliver and her husband, Larry; sister, Nancy Bean and her husband, Byron; grandchildren, Michael DeWitt, Christopher DeWitt and his wife, Alli, Emily DeWitt, Matthew Seymour, Nicholas Seymour, Chris Oliver, Brooke Conley and her husband, Jared, and Haley Cary and her husband, Sheldon; 4 great-grandchildren; nephew, Guy Stevens and his wife, Paula and niece, Jill Powers and her husband, Clayton. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her daughter, Susan Faith MacKenzie.
Graveside services will be held in the spring, date to be released at a later time. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Bangor Humane Society, 693 Mt. Hope Ave, Bangor, ME 04401, as thanks for taking in her beloved Gracie and Radar when she became ill. Condolences to the family may be expressed at BrookingsSmith.com.
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Faith grew up in East Millinocket and graduated from Schenck High School, Class of 1962, and attended 1 year of business college in Augusta. She worked for several years at Ames Department Store in Millinocket, and later as a CNA at Ross Manor and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, on the cardiac floor. She loved her pets, especially her Sphynx hairless cats and her African Gray Parrot, Gracie.
Faith is survived by her daughter, Rena Oliver and her husband, Larry; sister, Nancy Bean and her husband, Byron; grandchildren, Michael DeWitt, Christopher DeWitt and his wife, Alli, Emily DeWitt, Matthew Seymour, Nicholas Seymour, Chris Oliver, Brooke Conley and her husband, Jared, and Haley Cary and her husband, Sheldon; 4 great-grandchildren; nephew, Guy Stevens and his wife, Paula and niece, Jill Powers and her husband, Clayton. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her daughter, Susan Faith MacKenzie.
Graveside services will be held in the spring, date to be released at a later time. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Bangor Humane Society, 693 Mt. Hope Ave, Bangor, ME 04401, as thanks for taking in her beloved Gracie and Radar when she became ill. Condolences to the family may be expressed at BrookingsSmith.com.
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