Bangor- Jean True, 88, died peacefully at her home on Dec 16, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 27, 1934, the daughter of Alva and Gladys (Brown) McKenzie.
Jean worked all her life, starting at Emples Knitting Mill, Sylvania, and you may have seen her at JC Penny as a Hairdresser. She really enjoyed working in sales at the JC Penny Jewelry Department. One of her last jobs was working at MCK’s Variety, a family-owned convenience store in Hampden. Jean enjoyed taking her children to camp at Spectacle Pond, then later enjoyed taking her grand kids. She loved to paint, her pets, and to win at Yahtzee.
Jean was predeceased by her husband, Robert True; siblings, Muriel Fortier, Lillian Allen, Phylis Young, and Donald McKenzie; Daughter-in-law, Kathy True.
Jean was survived by her two children; son, Ronald True of Levant, and daughter and care giver, Barbara (True) McKinnon and her husband, Ronald, of Hampden; her brother, William McKenzie and his wife, Sheila; grandchildren, Melissa Ryder, Heidi Prescott, Shannon Knowles, and Shawn Miles; great-grandchildren, Logan, Trevor, Emma, and Tristan; great-great grandchildren, Abigail and Wesley; many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith, 163 Center St., Bangor immediately following the service. Spring interment will be in Waugh Cemetery, Levant.
Those wishing to remember Jean in a special way may make gifts in her memory to the American Heart Association Maine, PO Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692
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Jean worked all her life, starting at Emples Knitting Mill, Sylvania, and you may have seen her at JC Penny as a Hairdresser. She really enjoyed working in sales at the JC Penny Jewelry Department. One of her last jobs was working at MCK’s Variety, a family-owned convenience store in Hampden. Jean enjoyed taking her children to camp at Spectacle Pond, then later enjoyed taking her grand kids. She loved to paint, her pets, and to win at Yahtzee.
Jean was predeceased by her husband, Robert True; siblings, Muriel Fortier, Lillian Allen, Phylis Young, and Donald McKenzie; Daughter-in-law, Kathy True.
Jean was survived by her two children; son, Ronald True of Levant, and daughter and care giver, Barbara (True) McKinnon and her husband, Ronald, of Hampden; her brother, William McKenzie and his wife, Sheila; grandchildren, Melissa Ryder, Heidi Prescott, Shannon Knowles, and Shawn Miles; great-grandchildren, Logan, Trevor, Emma, and Tristan; great-great grandchildren, Abigail and Wesley; many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith, 163 Center St., Bangor immediately following the service. Spring interment will be in Waugh Cemetery, Levant.
Those wishing to remember Jean in a special way may make gifts in her memory to the American Heart Association Maine, PO Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692
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