BANGOR - Vicki S. (McRae) Tower, 67, died on January 7, 2014 at Ross Manor in Bangor. She was born September 11, 1946 in Houlton, the daughter of Dorothy Lunt Saunders and C. Emerson Saunders.
Vicki graduated from Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton, in 1964. In 1968, she graduated from Ricker College. Following graduation she worked as a child protection social worker at Department of Health and Human Services in Portland. She closed out her professional career as a Supervisor in child protection services with the Department of Health and Human Services in Bangor.
After marrying Lincoln E. McRae, III, she resided in Knox County where she continued her work as a child protection social worker at the Department of Health and Human Services and raised two children Lincoln E. McRae, IV and Shelby Soucy. Over the same time period she opened her home to several foster children.
Vicki was a member of a few different churches in Knox County until moving permanently to Owls Head and subsequently becoming a full time active member of Owls Head Baptist Church where she developed numerous lasting friendships.
She is survived by her two children and their families who reside in Penobscot County.
Loved ones are invited to join in a Celebration of Life service at 3 p.m., Sunday, January 26, 2014 at The Rock Church, 1195 Ohio Street, Bangor, with Pastor Kirk Winters, officiating. Those who wish to remember Vicki in a special way may make gifts in her memory to Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 383 US Route 1 Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074 ,www.alz.org/maine/, Ross Manor, Attention Business Office, 758 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401 or The Rock Church, 1195 Ohio St. Bangor, ME 04401. A service of Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com.
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