Bowdoinham-Hope Elaine Temple Larrabee age 95 died Friday,
August 17th at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born in Belfast, Maine on September 29, 1922 the
daughter of Homer and Cassinette Herrick Jellison. She attended the Little Red
School House and was a 1940 graduate of Brunswick High School. Hope had also
trained as an LPN.
On November 22, 1941 she married Fred Leroy Temple and they
resided on Vine St. until his death on August 5, 1987. During WWII Hope
served as a local plane spotter in the Civil Air Patrol. In addition to being a
homemaker for her family Hope also worked at the Bowdoinham Community School in
the lunch program and as a nurse’s assistant at the former Regional Memorial
Hospital. She had also worked at Senter’s Department Store in Brunswick.
Hope was very involved in church work and with the needs of
the community. She served as a Sunday School teacher, hosted Fresh Air Kids
from New York, and volunteered for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program Food
Pantry in Brunswick.
On May 17, 1998 she married A. Gardiner Larrabee and they
resided on the Post Road in Bowdoinham until moving. He died on August 2, 2014.
Surviving are four sons Robert and Mark Temple both of Brunswick, Dennis Temple
and his wife Darlene, Fred Temple and his wife Nanci all of Bowdoinham. Hope is
also survived by 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 2 great-great
grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held 6-8 PM on Friday, August 24th at
Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St. Brunswick. A funeral will be held at 10
AM Saturday, August 25 at the funeral home with Pastor Terry Dorr officiating.
Interment will follow in Bay View Cemetery, Bowdoinham.
Memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice
in her memory. Memorial condolences may expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com