Anna Hilde Lister

Calais – Anna Hilde Lister, 90, passed away Sunday, April 08, 2012 at Calais Regional Hospital. Hilde was born in Grossen-Linden, Germany on November 29, 1921, daughter of the late Heinrich and Anna (Geissler) Menges. After graduating from Handels Schule in Germany with a degree in business, she worked as a business manager with an insurance office until relocating to Cooper, Maine in 1948. Hilde was employed for W.T. Grant Co. in Calais as a bookkeeper for many years. While there she met her one true love, Paul Lister, and they were married on April 19, 1973. Along with her husband Paul, they started their own business in Calais named The Kinder Shop, a children’s clothing store. Hilde and Paul sold the store in 1986 and retired. She was Past Matron for both Pennamaquan Chapter #146 Order of the Eastern Star in Pembroke and Trilby Chapter #89 O.E.S. in Trilby, FL, a member of Orion Chapter #45 O.E.S. in Calais, Past High Priestess of Ladies Oriental Shrine in Zephyrhills, FL, and was a member of the Cathance Grange since 1950 where she held various offices. Hilde enjoyed knitting, cooking, spending time at their cottage on Cathance Lake, and wintering in Florida. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her brother Reinhold Menges. Surviving are her loving husband Paul Lister of Calais; two daughters, Ingrid Morton and her husband Richard of Columbia, MD, and Christine Straub and her husband Stephen of Glenburn; Paul’s children, Paul Lister and his wife Peggy of St. Stephen, NB, Gary Lister and his wife Betty of Rollingdam, NB, and George Lister of Calgary, Alberta; ten grandchildren, Richard and Jeff Morton, Craig Straub, Erica Mutty, Nancy, Mark, Tanya, Robert and Donald Lister, and Debbie Smearer; several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and many other relatives in Germany. Visiting hours will be held 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais. A celebration of Hilde’s life will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Congregational Church, 21 Calais Ave. in Calais. Burial will be after at West Ridge Cemetery in Cooper. Donations in Hilde’s memory may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.