Geraldine F Bailey

CALAIS – Geraldine F. Bailey, 75, passed away in Bangor on Sunday, June 23, 2013 with her family by her side. Geraldine was born on September 3, 1937 to Horace and Maize (Moses) Parker in Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada where she lived during the earlier years of her childhood. She eventually ended up in Calais where she met and then married Warren “Beetle” Bailey on September 28, 1955. She enjoyed dancing and singing, loved to do crafts and could often be found shopping or stopping by a yard sale. A hard worker, Geraldine worked many jobs around Calais including waitressing and wreath making but the job she loved most was raising her four children. Geraldine was known by her grandchildren and many others as “Nanny Beetle”. In addition to her parents, Geraldine was predeceased by her husband, Warren W. Bailey and her sister, Hazel Brown. Survivors include her four children, William Bailey of Gulfport, MS, Larry Bailey and his wife Cathy, Ricky Bailey and his wife Cindy, all of Calais and Tammi Seeley and her husband, Ricky of Baileyville; three sisters, Rosamund Merritt of Calais, Lorraine Cline of Deer Island, NB and Eleanor McCray and her husband Edward of Baileyville; nine grandchildren, Ricky Bailey and his wife Emily, Larry Bailey, Brittany Seavey and her husband Steve, Danielle Faulkner and her husband Chris, Scott Bailey and his fiancée Mary, Lyndsay Wood and her husband Nate, Tyson Seeley, Gina Bailey and Jakob Jarrett; three great grandchildren, Olivia, Parker, Tobin; one little great granddaughter on the way, several nieces and nephew and a special friend who was with Geraldine during her last days, Elizabeth Seeley. A graveside service will be held, 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 27th at Calais Cemetery with Pastor Robert Hinton officiating. Services by Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport.