Jacqueline Madeline Griffin

Robbinston – Jacqueline Madeline Griffin, 87, passed away Monday, March 05, 2012 at Atlantic Rehab & Nursing Center in Calais. Jacqueline was born in Robbinston on August 17, 1924, daughter of the late William and Madeline (Johnson) Taylor. In 1947, she married Frank Griffin. Jacqueline worked in the sardine factories in Robbinston during the summers, as well as many years in housekeeping for Maine Medical Center in Portland, Barnard’s Nursing Home in Calais, and Calais Regional Hospital. She was a member of Sewell Congregational Church in Robbinston. In addition to her parents, Jacqueline was predeceased by her husband Frank in 1984; a son Robert Gerard Diffin; three sisters, Phyllis Taylor, Marguerite Trott and Bertha Lee; and a brother Buddy Taylor and his wife Milly. Surviving are her two daughters, Charlene Welch and her husband Robert of Emmett, Idaho, and Mavis Warren and her husband Darrell of Calais; a sister Dora DiRenzo and her husband John of Westbrook; a brother William Taylor and his wife Susan of Galivants Ferry, SC; her grandchildren, Robert Merrill and his wife Elizabeth of Robbinston, Brenda Sax of Calais, Timothy Avery and his wife Amy of Pembroke, James Avery and his wife Sheila of Perry, Rene’e Leavitt and her husband Wayne of Robbinston, William Warren and his companion Carmella of Red Beach, Darylann Warren of Calais, and Gerard Warren and his wife Maria Lynda of Warner-Robbins, GA; 17 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren, with her 11th great-great grandchild due this summer; many nieces and nephews; and a very special niece Linda Gordon and her husband Bob of Meddybemps. Visiting hours will be held 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais. A celebration of Jacqueline’s life will be held in the funeral home 11 a.m. Thursday with Pastor Bob Hinton officiating. Burial will follow in Brewer Cemetery, Robbinston.