Verna May Thisltewood

Baileyville – Verna May Thistlewood, 93, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Eastport Memorial Nursing Home. Verna was born in Alexander on February 25, 1918, daughter of the late Lester and Gladys (Perkins) Craft. After attending the Alexander area schools, she married Robert Thistlewood. Verna was a member of the Woodland Baptist Church in Baileyville and enjoyed knitting, going for car rides and being around her family. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her loving husband Robert; a daughter Florence Gillmor; two sons-in-law Michael Moores and Richard Mallory; and her brother Gerald Craft. Surviving are her daughter Janice Mallory of Baileyville; her sister Dorothy McKeown of Calais; son-in-law Edward Gillmor of Lincoln; two granddaughters, Vicki Lazzaro and her husband Tony of Baileyville, and Suzette Muhollond and her husband Kenneth of Alexander; four grandchildren, Candice Lazzaro and her companion Jake Gagner of Baileyville, Nicole LaPointe and her husband Jeremy of Bangor, Jamie Muholloand of Baileyville, and Kenneth Muholland of Alexander; five great-grandchildren, Morgan and Paige Gagner, Alanna and Jordon LaPointe, and Keira Sanford; and many nieces and nephews. A celebration of Verna’s life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery.