Sperry, Brenda L., 57, Woodland and Caribou, at Woodland, January 4, 2010. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Woodland and Caribou – Brenda L. Sperry, 57, died January 4, 2010, at her Woodland residence with her family by her side following a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Caribou September 21, 1952, the daughter of Lawrence and Fern (Bushey) Guerrette. She was a 1970 graduate of Caribou High School and later attended Husson College before becoming one of the first female Loan Officers in the state for Farmers Home Administration. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church as well as attending Holy Rosary Catholic Church. She married Steven Sperry September 19, 1970. For over 30 years Brenda was employed by the United States Government, Farmers Home Administration (now Farm Services Agency) in Presque Isle, retiring as a loan officer several years ago. Brenda loved her family and especially her four grandchildren and after building her dream home in Woodland she could often be seen tending to her flower gardens with them or giving them rides in her golf cart or on her tractor. Many will remember her big wave and smile as you drove by while she and Steve were working in the yard. Brenda loved to travel and over the last several years, she and her husband have taken numerous memorable vacations but none more important to her than her frequent trips to the Portland area to visit the grandchildren. Brenda also loved to do many types of crafts and many were the recipients of her handy work.
Surviving in addition to her husband, Steven of Woodland, are her father, Lawrence of Caribou; her two sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Melanie Sperry of Westbrook and granddaughters, Emma and Paige, and Jason and Chelsea Sperry of Windham and grandsons, Dylan and Parker; one brother, Roland Guerrette and his wife, Olga of New Limerick; two sisters, Betty Thompson and her husband, Galen of Caribou, and Susan Juliano of West Pompano Beach, Fla.; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Brenda was predeceased by her mother, Fern January 2, 2007.
Friends visited with the family 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou. A memorial mass was celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2010, from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Very Rev. Jean-Paul Labrie, pastor officiating. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends who wish to contribute in memory of Brenda may do so through the Jefferson Cary Foundation, oncology clinic, PO Box 89, Caribou, ME 04736. For an online registry please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
