Wardwell, Thelma Jane, 78, Chapman and Caribou, at Presque Isle, January 6, 2010. Spring interment will take place in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery, Caribou. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
CHAPMAN and CARIBOU – Thelma Jane Wardwell, 78, died January 6, 2010, at a Presque Isle health care facility. She was born at Caribou, October 10, 1931, the daughter of Robert D. and Sadie (Tracy) Watson. She was educated in the Caribou school system. Thelma was a loving and devoted wife and mother to her family. She married Lloyd Wardwell Sr. on October 4, 1952.
Surviving in addition to her husband of Chapman are four sons, Kenneth Wardwell, Darin Wardwell and his wife, Kim all of Alaska, David Wardwell and his wife, Becky of Ashland and Lloyd Wardwell Jr. of Westfield; four daughters, Juanita Campagna of Madawaska, Darlene Espling and her husband, Sheldon of Caribou, Peggy Lagasse and her companion, Richard Harvey of Mapleton and Bonnie Burnett and her husband, Robert of Chapman; two brothers, Charles Watson of Glenfield, NY and Clifford Watson and his wife, June of Washburn; two sisters, Winnifred Smith of Ohio and Beatrice Spinney and her companion, Simon Bernier of Limestone; a son-in-law, Albert Hemingway of Mapleton; a brother-in-law, Harold Doody of Conn.; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter Sylvia Hemingway; two sisters Marcella Doody and Bertha Levesque; five infant siblings and two sons-in-law Phil Campagna and Ronald Lagasse.
Friends called at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou, Sunday 2-4 p.m. Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2010, from the chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Nathan Gardner and Rev. Kenneth Fox co-officiating. Spring interment will take place in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery, Caribou. For online registry please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
