McAtee, Ola Katherine, 87, Connor, at Presque Isle, May 6, 2010. Arrangements are in the care of Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Connor – Ola Katherine McAtee, 87, wife of the late Mikeal McAtee, died May 6, 2010, at Presque Isle. She was born in Woodland January 29, 1923, the daughter of the late Henry and Iva Ruth (Johnson) Haines. Ola was a 1941 graduate of Caribou High School and she married Mikeal J. McAtee April 9, 1945. Ola was a loving and devoted wife, mom, Grammy/Great-Grammy, aunt and friend. She loved to cook, sew, crochet, garden, create beaded crafts and most importantly take care of her family and spend time with them, but her favorite joy was picking her raspberries in the summer. She loved her flowers and watching the birds from her window. Ola will be remembered for her determined spirit and willing attitude. She was always referred to as “A sweet women who would go the extra mile”.
She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Mikeal; a son, Wayne McAtee; a daughter, Leola McAtee; brothers, Floyd, Carroll and Arnold Haines; and sisters, Myrtle Adams, Elva Lyons and Evelyn Kenney. She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law Ruth McAtee and Helen and Warren Engstrom all of Connor and Lynda and Patrick Hoff of Newburg; her grandchildren, Aaron Hoff and his fiancé Carey Basinger, Larae Hoff, Mikeal Engstrom and his wife Luca and Meagan Engstrom and her only great granddaughter, Christine McKenzie Hoff; several nieces and nephews; a special cousin, Gwendolyn Bragg; and special friends and neighbors, Doug and Doreen Hallett and Freda Willard, her friends at TOPS ME 197 of Caribou and her personal caregivers that came in daily to care for her.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on May 9, 2010, from the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou with Rev. Anthony Brisco, officiating. Interment took place in the Evergreen Cemetery. www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
