Inez Mabel (Boxwell) Lafland McEachern

MCEACHERN, Inez Mabel (Boxwell) Lafland, 91, ASHLAND, at Presque Isle, April 8, 2011. Interment will be in the Ashland Municipal Cemetery later in the spring. Arrangements in care of Ouellette Funeral Home, Ashland.

ASHLAND – Inez Mabel (Boxwell) Lafland McEachern, 91, died April 8, 2011, at the Presque Isle Nursing Home. She was born in Ashland, January 27, 1920, the daughter of Albert and Mabel (Kennedy) Boxwell.

She lived in Ashland most of her life. She was an active member of the Ashland Advent Christian Church until her last illness. She was employed as a cook at the Ashland Central school for 17 years. She also volunteered at the Good Shepherd Thrift Shop. She loved knitting, sewing, working in her flower gardens and visiting friends and neighbors.

Inez is survived by one daughter, Carol Cloukey and husband, Hubert of Presque Isle; three sons: Cecil Lafland of Ashland, Harold Lafland of Washburn, and Donald Lafland and wife, Sara of Masardis; one sister, Hazel Lafland of Houlton; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Cecile Lafland, Sr. in 1971; and her second husband, Arthur McEachern in 2000; three brothers: Huber, Ervin and Burton Boxwell; four sisters: Mavis Moran, Avis Leclerc, Loena Sutherland and Merritta Hickman; one son, Leslie Lafland.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday, April 12, at the Advent Christian Church with Rev. William Harris, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Ashland Municipal Cemetery later this spring. Those who wish may contribute in her memory to the Ashland Advent Christian Church, PO Box 169, Ashland, ME, 04732 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 170 US Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105. Condolences may be sent to the Inez McEachern Family, 13 Delmont St., Presque Isle, ME 04769. To leave on-line condolences, please visit www.ouellettefuneralhome.com