Evans, Pauline J., 46, of Portland and Caribou, at Portland, on August 23, 2011. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Portland and Caribou – Pauline J. Evans, 46, joined the Garden of Angels on August 23, 2011, at St. Joseph’s Manor in Portland after a courageous and lengthy battle with a brain tumor.
She was born in Fort Kent, March 25, 1965, the daughter of the late Richard R. Evans of Portage Lake, ME and foster parents MaryRuth and Richard Nichols of Fort Fairfield, ME. She was a graduate of Ashland Community High School, class of 1983. Pauline held an Associates in Accounting from Northern Maine Technical College, a Bachelors in Business Administration from Husson University and was a candidate for her Masters in Business Administration from Husson University. Pauline was an Accounting Auditor for DFAS in Limestone at the time of her diagnosis and subsequent retirement.
During her battle, Pauline elected to participate in two clinical trials at Massachusetts General and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in an effort to help find a cure for brain tumors. In her spare time, she could be found scrapbooking with her best friends; Johna Rosser, Cindy Blanchette and Mary Ellen Field.
Pauline is survived by her long time boyfriend, caregiver and love, Kevin McGrath of Portland; three sons, Richard, Michael and Daniel Godin all of Caribou; two sisters, Elaina Gallagher of Epping, NH and Anesa Curry of Dover, NH; two brothers, Keith Holmes of Magnolia, KY and Robert Curry of Bangor; a special niece and caregiver, Alisha Gallagher of Epping, NH; a special aunt, Della Holmes of Portage Lake; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Friends called at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Private family services were held Sunday with family friend Rev. Ronald Rosser, officiating.
Donations in memory of Pauline, in lieu of flowers, can be made to: National Brain Tumor Society, East Coast Office, 124 Watertown Street, Suite 2D, Watertown, MA 02472. http://www.braintumor.org/assets/docs/donation_form.pdf
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