Eugene A. Jewell

Jewell, Eugene A., 87, July 6, 2008.  Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.  Interment to be held in the St. Mary’s  Cemetery.
Houlton – Eugene A. Jewell, 87, died July 6, 2008, at a local hospital. He was born July 27, 1920, at Monticello, the son of Ernest L. and Fern M. (Faraher) Jewell.
    Eugene served in the US Army during World War II. He had just recently become a member of Saint Mary of the Visitation Church. Gene spent most of his life working hard in the woods industry and farming.
    He is survived by three sons, Eugene Jewell, Jr. and his wife Carol, Daniel Jewell and his wife Debbie, Ernest Jewell and his wife Glenna, all of Houlton; four daughters, Barbara Suitter of Houlton, Pamela Clark and her husband Tom of Linneus, Beverly Shannon and her husband Jack of Westfield, Connie Westoff and her friend Mel of Jay; 24 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean (Conlogue) Jewell; four brothers, Lawrence, Herschell, Ernest, Sr., and Michael; and two sisters, Glenna Belyea and Erla Stackhouse.
    Friends may call at the Dunn Funeral Home Wednesday 10 a.m. until the time of departure to the church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saint Mary of the Visitation Church 11 a.m. with Rev. David Raymond celebrant. Interment will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery. Gifts may be made in Eugene’s memory to the Ronald McDonald House or the charity of one’s choice, c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton, 04730.