Allen Folsom Moody

    Moody, Allen F., 83, December 17, 2012.  Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home.  Funeral services to be held at noon on Thursday, December 20 at the Littleton United Baptist Church.
    HOULTON – Allen Folsom Moody, 83, died December 17, 2012. He and his twin brother, Willis, were born in Cornville on October 28, 1929 – the day before the stock market crashed. They were the eighth and ninth children of Ray and Lizzie (Churchill) Moody.
    He graduated from Skowhegan High School in 1947. He married Margaret Stevens on August 26, 1955.  She passed away on May 5, 1980. He later married Beverly Woodside. Allen and his family moved to Houlton in 1961. In 1963, he purchased the Pine Tree Farm on Ludlow Road and began thirty years of selling milk to Houlton Farms Dairy. For a few years he grew sugar beets. He was active in DHIA and served as secretary-treasurer for many years. He served as an elder and Sunday school teacher at Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later taught the adult men’s Sunday school class at Littleton United Baptist Church. Most recently he was a member at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Woodstock, New Brunswick and a long time member of the Gideon International.
    He is survived by his wife Beverly of 32 years; six children, Steven Moody and his wife, Judy of Holden, Anne Moody of Hermon, Lois Moody of Bangor, Elizabeth Diehl and her husband, Patrick of Carson, ND, Beverly Carpenter and her husband, Tom of Gloucester, MA and Jeffrey Woodside and his wife, Monica of Hampden; eight grandchildren, Loralie and her husband, Alan, Meagan and her husband, Daniel, Amy, Matthew, Ashley, Hannah, Daniel, and Sarah; great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Abigail; two brothers, Myron of Cornville and Willis of Sheboygan, WI; a sister, Amy Stevens of Delmont, SD. He was predeceased by his brothers, Leslie and Fremont and his sisters Eudora “Fay” Daniels, Lina Whittemore and Ruth Clark.
    Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, December 20th at the Littleton United Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Straubel officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be given to the Gideons, P.O. Box 1001, Houlton, ME 04730 or the church or charity of your choice.  For an online memory book and to leave condolences please visit www.bowersfuneral.com.