Phelan, Mary Rita, 85, Caribou, at Bangor, May 12, 2010. Private family funeral services will be held at the chapel of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Mary Rita Phelan, 85, died May 12, 2010, at Bangor following a long illness. She was born at Caribou, March 3, 1925, the daughter of Leon and Roseanna (Paradis) Plourde. She attended the Lyndon Center School, the Holy Rosary School and graduated from the Caribou High School Class of 1942. She married Joseph D. Phelan on August 10, 1946. Mary was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a member of the Parish of the Precious Blood Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was also a member of the Ladies of St.Anne and the Catholic Golden Age. She was also a member of the High St. Senior Bingo. She loved, laughed easily and was a great cook.
She is survived by her children, Peter Phelan and his wife, Diana, Kathryn Molochko and her husband, John all of Norwich, Conn., Daniel Joseph Phelan of Caribou, Anne F. Paquet and her husband, Larry of Bangor, Patrick Phelan and his wife, Pauline of St. Leonard, N.B. Canada; three brothers, Louis Plourde of Westfield, Mass., Joseph Reginald Plourde of Rock Hill, S.C. and George Plourde of Wilberton, Okla.; seven sisters, Emma Whitt of Nashville, Tenn., Elizabeth Beaulieu of Woodland, Laura Sweeney of New Sweden, Regina Beaumier of West Hartford, Conn., Theresa Andrews of Woodland, Florence White of Westfield, Mass. and Anne Plourde of Agawam, Mass.; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband; two sisters, Louise Espling and Cecile Espling; and a granddaughter, Lisa Marie Phelan.
Private family funeral services will be held at the chapel of the Mockler Funeral Home. For online registry please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
