VASSALBORO -- Annie Allen, 90, of Legion Park, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2006, at dMedical Center, Augusta, after a long illness.
Annie was born in Lincolnville on Oct. 13, 1915, to Grace and William Munroe and was predeceased by brothers William and David.
She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Camden High School in 1933. She studied home economics at the University of Maine at Farmington, graduating in 1937 with a bachelor's degree and meeting the love of her life and future husband of 64 years.
On June 15, 1941, she married Albert Allen in Lincolnville and they contributed baby boomers Glen, Paul and David to the world. They lived on Oak Street in Augusta for 25 years then moved to Vassalboro in 1968. They started Four Seasons Farm, using organic gardening methods and living the "good life." Annie had a true green thumb, was charter member of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, became known as Queen Aloe Vera, and won countless farming blue ribbons at Common Ground and Windsor fairs.
In her retirement years, Annie traveled worldwide with her husband and spent winters in Mexico, Texas and Florida.
Annie dedicated her life to the service of Jehovah God by baptism on Aug. 8, 1956, and was a faithful member of the Augusta congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses for more than 50 years.
As she passed through life she was loved by all who came to know her.
A memorial service of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 36 Eastern Ave., Augusta.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Maine Hospice, 304 Main St., Waterville, ME 04901.
Annie was born in Lincolnville on Oct. 13, 1915, to Grace and William Munroe and was predeceased by brothers William and David.
She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Camden High School in 1933. She studied home economics at the University of Maine at Farmington, graduating in 1937 with a bachelor's degree and meeting the love of her life and future husband of 64 years.
On June 15, 1941, she married Albert Allen in Lincolnville and they contributed baby boomers Glen, Paul and David to the world. They lived on Oak Street in Augusta for 25 years then moved to Vassalboro in 1968. They started Four Seasons Farm, using organic gardening methods and living the "good life." Annie had a true green thumb, was charter member of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, became known as Queen Aloe Vera, and won countless farming blue ribbons at Common Ground and Windsor fairs.
In her retirement years, Annie traveled worldwide with her husband and spent winters in Mexico, Texas and Florida.
Annie dedicated her life to the service of Jehovah God by baptism on Aug. 8, 1956, and was a faithful member of the Augusta congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses for more than 50 years.
As she passed through life she was loved by all who came to know her.
A memorial service of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 36 Eastern Ave., Augusta.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Maine Hospice, 304 Main St., Waterville, ME 04901.
VASSALBORO -- Annie Allen, 90, of Legion Park, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2006, at dMedical Center, Augusta, after a long illness.
Annie was born in Lincolnville on Oct. 13, 1915, to Grace and William Munroe and was predeceased by brothers William and David.
She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Camden High School in 1933. She studied home economics at the University of Maine at Farmington, graduating in 1937 with a bachelor's degree and meeting the love of her life and future husband of 64 years.
On June 15, 1941, she married Albert Allen in Lincolnville and they contributed baby boomers Glen, Paul and David to the world. They lived on Oak Street in Augusta for 25 years then moved to Vassalboro in 1968. They started Four Seasons Farm, using organic gardening methods and living the "good life." Annie had a true green thumb, was charter member of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, became known as Queen Aloe Vera, and won countless farming blue ribbons at Common Ground and Windsor fairs.
In her retirement years, Annie traveled worldwide with her husband and spent winters in Mexico, Texas and Florida.
Annie dedicated her life to the service of Jehovah God by baptism on Aug. 8, 1956, and was a faithful member of the Augusta congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses for more than 50 years.
As she passed through life she was loved by all who came to know her.
A memorial service of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 36 Eastern Ave., Augusta.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Maine Hospice, 304 Main St., Waterville, ME 04901.
Annie was born in Lincolnville on Oct. 13, 1915, to Grace and William Munroe and was predeceased by brothers William and David.
She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Camden High School in 1933. She studied home economics at the University of Maine at Farmington, graduating in 1937 with a bachelor's degree and meeting the love of her life and future husband of 64 years.
On June 15, 1941, she married Albert Allen in Lincolnville and they contributed baby boomers Glen, Paul and David to the world. They lived on Oak Street in Augusta for 25 years then moved to Vassalboro in 1968. They started Four Seasons Farm, using organic gardening methods and living the "good life." Annie had a true green thumb, was charter member of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, became known as Queen Aloe Vera, and won countless farming blue ribbons at Common Ground and Windsor fairs.
In her retirement years, Annie traveled worldwide with her husband and spent winters in Mexico, Texas and Florida.
Annie dedicated her life to the service of Jehovah God by baptism on Aug. 8, 1956, and was a faithful member of the Augusta congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses for more than 50 years.
As she passed through life she was loved by all who came to know her.
A memorial service of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 36 Eastern Ave., Augusta.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Maine Hospice, 304 Main St., Waterville, ME 04901.
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