Obituary
HAMPDEN - Ina Mae (Chambers) Strang, 86, wife of the late Richard M. Strang Sr., passed away Sept. 8, 2002, at a Brewer health-care facility. She was born in Bangor, Dec. 1, 1915, the daughter of Harry and Addie (Willey) Chambers Sr. She had been a resident of Hampden since 1949. Ina worked many years for area shoe manufacturers and was well known for her stitching. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, watching soap opera's and especially her family's camp at Beech Hill Pond. Ina's focus in life was always on her children, grandchildren and family, and her greatest enjoyment came from family gatherings. She is survived by her sons, Richard M. Strang Jr. and his wife, Marjorie of Dedham and Boynton Beach, Fla., and Glenn Strang and his wife, Judy of Brewer; a sister, Ida VanWart of Newburgh; grandchildren, Michael Strang, Kim Achorn, Carol Violette, Mark Strang, Juli-Ann Leakos, Jean Hogan and Glenn Jay Strang; 13 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard M. "Pappy" Strang Sr. in 1995; by a sister, Etta Woodbury; and a brother, Harry Chambers Jr. Visiting will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden, where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Elizabeth Vernon, pastor of the North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Hampden. Gestures of remembrance may be made to the North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church, care of Robert Adams, 1095 North Main St., Brewer, ME 04412.
HAMPDEN - A funeral service for Ina Mae (Chambers) Strang will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, at the Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden, with the Rev. Elizabeth Vernon, pastor of the North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Hampden. Inadvertently omitted from her obituary was a sister, Dorothy Hatch of Bangor.
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