PRESQUE ISLE - Margaret Hanks Coffin, 84, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, at Glenridge Nursing Home, Augusta. She was born May 18, 1926, in Augusta, daughter of the late Dana and Ethelle Libby Hanks. Margaret attended Cony High School, Fischer Business School and the University of Maine, Orono. She was a longtime member of Presque Isle Congregational Church and its choir - Caribou Choral Society, and Beta Sigma Phi. Born and brought up in Augusta, Margaret had a desire to be in radio at an early age. At UMO, she got involved in the Radio Guild Club, writing scripts, performing music, etc. Her love of radio brought her to Presque Isle, where they needed an announcer at WAGM. It was there she met her husband-to-be, Ted Coffin. Several years later when she worked for WRKD-Radio, Rockland, she and Ted were married. After only 10 years of marriage, Ted passed away leaving her to raise her two girls.
She was the first librarian for Northern Maine Technical College, where she was head librarian from the late 1960s to 1996, when she retired.
She was predeceased by her husband, R. Theodore Coffin, in 1964; her brother, Dana Hanks Jr.; and sister, Lois Hanks.
She is survived by her two daughters, Nanci Lee (LaMarque) and her husband, Jim, and Lucinda Ann; her niece, Susan Gayne and her husband, Steve; her nephew, Dana McLean Hanks and his wife, MaryAnn; her sisters-in-law, Barbara Hews, Jackie Haines, Geraldine Wheeler and Helen King; brothers-in-law, Richard King and his wife, Irene, and Harold Quass; numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband. (Bangor Daily News 8/12/2010)
She was the first librarian for Northern Maine Technical College, where she was head librarian from the late 1960s to 1996, when she retired.
She was predeceased by her husband, R. Theodore Coffin, in 1964; her brother, Dana Hanks Jr.; and sister, Lois Hanks.
She is survived by her two daughters, Nanci Lee (LaMarque) and her husband, Jim, and Lucinda Ann; her niece, Susan Gayne and her husband, Steve; her nephew, Dana McLean Hanks and his wife, MaryAnn; her sisters-in-law, Barbara Hews, Jackie Haines, Geraldine Wheeler and Helen King; brothers-in-law, Richard King and his wife, Irene, and Harold Quass; numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband. (Bangor Daily News 8/12/2010)
PRESQUE ISLE - Margaret Hanks Coffin, 84, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, at Glenridge Nursing Home, Augusta. She was born May 18, 1926, in Augusta, daughter of the late Dana and Ethelle Libby Hanks. Margaret attended Cony High School, Fischer Business School and the University of Maine, Orono. She was a longtime member of Presque Isle Congregational Church and its choir - Caribou Choral Society, and Beta Sigma Phi. Born and brought up in Augusta, Margaret had a desire to be in radio at an early age. At UMO, she got involved in the Radio Guild Club, writing scripts, performing music, etc. Her love of radio brought her to Presque Isle, where they needed an announcer at WAGM. It was there she met her husband-to-be, Ted Coffin. Several years later when she worked for WRKD-Radio, Rockland, she and Ted were married. After only 10 years of marriage, Ted passed away leaving her to raise her two girls.
She was the first librarian for Northern Maine Technical College, where she was head librarian from the late 1960s to 1996, when she retired.
She was predeceased by her husband, R. Theodore Coffin, in 1964; her brother, Dana Hanks Jr.; and sister, Lois Hanks.
She is survived by her two daughters, Nanci Lee (LaMarque) and her husband, Jim, and Lucinda Ann; her niece, Susan Gayne and her husband, Steve; her nephew, Dana McLean Hanks and his wife, MaryAnn; her sisters-in-law, Barbara Hews, Jackie Haines, Geraldine Wheeler and Helen King; brothers-in-law, Richard King and his wife, Irene, and Harold Quass; numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband. (Bangor Daily News 8/12/2010)
She was the first librarian for Northern Maine Technical College, where she was head librarian from the late 1960s to 1996, when she retired.
She was predeceased by her husband, R. Theodore Coffin, in 1964; her brother, Dana Hanks Jr.; and sister, Lois Hanks.
She is survived by her two daughters, Nanci Lee (LaMarque) and her husband, Jim, and Lucinda Ann; her niece, Susan Gayne and her husband, Steve; her nephew, Dana McLean Hanks and his wife, MaryAnn; her sisters-in-law, Barbara Hews, Jackie Haines, Geraldine Wheeler and Helen King; brothers-in-law, Richard King and his wife, Irene, and Harold Quass; numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband. (Bangor Daily News 8/12/2010)
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