Eva G. Wooster Obituary (1921

ROCKLAND - Eva G. Wooster, 89, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, after a period of failing health. Born in Camden, April 19, 1921, she was the daughter of William S. and Hazel P. Smith Garland. She was educated in Camden schools. During the World War II years, she worked in area woolen mills. She later met Kendall O. Wooster and the couple married in 1948. They lived in Rockland and in 1950 purchased their first home on Hall Street. Mrs. Wooster assisted her husband in the operation of his frozen foods business and in 1961 they moved to Crescent Beach at Owls Head. From their new home, Eva continued assisting her husband in his career. In 1964, Mr. Wooster opened Ken's Frozen Food Center in Rockland, and Eva continued working with her husband in the daily operation of that business. After her husband's untimely and sudden death on August 12, 1969, she returned to work at Knox Woolen Mill in Camden, retiring from that job in 1979. Beginning in 1980, for several years she knit potheads for Friendship Trap Company. An excellent seamstress, she often made many of the clothes for herself and her family. She also loved dancing, was a past member of the Owls Head Grange, Owls Head Extension and Owls Head Garden Club. Other than her husband, Mrs. Wooster was pre-deceased by two brothers, William C. Garland, Manford Garland, and one sister C. Alberta Garland. She is survived by one son with whom she resided, Stephen O. Wooster of Rockland; four nieces, Katherine Brown and her husband Howard, Jean Morrison and her husband Donald, Margaret Smith all of Camden, Ms Kris Kleeberg of Gloucster, MA; as well as several great nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. David English, pastor of West Rockport Baptist Church, will officiate. Spring interment will be in Achorn Cemetery, Rockland. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Humane Society of Knox County, P.O. Box 1294, Rockland, ME 04841.