Greta L Hayden Obituary (1931 - 2013)

Greta Levica Hayden, 82, of Athens, passed away on Monday November 18, 2013 in Bangor, Maine, following a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 16, 1931 in Abbott, Maine, the daughter of Frederick Patterson and Genie (French) Patterson. Greta was educated in Athens Schools. She married Herbert J. Hayden on January 22, 1949 in Skowhegan, Maine. She started out working for Norrwock Shoe Company in Skowhegan for seven years, she worked at the Hartland Cannery for two years, she worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 47 years, and she was the office manager for the Hayden Milk Transport for twenty-six years. Greta was a longtime member of the Church of the Open Bible in Athens, Maine, and the treasurer for the church for many years. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, crocheting, camping, and knitting. Besides her husband Herbert of 64 years of Athens, she is survived by her four children; Donald Hayden and his wife Elaine of Harmony, Donna Adams and her husband James of Skowhegan, Dennis Hayden and his wife Patricia of South China, Doreen Commerford and her husband Robert of PA, her eleven grandchildren; Stephanie, Rachel, Travis, Amy, Michael, Jennifer, Aaron, Timothy, Rebecca, Amanda, Zachary, seventeen great-grandchildren, three sisters; Marguerite Libby of FL, Alice Sawyer of Greenville, Gloria Frederick and her husband Edward of Norridgewock, one brother Richard Patterson and his wife Pauline of Hartland, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother and father and her sister Violet Marie Small. A funeral service will be held on Saturday November 23, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the Church of the Open Bible, Main Street, Athens, Maine, with the Rev. Richard Haynie officiating, with a committal to follow at the Mount Rest Cemetery in Athens, Maine. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan, Maine.