BATH — Barbara G. Temple, 94, of Park Street, peacefully passed away at Hill- House Assisted Living on Monday, May 25, 2015.
Barbara was born in Stonington on Feb. 15, 1921, daughter of George G.C. and May (Jereny) Coombs. She lived her early childhood on the island of Isle Au Haut in Penobscot Bay. She attended the one-room schoolhouse on the island and grammar school in Stonington. She later moved to Bath and graduated from Morse High School in the class of 1938. Barbara married Linwood E. Temple on Sept. 1, 1939, and lived at 35 Park St. for over 60 years. After raising a daughter and son, she worked as a medical transcriptionist for 18 years at Regional Memorial Hospital in Brunswick.
Barbara was a Past Matron and Life Member of Genester Chapter #73, Order of the Eastern Star and was appointed Grand Warden of the Grand Chapter OES of Maine in 1963. She also served on the Advisory Council of the Order of Rainbow for Girls, Bath Chapter.
She was a member of the Phippsburg Congregational Church.
During her retirement, she and her husband enjoyed many winters in their Florida home and summers in Bath with her family.
Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Lin, and a daughter, Nancy Woodhouse, sisters, Evelyn Morse and Hazel Tardiff and a brother, Herman Coombs.
She is survived by a son, Bruce Temple and his wife Suzanne of West Bath, sonin law, Peter Woodhouse of Bath, grandson, Murlyn Greenleaf and his wife Julie of Westport Island, granddaughters, Barbara Martz and her husband Jim of Hookstown, PA and Michelle Lewis and partner David of West Bath, great-grandsons, James, Justin and Joshua Martz, great-great-grandson, Jaxson Martz and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High St., Bath. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2015, at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath. Condolences may be made online at www.Daiglefuneralhome.com.
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