She was born in New Glassgow, Nova Scotia on Oct. 9, 1919, a daughter of William J. and Mary Ann (Goodwin) MacDonald.
Jenny was educated in Mexico schools and was a graduate of Mexico High School class of 1936.
Prior to her marriage in 1941 to Joseph Stoklas, she was employed for several years at Diamond Match Company in Dixfield.
Jenny was a devoted wife and mother.
She was a communicant of Parish of the Holy Savior and was a member of the Daughters of Isabella.
Jenny loved knitting, crocheting, cooking, baking, rug braiding, playing cribbage, Pokeno and traveling.
She also loved her many trips to Prince Edward Island, and visiting family, and shopping in New York City.
Surviving are her children, Maryann E. Stoklas of Bath, Thomas M. Stoklas of Brunswick, and Paul J. Stoklas and husband Dean Nadeau of Portland; sister-inlaw Elizabeth Coulombe of Sabattus; brother-in-law Louis Stoklas of Jay; three grandchildren, Lisa Abbott of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lauri Gowell and fiancé Steve Mallar of OOB, and Shannon Grich of Roxbury; great-grandchildren, Megan Abbott, Patrick D. Abbott and Ryanne Bacon and husband Devon; greatgreat grandchildren, Paul Dylan, Sydney Catherine; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Joseph Stoklas in 2012, three sons, James, John and Joseph Stoklas, a sister Margaret Richard, and brothers, Harold MacDonald and Wendell Mac- Donald.
You are invited to share your thoughts, condolences, and fond memories with the Stoklas family by visiting their guestbook at www.SGThibaultFuneral- Home.com.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, with visitation by the Daughters of Isabella at 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015, at Parish of the Holy Savior. Interment will follow in St. John Cemetery.
If so desired, contributions in Jenny’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Maine Chapter, 383 U.S. Route 1 Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074.
Arrangements are under the care of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford, ME 04276 (www.sgthibaultfuneralhome.com).
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