As a teenager she was a nanny in New York City, and later as a young woman worked for Taylor Shoe Factory in Freeport. The career she loved the most was being the Pastry Cook for New Meadows Inn. Besides cooking for New Meadows Inn she loved to cook for family and friends, and was cited in the Down East Magazine for her famous Mile High Lemon Meringue Pie.
She resided in Bath, Maine for most of her life and enjoyed sitting by a warm fire in the wood stove, reading a good book and having grandchildren on her lap. She loved spending time with her sisters and going with them to dances. Style was her second name because she loved fashion, shopping for clothes, and wigs. Her hair pieces were always part of her accessories. Her style included the many convertibles she owned which she loved to drive to the beach. She was an avid NASCAR fan with Jeff Gordon being her all-time favorite driver. She was a member of Merrymeeting Bay Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Brunswick.
She was predeceased by her husband Norman F. Robshaw I who passed away in 2000, a brother Harry C. Crooker, and three sisters, Dorothy Gaudreau, Phyllis Rose and Roberta Penfold. She is survived by a sister Elizabeth Baribeau and husband Henry of Brunswick. One son Norman F. Robshaw II of West Bath, three daughters, Verna Coombs of Brunswick, Nancy Boyden and husband Douglas of Brunswick, Carol Hein- Hansen and husband Carl of Dresden.
She has 10 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, 21 great great grandchildren.
The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to The Horizons and staff for their excellent care of Frances. Friends and family can visit 4-7pm Friday April 22, 2016 at the Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal Street, Brunswick. A funeral service will follow 11 am Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the funeral home, following with interment into Harding Cemetery, Brunswick. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
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