Pauline was born in Waterboro, where she grew up and attended local schools, graduating from Waterboro High School. After graduating she enrolled at the University of Maine in Gorham where she received her bachelor’s degree in education. She was employed for many years as a second grade teacher at Edison School in Sanford. Pauline loved teaching and each one of her students held a special place in her heart.
Pauline loved spending time outdoors. She and her husband owned a camp on Moosehead Lake in Greenville where they shared many happy years together. She enjoyed going fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and bowling, and had been a member of the Springvale First Baptist Church. Pauline was a loving and devoted aunt who treated her nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Pauline was preceded in death by: her husband, Wilfred Bennett; and by two siblings, Frances E. Woodward, and Dorris “Red” Moulton.
She is survived by: three nieces, Jackie Perron, Sherri Jordan and her husband John, and Lisa Blanchette and her husband Tom, all of Sanford; five great-nieces and nephews, Joseph P. Perron and his companion Meaghan Abbott of Lebanon, Steve Bickford and his wife Jessica of Sanford, T. Michael Blanchette and his companion Faith Lipp of Acton, Kristie Blanchette of Sanford, Jenna Pivin and her companion James Coyne of Sanford; and five great-great nieces and nephews, Hadley Perron, Khloe and Aiden Pivin, Preston and Ethan Brown.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Oakdale Cemetery on Twombley Road in Sanford.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider sending a memorial contribution to the Greenwood Center Activities Fund, 1142 Main St., Sanford, ME 04073.
Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale.
To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit blackfuneralhomes.com.
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