TOPSHAM — Lula Rachel Hughes age 84 of Tracy Lane passed away quietly on Wednesday February 8th, 2017. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her. She was a great Mom, loved her children immensely as well as all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Lula was born in Perham, Maine on May 14, 1932 and grew up in Allagash, Maine. She married Hampton Hughes, moved to Brunswick and raised 5 children. She worked as an office administrator for the bulk of her career and a book keeper for the last several years of her life prior to retirement. She and Hampton were divorced in 1979 and Lula soon met her life companion Donald M. Carter. They traveled to Africa and China as well as locations within the U.S. and had a very loving and memorable life together. Don as he was known, predeceased Lula by several years.

Lula was also predeceased by her son Thomas Hughes, her grandsons Michael Hughes and Todd Thiboutot. She is survived by her son Brian Hughes and his wife Nancy, daughter Myra Thiboutot and her husband Romeo, daughter Karen Radcliff and her husband Artie, her son Hampton Hughes and his wife Jennifer, 9 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo Church- All Saints Parish Church 132 McKeen St. Brunswick on May 8th at 11:00 AM and internment will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Brunswick. In lieu of flowers please make memorial donations to the charity of your choice in her memory. Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St. Brunswick where memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.