PORTLAND – Betty Lou Pound, passed away peacefully on the morning of Feb. 13, 2022. She was born in Millinocket on March 5, 1933, to James and Carrie (Skinner) MacKenzie.

She was the youngest of 19 children. Betty will be remembered as a loving wife and mother to her seven children. She will always be known for the generosity, hospitality, and love of family. She was known to have shopped at TJ Maxx a few times in her life!

She was predeceased by her husband Richard “Dick” Pound; her granddaughter Scarlett; and her siblings. She is survived by her children, Carrie Shaw and her husband David, Donna Pound, Donald Pound Jr., James Pound and his wife Susan, Atwood Pound and his wife Claudia, Sheila Frantz and her husband Scott, Beth Bolduc and her husband Jim. She had 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

There will be a graveside service on May 26, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Ave. Augusta.

Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home and Cremation Care, One Church St., Augusta, where memories, condolences and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of our website at http://www.familyfirstfuneralhomes.com

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