SACO — Evelyn G. Robinson, 68, of Saco, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough.
She was born in Portland on Oct. 27, 1945, to Bernard H. and Evelyn (Provencal) Gillespie.
She graduated from Deering High School in Westbrook in 1962 and moved to the area in the late 1980s.
On July 30, 1977, she married Charles F. Robinson in South Portland. They shared 18 years together before his death on April 13, 1995.
Evelyn was involved with AMVETS Post 1 in Durham as well as being a past member of the VFW in South Portland. When she was not taking care of her family or volunteering, she enjoyed bowling and bingo.
Evelyn was preceded in death by: three brothers, Frederick Hill Jr., Robert Hill and Richard Noyce.
She is survived by: three daughters, Amanda Braley and her husband Nathan of Biddeford, Wendy Jochum of Monmouth and Meghan Robinson of Saco; one son, John Jochum of Lyman; one stepdaughter, Debra Middleton and her husband Michael of Berlin, New Hampshire; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Carole Gillespie of Westbrook; and one brother, Frank Hill and his wife Mylin of Covington, Georgia.
Visiting hours will be 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 at Hope Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Maine Veterans Cemetery in Augusta. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. In lieu of flowers, the family would like memorial donations to be made to York County Dialysis Center, 20 Cole Road, Biddeford, ME 04005; or Gosnell Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Road, Scarborough, ME 04074. To share condolences online, visit www.hopememorial.com.
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