WEST GOULDSBORO

Carolyn M. Bunker, 88, died Sept. 2, 2002, at the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. She was born in North Sullivan, Feb. 13, 1914, the daughter of Maurice and Florence (Havey) Foss.

Carolyn, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, enjoyed crafts, painting and drawing. She spent her growing years in North Sullivan at the home of her grandparents, James and Mariah Havey, as her parents were tending a lighthouse and her father was a Merchant Marine. In the mid-1930s, Carolyn married Gordon Bunker and moved to West Gouldsboro, where they raised their family and spent the rest of their lives.

She is survived by one son, Wesley Bunker of Orland; two daughters, Ilene and her husband, Calvin Stinson Jr., Orice and her husband, Charles Stinson, all of Prospect Harbor; grandchildren, Wesley Bunker Jr. and his wife, Cindy, of Ellsworth, Edward Bunker of Studio City, Calif., Tim Bunker of Stonington, Susan S. and George Field of Henderson, Nev., Lisa S. and Randy McLain of Orrington, Joanne Stinson of Danvers, Mass., Michael and Martha Stinson of Alexandria, Va., Stephen Stinson of Springfield, Mass., Katharyn S. and Craig Wayman of Bethlehem Township, Pa., Cynthia S. and her husband, Dwayne Webber, of Blue Hill; great-grandchildren, Jordan, Megan and Kyle McLain, Lynsee and Craig Wayman, Rachel Bunker, Ryan Grass, Michelle and Matthew Webber and Stephen Stinson; also her devoted cat, Mittens, and several cousins. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Gordon; young daughter, Sheila; and a cousin, Muriel Blanchard.

Funeral services will be private. Interment will be in Beach Hill Cemetery, West Gouldsboro. If friends desire, they may make contributions in Carolyn’s memory to the West Gouldsboro Union Church, care of Leona Newman, South Gouldsboro Road, Gouldsboro 04607. Arrangements by Jordan Funeral Home, 113 Franklin St., Ellsworth.