Isabel M. Libby
BUXTON- Isabel M. Libby, 89, formerly of 308 Waterman Road, Buxton, died peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on July 29, 2016 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
She was born on January 27, 1927, a daughter of the late Gilbert and Blanche Blue.
Isabel graduated from Tewksbury (MA) High School, spending summers in Bar Mills, Maine, with her grandparents William and Maud Whittaker. She married Robert C. Libby of Buxton on June 3, 1950, and following time in Tewksbury and Lowell, Massachusetts, they built a home on Waterman Road, Groveville, part of Buxton, Maine, where they raised two sons, John and Jim.
For many years Isabel was an employee of GTE-Sylvania in Standish, Maine. She was active at the North Congregational Church in Buxton and enjoyed cooking for church suppers, delivering Meals on Wheels for the Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging, attending her two sons’ basketball games, and traveling and playing cards with friends and family.
During the 1960’s she could be seen racing stock cars on the dirt track during Beech Ridge Speedway’s yearly Powder Puff Derby competition.
She is predeceased by her parents, Gilbert and Blanche Blue, and her siblings, Edith Blue, Alberta Blue, Francis (Blue) Smith, and Louis Blue. She is survived by her brother, William G. Blue of Lynn, Massachusetts, her sister, Dorothy B. McKay, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her two sons, John R. Libby of Orlando, Florida and James D. Libby of Buxton, Maine, as well as and her two grandchildren, Grace A. Libby and Brett A. Libby of Buxton, Maine, and many nieces and nephews.
Per wishes of the deceased, there will be no visiting hours. A graveside service will be held on Monday, Aug. 1 at noon at the South Buxton (Tory Hill) Cemetery. Online condolence messages can be submitted at www.mainefuneral.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Long Plains Road, Buxton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Southern Maine Agency on Aging, 136 U.S. Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074.