Grace Manor Funeral Home

She was born Rose Marie Piselli on Oct. 7, 1924 in Auburn, to Joseph and Vittoria (Urzia) Piselli. Educated in local schools, Rose graduated from Edward Little High School, class of ’42, and Bliss Business College. She started her secretarial career at North American Phillips in Lewiston and then was a legal secretary for Murphy & Coyne Law Offices for many years. Rose married Raymond George Ouellette in July 1947 and had four children: Raymond G. Ouellette Jr., Ronald P. Ouellette, Patricia A. (Ouellette) Goughnour, and Pamela M. Ouellette. Rose divorced, and in 1964 remarried Donald F. Small. During her long life, she was an active member of the Legal Secretaries, Sons of Italy, St. Mary’s Patronesses, St. Vincent Du Paul Society, and Rosary Sodality; she loved playing bingo at the Auburn Senior Citizens. She and her husband, Don traveled to Italy, as she was very proud of her Italian heritage. During their retired years, they enjoyed traveling across the U.S., and lived in Florida for over a decade, before returning back home to Maine in 2001. Rose was an avid fan of the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox and she was featured on the front page of the Lewiston Sun Journal when the Pats won the Super Bowl in 2016. A member of the former St. Patrick’s Church, Rose was predeceased by her husband, Donald F. Small; her brother, Michael Piselli, and her sister, Frances Piselli McMahon.She is survived by all her four children; her sister, Grace Piselli Keene; three grandchildren, Colonel Christopher J. Ouellette, USAF, Adam R. Begin, and Sarah P. Higgins; four great-grandchildren, John “Jack” Ouellette, Lacie Higgins, Gabriel Ouellette, and Ella Higgins; as well as many nieces and nephews. Rose’s family are grateful to Clover Manor Skilled Nursing and Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice for their loving care. Visitation hours are on Monday, April 8, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Albert & Burpee Funeral Home, 253 Pine Street, Lewiston. Funeral Services will be on ...

She was born in McKeesport on February 6, 1925, to the late Clarence and Mary (Katona) Wilcox. In 1989, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 45 years, Clair Edward Bowden, and her son, Kenneth Clair Bowden in 2017, a U.S. Marine Vietnam Veteran. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Marilyn Wilcox Marvich. Loving mother of Linda Robson (Dennis Fedorko); mother-in-law of Alice (Taylor) Bowden; grandmother of Benita Robson (Robert Chase), Frank Robson (Jessica), Kimberly Johnson (Walt), and Kenneth Bowden Jr. (Charity Butler); great-grandmother of Stephen Cable, Samantha Cable, Joseph Chase, and Lincoln Johnson. Grace was a member of Sharon Community Presbyterian Church, Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 402, Moon AARP, Moon Area Senior Center, and worked at the voting polls. Very welcoming, she always would give you a hug, enjoyed doing good for others, loved working on ceramics, crafts and crocheting. She still participated in crafts at Rochester Manor. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at COPELAND MOON TOWNSHIP FUNERAL HOME, 981 Brodhead Road, www.copelandfuneralhomes.com, with the Rev. Becky Branch-Trevathan officiating. Burial will follow in Sewickley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations in her name to Vietnam Veterans of America, National Headquarters, 8719 Colesville Rd., Suite 100, Silver Spring, MD 20910, www.vva.org. ...