East Lebanon
Barbara Florence Paul, 74, of East Lebanon, died Tuesday evening, December 8, 2020, at Southern Maine Heath Center in Biddeford following a brief illness.
Barbara was born in South Waterboro March 29, 1946, a daughter of Clarence Roy and Alice Gammon Wakefield, and attended Waterboro schools.
She left school at 17 to begin her long career of working in local shoe factories in the Sanford area, including Limerick Shoe and the Molding Factory.
Barbara loved to travel the back roads of York County in search of yard sales, and to tend her gardens.
She is predeceased by her daughter Paula Howard and a stepdaughter Bonnie Lee Hughes.
Survivors include her husband Don Paul of East Lebanon, two sons, Roy N. Paul and life partner Darlene Searls and Berry C. Paul and his life partner Claudette St. John, all of Sanford, three granddaughters Ashley Nichole Howard, Nicole Ashley Howard and Amber Lynn Rivard and three great grandsons Isaac Howard, William P. Rivard Santamore and Caleb E. Collins, and a brother Kenneth Wakefield of Sanford.
A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held in the Spring and announced by Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Barbara’s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043.