LYMAN— Louise L. Graffam, 90, of Lyman, died on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

Louise was born in Limington on June 4, 1926, to William and Minnie Lowell. In 1947, she married Donald Graffam and together they raised two children and shared 55 years of marriage until his death in 2003. During her working life she was employed at the local textile mills and shoe shops.

Louise enjoyed crocheting, flower gardening and watching the birds and squirrels around her house. She also enjoyed cooking and baking, going dancing with her husband, and loved the cats and dogs that she had as pets over the years. She had been a member of the East Waterboro Free Baptist Church, the Rebekahs and also belonged to a bowling league. She always had a fondness for blue skies and sunsets. Louise was devoted and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who would do anything she could for her family. She would gladly open her home to anybody who needed a place to go. She will be dearly missed by all of her family and friends. 

Louise was predceded in death by: her daughter, Donna; and by five siblings, Carl, Jenny, Raymond, Evelyn and Frankie.

Surviving are: two children, Bruce Graffam and his wife, Patricia of Lyman, and Deborah Hersey and her husband, David of Lyman; six grandchildren, Tracey Bosse and her husband, Mario, Gregory Graffam, Bradley Graffam, Jeremy Dube and his wife, Nickole, Aaron Dube and his wife, Abby and Matthew Dube and his wife, Jen; 13 great-grandchildren; her niece, Marie Dale and her husband, Jeff; her cousin, Mary Hamilton, her brother-in-law, Stephen Graffam and his wife, Yvonne; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home located at 29 Winter St., Sanford. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the spring at Pine Grove Cemetery in North Waterboro.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider sending a memorial contribution to the American Heart Association, 51 U.S. Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, Maine 04074. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale. 

To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit www.blackfuneralhomes.com.