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Mary Gaiko Wakefield

Birth	:	20 Sep 1917 Vermont, USA
Death	:	20 Sep 2011 New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	West Brookfield Cemetery, West Brookfield, Orange County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.0143300, -72.6592300
Description	:	Mary (Gaiko) Wakefield of Portsmouth died peacefully on her 94th birthday surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 20, 1917 in Detroit Michigan the third of eight children born to polish immigrants, the late Joseph and Tekla (Tutka) Gaiko. Raised and educated in Bethel, Vt., she graduated from Whitcomb High School in 1936. After graduation she worked for a time at the former Hotel Emery in Bethel, the Golden Bell Dry Cleaners in West Medford, Mass. and Raytheon Co. in Newton, Mass. Mary met her future husband, Varrell Wakefield, in 1941. They were married in 1942 and made their... Read More	Mary (Gaiko) Wakefield of Portsmouth died peacefully on her 94th birthday surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 20, 1917 in Detroit Michigan the third of eight children born to polish immigrants, the late Joseph and Tekla (Tutka) Gaiko. Raised and educated in Bethel, Vt., she graduated from Whitcomb High School in 1936. After graduation she worked for a time at the former Hotel Emery in Bethel, the Golden Bell Dry Cleaners in West Medford, Mass. and Raytheon Co. in Newton, Mass. Mary met her future husband, Varrell Wakefield, in 1941. They were married in 1942 and made their home in Kittery, Maine, where they raised their children. While her children were growing up, she made many clothes for them. She also knitted many sweaters, hats, and mittens for her children, grandchildren, neighbors, and friends. When her children were older she worked for the former W. T. Grant Company in Portsmouth. Mary lived at her Kittery address for 67 years until relocating to Portsmouth in 2009. She was a member of St. Marks United Methodist Church in Kittery where she volunteered for many years in the kitchen during fish chowder suppers and Christmas fairs. When Mary and her husband retired they joined the Good Sam R.V. Club and traveled extensively throughout the lower 48 states, Alaska, and most of the Canadian Provinces and Yukon Territory. She is survived by her son, James Wakefield and his wife Sandra of York, Maine, a daughter Elaine Yandow and her husband Raymond of Leesburg, Fla. and So. Hero, Vt. Also surviving are five grandchildren; James Wakefield, Jr. and his wife Jennifer of South Berwick, Maine, Michael Wakefield and his wife Rachel also of South Berwick, Timothy Gerry and his wife Jessica of Williston, VT, Michelle Ziter and her husband Jason of Essex, Vt., and Charlene Hoyt and her husband Scott of Kittery. She also has step grandchildren Timothy Yandow of Essex Jct., Vt. and Bobbi Jo Meigs of Homosassa, Fla. as well as eight great grandchildren, eight step great grandchildren and one step great-great grandchild. Besides her parents and loving husband of 66 years, she was predeceased by her brothers Stanley, Joseph and Louis Gaiko all of Bethel, Vt. and sisters Caroline Curtis of Rochester, Vt., Antonina Levandoski of Wareham, Mass., Sophie and Helen Gaiko also of Bethel. A period of visitation for the Wakefield family will be held Wednesday, September 28, 2011 from 6-8pm at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Rd., Kittery, ME. Funeral services will be 11am Thursday, September 29, 2011 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 60 Government Street, Kittery, ME. In lieu of flowers the Wakefield family strongly suggests memorials be made in Mary's memory to St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Committal services will be held at the West Brookfield Cemetery, West Brookfield, VT Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 11:00 am. Care for the Wakefield family has been entrusted to the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home of Kittery, ME. Visit www.fosters.com/obits for an online guest book. Published in Fosters from September 24 to September 25, 2011

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Mary Gaiko Wakefield's memorial is located at: West Brookfield Cemetery, West Brookfield, Orange County, USA.
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Mary Gaiko Wakefield death on 20 Sep 2011 in New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 44.0143300
Longitude: -72.6592300

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Varrell Leroy Wakefield

(1917 - 2008)

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