BRUNSWICK — Clara Douglas McGowen, 92, a resident of Harspwell, ME, died June 18, 2013, at Parkview Memorial Hospital. She was born in Cornish, ME, July 1, 1920, the oldest daughter of Leroy Morgan Douglas and Viola Lowell Douglas. She grew up in Cornish and graduated from Cornish High School.

She was a member of the Cornish Federated Church and later the Orr’s and Bailey Island United Church.

She was a past president and life member of the Harpswell Islands School PTA.

She was a member of the Francis Sullivan American Legion in Cornish and past president of the John Leo Murray American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 171 of Harpswell.

Mrs. McGowen was married to Alan Carl McGowen, son of Carl E. McGowen and Elsie G. McGowen, in Cornish on August 11, 1940.

They lived in Cornish and West Baldwin until moving to Harpswell in 1952. She was employed as an operator for the New England Telephone Company in Cornish for eight years, and was an Avon representative in Harpswell for over 20 years. Mr. and Mrs. McGowen spent many winters in Titusville, FL.

Mrs. McGowen was predeceased by her husband of 64 years who died in 2004 and a brother, Clinton L. Douglas of Fryeburg.

She is survived by two sisters,

Gladys Douglas Edmondson of Rome, GA and Rosalie Douglas Burt of Ohio and Ft. Myers, FL, and a brother Fred L. Douglas of West Baldwin, and a sister-in-law Elaine McGowen Bride, brothers-in-law Neil W. McGowen of Orono and Bruce F McGowen of Lewiston. She is also survived by three sons and their wives, Alan C. McGowen II and his wife Cynthia of Lincoln, MI, Scott L. McGowen and his wife Katherine of South Dakota and Arizona, Jay L. McGowen and Barbara of Orr’s Island and Indian Harbor Beach, FL, and nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations: Cundy’s Harbor Fire Department, or the Orr’s/Bailey Islands Fire Department.

Visiting hours will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal Street, Brunswick. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with Reverend Ron McLaughlin officiating. Internment will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta.

To leave a message of condolence for the McGowen family, visit Clara’s tribute page at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.

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