CHEBEAGUE ISLAND - Hermine L. Stevens, 92, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003. Hermine, the youngest of four children of George W. and Carmen R. Larrabee of Wilton, was born in her family's summer home on Chebeague Island on July 31, 1910.
Hermine grew up in Wilton, where her father owned a dry goods store. During her childhood she spent her summers with her family on Chebeague Island. Hermine was a graduate of Wilton Academy and Boston University and worked at the National Lead Company in Massachusetts where she met her husband, Nelson E. Stevens.
Hermine and Nelson were an adoring couple who enjoyed 53 loving years of marriage until his death in 1988. They settled in Belmont, Mass., where they raised three sons, George Wiliam Stevens, Allen Brooks Stevens, and Nelson David Stevens. They also shared their home with Hermine's mother, Carmen R. Larrabee.
Hermine's life was devoted to her family and her church. She was a member of the Belmont United Methodist Church and later upon moving to Cumberland, the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church. Every summer, while she was raising her family, she brought everyone to Chebeague where the summer was filled with visits from her sisters, her niece, Betty, as well as Nelson's brothers, sisters, and their families.
Hermine has been living at Island Commons on Chebeague Island for the last three a half years, where she enjoyed the loving care and attention of the staff and volunteers of this extraordinary non-profit facility for the aging. Prior to Island Commons, Hermine lived with her son, Nelson David and his family in Yarmouth.
She is survived by a son, Nelson David Stevens and his wife, Cheryl; two grandchildren, Jessica Carmen and David William Stevens; as well has her niece, Betty Ponds and Betty's children, Peter, Sara, Timothy, and Susan. Also surviving are cousins, Ted Roselund, Carol Royal, Elizabeth Mozek, Bonnie Hutchison, Scott Gray, and Donne Happy, Nancy; and her cousin, Eldora of Wilton.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. at the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, Tuttle Road, Cumberland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Hermine's memory to: Island Commons, Chebeague Island, Maine 04017.
Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home,
Portland. Jones, Rich & Hutchins 775-3763