Evelyn

Barter

WINTHROP - Evelyn M. Barter, 91, of Mount Pisgah Road died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Augusta Rehabilitation and Nursing Care. She was born in Winthrop on Nov. 5, 1916, the daughter of Walter and Florence (Gallagher) Frost. Evelyn attended school in Winthrop. She was a homemaker and mother, raising nine children. Evelyn also took in laundry from summer residents and cleaned cabins at the YMCA camp. In her earlier years, she attended Dunns Corner Baptist Church. She enjoyed arts and crafts, her flower gardens, dancing, and listening to country music. She was predeceased by her husband, Leroy Barter, in 1982; a son, Edward Leroy Barter, in 1996; and sons-in-law Maurice Webster and Laurence French Sr. She is survived by three sons, Charles Barter and Walter Barter, of Winthrop and Roger Barter, of Clinton; five daughters, Rebecca Webster, of Farmington, Diane Christenson, of Belgrade, Geraldine French, of Farmington, Lois Daggett, of New Sharon, and Sharon Sawyer, of Belgrade; a brother, Merle Frost, of Winthrop; a sister, Mary Louise Ward, of Monmouth; 17 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. At her request, there will be no visiting hours. A funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 16, at Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop. Burial will be in Glenside Cemetery, Winthrop. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Augusta Rehabilitation Activities Fund, 187 Eastern Ave., Augusta, ME 04330. www.khrfuneralhomes.com