Owena May Currier Black Obituary (1928

AUGUSTA ~ Owena May Currier Black passed away on Tuesday May 19, 2015 at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta. She joined her husband, Bud with her family by her side. Owena was born at home in Mt. Vernon, September 25, 1928 the daughter of Carl W. Currier and Olive Robinson Currier. She attended school in a one-room school house and graduated from Cony High School in 1947. That same year, she entered Nurse’s training at Augusta General Hospital for three years, graduating in 1950. She worked in many areas of the hospital now known as MaineGeneral Medical Center, retiring after forty years. Owena was formerly a member of the Tri City Fish and Game auxiliary, Tri City Bowmen, Squire Town Squares, Pine Cone Reelers, Capitol Rounds, and Neighbors of Riverside Drive. She was an assistant Girl Scout leader for five years. Owena loved to travel, camp, swim, knit, dance ,make cakes, tend her flowers, do puzzles, collect stamps and coins. She also collected bone china, cups and saucers, Boyd’s Bears and Beanie Babies. Owena was a loving wife to her husband, Bud for forty three years. They spent many happy years together in their home in Augusta and travelling in their fifth wheel. Owena and Bud were like one and their love overflowed to all the family, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchild. They took all their grandchildren to Disneyworld and attended their sporting events. Owena loved to go on cruises. She went on seven and she loved the casinos! Owena is survived by her daughter, Kathleen Greene, of Augusta; a son, William (Bill) Black and his loving wife, Penny, of Pittston; two sisters, Sylvia Winchenbach and Ruby Plaisted and her husband, Roger; sister-in-law, Marlene Black; grandson, Christopher Greene and his wife, Nicole, of Ohio; four granddaughters, Chastity Kroot, of Readfield, Heather Black, of Sidney, Melissa Black, of Randolph, and Shannon LaPointe, of Windsor; eight great-grandchildren, Michael, Dale, Mariah, Cadence, Kayne, Bryce, Isabella, and Emma. She has one great-great grandchild, Aria Ivy Mae as well as several nieces and nephews. Owena is predeceased by her parents; her husband, Bud in 1994; three brothers, and two sisters-in-law, Leon Currier and his wife, Nancy, Walter Currier and his wife, Corinne, and Frank Currier; two sisters, Winifred and Etta as well as brothers-in-law, Charles Hall, Kenneth Black and Jim Winchenbach. There will be no visitation or funeral services. There will be a memorial service at the Chapel of the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road in Augusta at a day and time to be announced. Special appreciation to MaineGeneral Medical Center. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in Memory of Owena and her husband, Bud. Services will be posted at a later date. Please join us after the service at 529 Riverside Drive in Augusta. Miss Me –But Let Me Go When I come to the end of life’s road And the sun has set for me I want ne rites in a gloom-filled room Why cry for a soul set free? Miss me a little, but not too long And not with your head bowed low Remember the love that we once shared Miss me, but let me go. For this journey that we must take and each must go alone It’s all a part of the Master’s plan A step on the road to home. When you are lonely and sick at heart Go to friends we know And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds Miss me, but let me go. Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home and Cremation Service, One Church Street, Augusta. Memories, condolences, photos, and videos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of our website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com