CARMEN (BEAN) CRONKHITE
CARMEN (BEAN) CRONKHITE CORINTH - Carmen (Bean) Cronkhite, 57, died Feb. 27, 2001, at her Corinth home surrounded by her family, and now has joined her mother in heaven. She was born April 6, 1943, in East Corinth, the daughter of Franklin and A. Clarissa (French) Bean. Carmen graduated from Corinth Academy and was a member of the United Baptist Church of Corinth. She made a home for her family while traveling with her husband, who served in the military, in Germany and Alaska.

She is survived by her father and his wife, Franklin and Geraldine Bean of Corinth; her husband, Adrian Cronkhite Sr. of Corinth; five children, Carolyn and her husband, Stephen Chambers of Dover, Del., Adrian and his wife, Alesia Cronkhite Jr. of Monument, Colo., Susan and her husband, Michael Laferriere of Veazie, Tammy Cronkhite and her husband, Brent Gire of Seattle, Wash., Darrel Cronkhite of Corinth; four brothers, Franklin Bean, Jr. of N.H., Derwood and Gregory Bean, both of Glenburn, Alden Bean of Bradford; three sisters, Charlene Chesley and Lorayne Strout, both of Corinth, Christine Bean of Mass.; twelve grandchildren, Eric, Scott, Allison Chambers, Jakob and Alaina Cronkhite, Heather and Hillary Laferriere, Dale, Denise and Danny Roderick, Hayley Cronkhite and Marion Olivia Nickerson Cronkhite; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, Alice Clarissa (French) Bean.

Friends may call 3:30-5:30 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the United Baptist Church of Corinth with the Rev. Harold Wheeler, interim pastor, officiating. Spring interment will be in Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth. Gifts in her memory may be sent to United Baptist Church of Corinth Cushion Fund, Rt. 15, Main Road, Corinth 04427.