LILA JOSEPHINE LUDDEN
PLYMOUTH, Lila Josephine Ludden, 94, died January 7, 2007, at a Pittsfield nursing home. She was born July 31, 1912, in Plymouth, daughter of Gustave and Josephine (Meader) Hopkins. She graduated from Skowhegan High School, class of 1930. Lila worked as a telephone operator in Plymouth for 10 yrs, and later as a housekeeper for James A. Taylor Hospital in Bangor for 16 years. She was a past member of the Plymouth Grange.

She is survived by nieces and nephews including, Joann Flynn of SC, David Shaw and his wife, Eileen of Etna, Ruth Elaine Tibbetts of St. Albans, and Jane McMorrow and her husband, Mike of Newport; foster daughter, Alison (Cossar) Volking of Sebois, and close friend Lois Trask of Plymouth.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Friday, January 12, 2007 at Crosby & Neal, 117 Main Street in Newport, with Dr. George Curtis III officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 12:30 PM until the time of the service. Spring burial will be at the Sawyer Cemetery in Plymouth. Those who wish may make donations in her memory to the charity of your choice. To sign an online guestbook, go to www.CrosbyNeal.com.

Graveside committal services for Lila Ludden, who died January 7, 2007, will be held 1 PM Monday, May 14th at the Sawyer Cemetery in Plymouth. Arrangements are by Crosby & Neal, Newport