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- Morning Sentinel
November 8, 2013
ATHENS - Thelma C. "Gram Foss" Foss, 91, formerly of Athens, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in her home in Skowhegan with her family by her side.
Born June 4, 1922, in Madison, the daughter of Ralph Collins and Mary (Rogers) Collins. She attended Madison schools.
She was a lifelong resident of Athens, living with her husband, Raymond L. Foss, who predeceased her in 2000.Thelma and her husband, Raymond, in their early years farmed with the Foss family. She also worked in the Shoe Shop in Skowhegan. Then Thelma and Raymond moved on to owning their own grocery store in Pittsfield; then on to Unity, still in the grocery store business; and they then purchased Elm St. Market in North Anson. They operated that together until retirement. After that, they owned and operated Smitty's Campground and the dance hall for a few years and then retired once again.
She was predeceased by her only daughter, Arlene M. Foss Perkins; four sisters, Hattie Bean, Lorena Dameron, Pearl Carl and Barbara Collins; four brothers, Arthur Rogers, Milton Rogers and Everett Rogers Sr. and Ralph Collins Jr.; and great-granddaughter Morgan M. Perkins.
Thelma is survived by her grandson, Bruce Perkins, and his wife, Janice Perkins, and their three children, Monique Conners, Chris Perkins and Justin Perkins, and his fiancee, Jessica Leonard; her great-grandchildren Gemini August and Gunner Perkins; her granddaughter, Roxann King, and her husband, Joe, and her two children, Glen Cossaboom, and his wife, Melanie, and Glen's stepson, Logan, and Stacey Cossaboom and her fiance, Ben Wilkinson; and her great-grandchild, Benjamin; and Carol Watson, who was like a daughter to Thelma "Gram," her companion for 12 years. She also leaves many nieces, nephews and close friends, and her longtime friends, Marion Bubar, Barbara Tissue and Carolyn Farrington.
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1922 - 2013 (91 years)
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