Alberta Vivian Haynes

illness. She was born in Fryeburg, Maine on October 18, 1936, the daughter of the late Lewis Herman

Decker and Mildred Josephine Bemis Decker of Yarmouth, Maine.

Alberta graduated as Salutatorian from North Yarmouth Academy in 1954. While in high school, she

was a delegate to Dirigo Girls State and wrote the high school news column for the local newspaper,

Talk of the Town, now The Notes.

Alberta attended Colby College and in 1956 left to be the war bride of Nelson B. Haynes of Stroudwater,

Maine. She was a Den Mother for the North Deering cub scouts, editor for the Jaycee Wives newsletter,

President of the Portland Ladies of Kiwanis (1968‐70), and President of the Woman’s Woodfords Club

(1976‐77). She became an avid duplicate bridge player winning the Maine State Championship in 1974.

She was the tournament coordinator for the Maine State Bridge Association (1975 ‐76) and the 54th Life

Master of the American Contract Bridge League in the State of Maine in 1980. She worked for

Mechanical Services and retired from Merrill Lynch in 2000.

Alberta loved to travel, visit Presidential Museums, and take bus trips with the Senior Centers of

Cumberland and Falmouth. She was an avid reader, belonging to book clubs for many years, enjoyed

playing dominos, and was Treasurer for the Cumberland Historical Society.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Nelson, of Cumberland; her children ‐ Valerie Morton and

husband, Robb, of East Longmeadow, MA; Denton Haynes of Cumberland; Lincoln Haynes and wife,

Cindy, of Byron, IL; and Holly Day and husband, Thaddeus, of North Yarmouth; her grandchildren ‐ Sarah

Morton of Bentonville, AR; Rebecca (Morton) Ahmed and her husband, Alexander, of Maynard, MA;

Orion Haynes of Portland; Victoria Haynes of Colorado Springs, CO; Katelyn & Lauren Grobe of Byron, IL;

Alexandra Day of Fort Walton Beach, FL; Mitchell Day of Abilene, TX; and Madelyn Day of North

Yarmouth; her great grandchildren ‐ Finley Ahmed and Claire Ahmed of Maynard, MA.

A special thank you to the nurses and staff of Beacon Hospice. Funeral services will be held at Lindquist

Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth, Maine on Monday, November 14 at 3 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to The Cumberland Historical Society, PO Box 82,Cumberland Center, ME 04021.

Arrangements under the direction of Lindquist Funeral Home, Yarmouth, ME.