Saturday morning, May 27, 2006 at the Cheshire Medical Center, in Keene, NH
of cardio pulmonary arrest.
She was born in Lyndon, VT on May 21, 1932 the daughter of Gerald and Leah
(Aldrich) Masten and had resided in Charlestown for fifty-three years.
Elaine and her husband both worked and helped each other work the Cheshire
Toll Booth in Charlestown from 1993 until it closed. They would dress to
the hilt and wear fancy hats and to some folks where known as the "mad
hatters". She was a member of the Charlestown Congregational Church and was
instrumental in helping to start the Up Attic Thrift Shop at the church and
would work at it 3 to 4 times a week.
Mrs. Bailey loved her family and enjoyed her flower garden and shopping.
She was the widow of Francis "Frank" Melvin Bailey whom she married on
Feb.17, 1951 and he died Aug. 17, 2002.
The surviving family includes two sons, Reginald Frank Bailey and his wife,
Jan and Rodrick Steven Bailey and his wife, Stephanie; one daughter, Roxanne
Bailey and her friend Stephen Shand all of Charlestown; nine grandsons,
Tory, Tyson, Tanner, Eric, Justin, Derek, Ryan, Josh and Travis; three
great-grandsons and nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was pre-deceased by one brother, Gerald Masten and one sister, Beverly
Masten.
A Memorial Service will be held Thursday morning, June 1st at Eleven O'clock
in the Charlestown Congregational Church with Rev. Malcolm Grobe, Interim
Pastor, Officiating.
Interment will follow in Pine Crest Cemetery.
The family suggest that donations may be made in her memory to the
Charlestown Congregational Church, P.O. Box 1498, or the Charlestown
Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 369, both of Charlestown, NH 03603.