Patricia Ann Ference, 72

DOVER - Patricia Ann Ference, of Dover, died peacefully at her daughter Ann's home on Sunday, May 4, 2008. She was 72.

Mrs. Ference was born Dec. 5, 1935, in Old Town, Maine, daughter of the late Frederick and Corinne (LaBelle) Paul.

She moved to Dover in 1988.

Mrs. Ference was a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert and Eugene Paul; her sister, Dorothy Morgan, all of Old Towne; and a brother, Joseph Paul of Roslindale, Mass.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Clarence "Bud" Ference of Dover; two daughters, Ann Dombrowski and her husband Robert of Dover, Corinne Burgholzer and her husband Richard of Clayton; two sons, John Ference and his wife Donna of Hahira, Ga., and Joseph Ference and his wife Cherie of Dover; two sisters, Phyllis Nason and Laurie Cammack, both of Bangor, Maine; six grandchildren, Joseph Ference Jr. and his wife Cassie, Patrick Ference, Laurie Ann and Patricia Dombrowski, all of Dover, Danny Holmes and his wife Monica of Clayton, and Stephaine Ference of Hahira; and three great-grandchildren, Zackary and Allyson Holmes of Clayton, and Areianna of Dover.

A celebration of life will be noon Wednesday in Luther Towers, 430 Kings Highway, Building 1, Dover.

Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.