YARMOUTH — Evelyn Marie (Blake) Stacy, formerly of Kezar Falls, died on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 at Coastal Manor in Yarmouth after a long illness.

She was born the eldest of five children to Wilma and Arthur Blake on Aug. 15, 1923 and raised on the family farm in Brownfield. Evelyn attended Brownfield schools and graduated from Bean Memorial High School in Brownfield in the class of 1940. She attended and graduated from Gorham Normal School with a teaching degree.

Evelyn married her husband, Owen G. Stacy Jr. on June 28, 1947. They built and made their home in Kezar Falls.

She taught kindergarten, first and second grades for 50-plus years in the Limerick, Porter and Kezar Falls area. During summers, she worked trimming the grass in the local cemetery and as a floral designer for a local florist. She was a member of the Keswick Club, Historical Society and the Lilac Festival.

Her husband predeceased her on Oct. 2, 1998.

She is survived by a brother, Roger F. Blake; six nephews and three nieces; several grandnieces, grandnephews; great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.

It was Evelyn’s request that there be no services. Online condolences may be expressed at: www.wnyfuneralhome.com

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her name to: The Brownfield Historical Society, Main Street, Brownfield, ME 04010.