Rowena Mary Cousins Obituary (1928 - 2010)

Princeton – Rowena (Damon) Cousins, 81, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 30, 2010 at the Calais Regional Hospital. Rowena was born in Charlotte on August 28, 1928, daughter of the late Roy and Edwina (Cambridge) Damon. After graduating from Dennysville High School, she furthered her education at Machias Normal School and Farmington Normal School. Rowena then taught K-8 at East Ridge Elementary School, a one room school house in Cooper. On August 21, 1948, she married Charles L. Cousins. She went on to a job that she considered her favorite, raising her four wonderful children. She was an airplane observer during the post Korean War era. Rowena was a former Grange member in Princeton and Charlotte. She enjoyed cooking, knitting, sewing, embroidering, and crafts. Her most memorable moments were those spent with her family. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a son, Charles Cousins Jr. on March 7, 2010; sisters Helen Faucher and Joyce Cox; and brothers Roy Damon Jr., Willis “Billy” Damon, Keith Damon and Laurence Damon. Surviving are her loving husband of 61 years, Charles Cousins Sr.; three children, Joan Carle and her husband Barry of Enfield, CT, Judy Knapp and her husband Fred of Princeton, and Brenda Bilodeau and her husband Don of Leeds; a daughter-in-law Ann Cousins of Greensboro, NC; ten grandchildren, Scott and Nathan Carle, Karen Powers, Mandy and Nicole Cousins, Brian and Andrew Knapp, Wendy Bays, Lynn Blanche and Cherie Bilodeau; ten great-grandchildren, Grace, Matthew, Jewel and Hope Carle, Valerie Powers, Tyquain and Devandre Williams, Kaleb Bilodeau, Abigail Bays and Carter Blanche; sisters Grace Hatton of Charlotte, Ruth Nuttall of Charlotte, and Maybelle Pratt and her husband Bucky of Kissimmee, FL; and many nieces, nephews and dear friends.