Iris V. Knowles

BANGOR and GLENBURN - Iris V. Knowles, 95, wife of the late Adolph Knowles Sr., died Oct. 3, 2012, at a Bangor health care facility. She was born Aug. 17, 1917, in Etna, the daughter of Irving S. and Helen Mae (Morton) Hartford.

Iris retired from Bangor Mental Health Institute after many years of employment. She was a member of Glenburn Evangelical Covenant Church and a charter member of the Naomi Circle.

Surviving are five children, Paris and wife, Lois Curtis, of Alberque, N.M., Alma Johnson and husband, Charles, of Trenton, Carolyn Biggs and husband, Frank, of Blountville, Tenn., Dorothy Vollberg and husband, Richard, of Pittsburgh and Adolph Knowles Jr. and wife, Barbara, of Pineville, N.C.; 14 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Doris Page; and a brother, Kenneth Hartford. The family thanks Donna Rizzo, her dear friend, for her continued devotion to Iris, and the staff of Ross Manor, long term care unit, for their loving care.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Glenburn Evangelical Covenant Church. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery, Glenburn. The family invites folks for conversation and refreshments in the fellowship hall directly after the service. Gifts in her memory may be sent to Glenburn Evangelical Church, 911 Hudson Road, Glenburn, ME 04401. A service of Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor.