Sheila M. Bearor

AUGUSTA – Sheila M. Bearor died peacefully at home on March 8, 2021.

She was born Feb. 21, 1948, the beloved daughter of Edmond and Elinor (Thompson) Bearor. She was raised in Madison and North Jay, Maine. Following graduation from Jay High School, she attended the University of Maine at Orono, ultimately graduating with a Master’s degree in Library Sciences.

Early in her career, Sheila worked in various Maine town and school libraries including the Mantor Library at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 2011, after 21 years of service, she retired from The Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library as the principal law librarian for technical services.

Sheila was intelligent, thoughtful, quiet, and generous. She was a voracious and wide-ranging reader. She researched family genealogy in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in Edinburgh and Kilwinning, Scotland. She was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the Maine Bead Society, and the Red Hat Society, and she was a current student in the Senior College at University of Maine at Augusta.

Sheila was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Sylvia and Dennis Desjardins, of Turner, and her brother and sister-in-law, Edmond Bearor and Jane Skelton, of Bangor. She loved her nieces and nephews, Michael Desjardins, Rachel Madison, and Joseph, Margaret, and Thomas Bearor, and she was a doting great-aunt to Nathan and Samantha Desjardins and Zachary and Mayla Madison. She will be remembered by her dear friend Jane Thompson.

There will be a graveside service later this year at St. Sebastian Cemetery in Madison.

Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home, One Church Street Augusta. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the funeral home website at http://www.familyfirstfuneralhomes.com

In remembrance of Sheila, consider making a gift to:

Good Shepherd Food Bank or: Alzheimer’s Association