Mildred Della Pierce

Mildred Della Pierce, 89, of Asheville, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Mrs. Pierce was born in Orono, Maine, and was a daughter of the late Charles and Doris Wing Pratt. She was married to the late Francis L. Pierce and was preceded in death by five brothers, Lewis Pratt, Charles Pratt, Robert Pratt, Paul Pratt, and William Pratt and a sister, Louise Pratt Skidmore. She was Vice-president of Pierce Marine Service, Inc. in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and owned and operated Cozy Cove Cottages at Five Islands, ME. While in Asheville, she volunteered at Memorial Mission Hospital, was a member of Hawthorne Village Welcoming Committee, Etheredge Womens' Club and Oakley United Methodist Church. Mrs. Pierce is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth J. Pierce McCray and Marjorie L. Langerman; three sons, Norman L. Pierce, Robert G. Pierce, and David O. Pierce; two sisters, Dorothy Pratt Tavernier and Barbara Pratt Pinkham; thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Services and burial will be at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta, ME, with the Rev. Elizabeth Bachelder Smith officiating. Pallbearers will be Norman L. Pierce, Robert G. Pierce, David O. Pierce, Michael McCray, Fred Langerman and David Hasenfus. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, NC 28801.