CORINTH-Shirley Dean Eastman died peacefully at Woodridge Nursing Home on April 29, 2023.
She married Lyle Eastman in 1949 and they lived in Corinth where she raised her family. She was a homemaker, a Sunday School teacher, a good news club teacher, and she also helped at the Corinth Bible Church Bible School. She also worked for many years at the Corinth Post Office.
She loved to feed her birds and her favorite bird was the cardinal. She loved gardening, especially in her flower garden. She also loved her cat Lily and her family and friends.
She is survived by her son, Larry Eastman of Corinth, a daughter, Dawna Fox of Topsham, and by a son-in-law Philip Hayward of Corinth. She also is survived by 7 grandchildren, Amy and Rich Bingham, Lisa Koch, Larry Eastman Jr. and Angela Eastman, Eva Hayward, Jennie and Lorin Veer, Elizabeth Hayward, and Heather Fox and fiancé Dylan Welch. She is survived by 8 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
She is predeceased by her husband Lyle Eastman, a daughter Dianna Hayward, a daughter-in-law Cynthia Eastman, and a great-grandson Michael Eastman.
There will be a graveside service on May 13, 2023, at 2pm at the Corinth Center Cemetery.
Arrangements are in the care of Hale Funeral Home, 187 Upper Plain in Bradford.
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