Ola Margaret Hatch

WINDHAM - Ola Margaret Hatch, 96, the daughter of William and Elvira (Johnson) Buffum died Tuesday January 10, 2017, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born on her grandfather’s farm in Belgrade, ME on her mother’s birthday, September 1, 1920. Ola grew up and lived in Portland for 88 years. She attended Portland schools and was a 1938 graduate of Deering High School. She moved to Windham in 2008 to be near her children, living there independently through the recent holidays. Ola was a natural caretaker. She raised five children, and cared for her many nieces, nephews, and grandchildren, as well as other individuals in her community, young and old, who later became lifelong family friends. Ola loved flowers, especially carnations and loved the color purple long before it was fashionable to do so. She was an avid reader and enjoyed crossword and crypto puzzles, bird watching, taking pictures and beating her loved ones at Spite and Malice. Ola loved music, including Schooner Fare, Danny O’Donnell and her oldest grandson’s “gigs”. She was a member of the Cornerstone Chapter #193 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Friendship Club at Marblehead Manor and always looked forward to the Windham Recreation Senior Trips. She will be remembered as an amazing mom and grandmother who always put others first, and “always left a penny”. In addition to her parents, Ola was predeceased by her loving husband of 45 years Francis T. Hatch; and her siblings, Dorothy Chasse, Billy Buffum, Douglas Buffum, and her best friend and cherished sister Donna Lucas. She is survived by her children: Judy Bartlett and her companion Les Finley of Las Cruces, NM, Margaret “Gribbet” Hatch of Windham, Michael Hatch and his wife Stephanie of Brownfield, Janie Schools and her husband Bob of Windham, and Barbie Young of Casco; grandchildren, Bill, Jim, Kathy, Neisa, Anthony, Victoria, Chris, Matt, Adam, Ryan, and Ernie; and 19 great grandchildren. An hour of visitation will be held from 11:00AM – 12:00PM Friday January 13, followed by a funeral service at 12:00PM, at the Dolby Funeral Chapel 434 River Road, Windham. Interment will be held in the spring at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland. Those wishing to remember Ola may, in lieu of flowers, make gifts in her name to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or to The American Cancer Society.

Ola Margaret Hatch

September 1, 1920 - January 10, 2017

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