AMHERST, Mary Lancaster, 92, died May 3^rd at the Center for Extended Care in Amherst.

Born in Fitchburg, Mass., a daughter of Lester E. and Marion C. Parkhurst, the family moved to Old Town, Maine where Mary graduated from Old Town High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine in Orono in 1943. After college she worked for the General Electric Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

She married her high school sweetheart and then Air Force pilot, Hartwell Lancaster, in 1946, and lived in many locations until her husband’s retirement in 1963, when they returned to Amherst to settle.

Mary attended South Amherst Congregational Church and was a member of the Amherst Golf Club. She worked for many years at the House of Walsh in Amherst, was an avid cribbage player, and a great friend to many people.

She leaves a son, Dr. Waheguru Singh Khalsa of Los Angeles; and a daughter, Elizabeth P. Lancaster of Southbridge, MA; a brother, Lester E. Parkhurst, Jr. of Sun City Center, FL.

A memorial service will be held at 3:30 pm Friday, May 9, 2014 in the South Congregational Church, a burial will be private in the South Amherst Cemetery.

A memorial reception will be at Applewood on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 3:00 pm. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com.

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