ASHLEY E. SHELDON
MILO - Ashley E. Sheldon, 18, died Jan. 6, 2004, as a result of an automobile accident. She was born March 4, 1985, in Norwich, Conn., the daughter of Peter T. Sheldon and Laura M. Armstrong. An honors graduate of Penquis Valley High School, Class of 2003, Ashley was attending the University of Maine at Farmington, majoring in Elementary Education. While in high school, she was a member of the softball, soccer, and lacrosse teams, and continued her love of sports in college by participating in intramural volleyball. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Pomfret, Conn., where she was involved with the youth group and a member of a mission trip to the Bahamas to work with troubled boys. She had also volunteered as a candy striper at the Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, Conn.

She is survived by her mother, Laura and her husband, David Maguire of Milo; her father, Peter and his wife, Heather Sheldon of Pomfret, Conn.; maternal grandparents, Margaret and Dennis Marvin, and Frederick Armstrong; paternal grandparents, Wayland and Nancy Sheldon Jr.; paternal great-grandmother, Hazel Sheldon; maternal great-grandmother, Pearl Longley; four brothers, Devon Armstrong of Milo, Wyatt Sheldon of Pomfret, Conn., Aaron Maguire of Norridgewock, and Brandon Maguire of Norridgewock; two sisters, Olivia Sheldon of Pomfret, Conn., Alissa Maguire of Milo; many aunts, uncles and cousins. Ashley will be remembered by a special friend, Matthew Rublee of LaGrange. She was predeceased by her maternal grandmother, Phyllis Armstrong.

Friends are invited to call 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at the Lary Funeral Home, Milo, where a celebration of Ashley's life will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, with the Rev. Ken Dale officiating. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home.