A graveside memorial will be held Thursday, July 17 at the family plot at Achorn Cemetery in Rockport, for Nancy Dole Allen LaCroix.

Mrs. LaCroix passed on Jan. 26, 2014. She was born at Sebago Lake Village, the daughter of Leander Dole and Mary Dresser Dole Bell. She graduated form Standish High School and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary General Hospital as a registered nurse.

Mrs. LaCroix was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National and State societies of Mayflower Descendent and the Society of the Descendents of Washington's Army at Valley Forge. She was also an avid golfer and won several Rockland Golf Club championships. Mrs. LaCroix, then Nancy Allen, served as director of the Lobster Festival beauty pageant as well.

Her first husband, Dr. Robert L. Allen, preceded her in death in 1059, as did her son Stephen W. Allen in 2013. She is survived by her sons, Robert L. Allen of Salem, N.C., and R. Bradford Allen of Busckport; a daughter, Dr. Gretchen M. Allen of Greenwich, N.Y.; and nine grandchildren

Mrs. LaCroid and her husband, Bernard, were married 52 wonderful years, residing in South Harpsell and Brunswicka.