Therese M. Gahagan

August 7, 1931 - February 24, 2018

AUBURN- Therese M. Gahagan, 86, of Auburn died on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin following a long illness. She was born in Lewiston, Maine on August 7, 1931 the daughter of the late Louis and Blanche (Gosselin) Parent and had been a resident of this community all of her life and had lived on Crest Avenue in Auburn since 1952. She was educated in local schools and was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Auburn. Therese loved the outdoors, fishing, gardening, doing puzzles and especially enjoyed the holidays. She is survived by two sons David Knowlton and his companion Elizabeth Girard of Saco and Thomas Knowlton of Augusta; one daughter Nancy Lee Keough and her husband Arthur of Auburn; one sister Jeanne Grady of Auburn; one brother-in-law Rev. William Gahagan of Tennessee; seven grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and one great great granddaughter. She was predeceased by her first husband Charles Knowlton; and by her second husband James Gahagan. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE Gahagan- Died in Auburn on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Mrs. Therese M. age 86 a resident of Auburn. A memorial service honoring Therese’s life will be celebrated on Thursday at 4:00 PM at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. Committal services will be held privately later in the spring at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday from 3:00 PM till the time of the service at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.