Eva Grace Legassie, 94, of North Fryeburg, Maine, passed away peacefully with her children at her side in her home Saturday night, Oct. 9, 2021.
Born on March 28, 1927, to parents Violet (Davis) and Richard Arguin in Berlin, N.H., Eva, the eldest of three, lived in Berlin, N.H., where she married Charles Vernon Legassie in 1950.
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