EALES, CONSTANCE C. Milo, ME - Constance C. Eales, 79, wife of the late Robert W. Eales, passed away December 15, 2009, after a long battle with cancer, at a Bangor, ME, hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born August 10, 1930, in St. John, New Brunswick, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Kingston) Smith. She was a 1947 graduate of McAdam Composite High School and then in 1948, she graduated with high honors from Modern Business College in St. John, New Brunswick. She worked as a stenographer for Irving Oil in St. John, for Harry A. Corey Lumber Co. and for the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. She married Robert Eales on September 15, 1951, and they lived in Aroostook Jct., New Brunswick, St. John. New Brunswick, Brownville Jct., ME and retired to Milo in 1987. She was a former member of Roxborough LOBA32, Eastern Star Electa Chapter No. 9, St. John Ambulance Assoc., and the Aroostook Literary Club, all in New Brunswick. She was a member of the Brownville Jct. United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women, where she served as treasurer for 21 years. She was a Sunday School teacher and the Sunday School secretary/treasurer. Mrs. Eales enjoyed crafts of all kinds, knitting, ceramics, and tole and oil painting. She is survived by a cherished daughter, Lori Ellen Ellison and dear son-in-law, Louie Ellison, of Milo, ME; two cherished granddaughters, Lisa and her husband, Wade Jandreau and their daughter, Adriana Marie, all of Holden, ME, and Lindsay Ellison of Westbrook, ME. The oldest in a family of seven children, Mrs. Eales is survived by three brothers, Donald F. Smith and wife Wanda, of McAdam, New Brunswick, George E. Smith and wife, Alice of Toronto, Ontario, Paul E. Smith and wife Roberta of St. John, New Brunswick; two sisters, Barbara J. Swan and husband Russell of McAdam, New Brunswick, and Ramona J. McMullin and husband, John of Christie Ridge, New Brunswick; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Eales and Marilyn Eales, both of McAdam, New Brunswick; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, Robert, and a brother, Wayne G. Smith. Graveside services at the family lot in Evergreen Cemetery, Milo, ME, will be announced in the spring. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, One Main Street, Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086-1240 or to the Brownville Jct. Methodist Church, Box 285, Brownville Jct., ME 04415. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home, Milo. Messages of condolence and memories may be expressed at www.laryfuneralhome.com.