CASCO — Adelaide “Addie” Bernadette Gillis Hall, passed away peacefully at her home in Casco the day after her 94th birthday on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, with her family by her side,

Addie was born on Oct. 2, 1930, in Island Pond, Vt., a daughter of John A. and Bernadette V. (Bisonnette) Gillis.

She drove a school bus for the town of Windham for many years and was lovingly referred to as “Ma” by many of the kids.

Addie so loved family and all the things that she shared with them
including cooking, reunions at the farmhouse in Windham and Casco, fishing at camp, going out to lunch and yard sales. Her great-grandson, Jeremy said, “she was the glue that held the family together.”

She had a wonderful sense of humor, and her laugh was infectious that will be missed by all who she got to laugh with her. She was dearly loved, and we are so thankful for that love, laughter and fun memories that will continue to live on in our hearts.

Addie is survived by her sister Marie Howell; children, Gary Hall, Vickie Clarke and her husband, David, Susan Hall-Dupuis and her husband Raymond, and James Hall; granddaughters, Jennifer Hall-Lewis and her husband Gary, Jessica Bowden, Heather Novokouski and her husband Jeff, Amanda Bowden, and Crystal Kyles and her fiancé, Brian Swain; great-grandchildren, Jeremy and Alexis Novakouski, Oakley and Oliver Lewis, Matthew Osgood, Benjamin Kyles and Brooklyn Swain; many beloved nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Robert Hall, brothers Alexander, Benjamin, Alfred “Uncle Bobby” Gillis and her sisters, Alice Martineau, Simone Paradis, Jane Asselin (Kit), and great-grandson Nathan Kyles.

Visiting hours will be held from 4-6 p.m., Friday, October 11 at the Hall Funeral Home, 165 Quaker Ridge Road in Casco. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 10 a.m., Saturday October 12.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to a cause near and dear to Addie’s heart: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes, 10 Crown Point, Windham, ME 04062. Condolences and tributes may be shared at www.hallfuneralhome.net.