Jennie M. Cahoon-Mahoney

South Portland-Jennie M. Cahoon-Mahoney, 89, of Beaufort Street, died Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 22, 1927, a daughter of Gregorio and Carmela (Criscuolo) Malangone. She attended St. Johns High School in New Haven and graduated Valedictorian of the class of 1946. She married Andrew Davis Cahoon on October 4, 1952, at St. Anthonys Church in New Haven. Jennie was a devoted homemaker. She enjoyed sewing clothes for her children and was an accomplished knitter. She knitted complete layettes and quilts for all her grandchildren. When she lived in Alaska, her knitted afghan won first place at the Alaska State Fair. While in Alaska she also learned how to can salmon and king crab and climbed many of the peaks of the Kodiak Mountain range. She enjoyed traveling and visited Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Italy, Canada, and Kenya. She was a communicant of Holy Cross Church in South Portland where she enjoyed singing in the choir. Her first husband Andrew Davis Cahoon died June 17, 1984. She married Henry Mahoney on November 11, 1996, at Holy Cross Church, in South Portland. She is predeceased by her husbands; infant daughter Diane Rose; two sisters, Mary Gell and Connie Gozzie; and three brothers, Dominic, Joseph, and Carl Malangone. She is survived by three daughters; twin daughters Marianne Syvain and husband Moe of Dayton, and Marie Michaud and husband Tom of China, Maine, and Andrea Killinger and husband Mark of Windham; a son Charles Cahoon and wife Susan of Raymond; a brother, Frank Malangone and wife Alice of West Palm Beach, Florida; eleven grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren with one more on the way. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Sedgewood Commons for the wonderful, loving care Jennie was given during her three year stay. Visiting hours will be 5:00 7:00 pm, Monday, at Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. Prayers will be recited 9:15 am, Tuesday, followed by a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Cross Church, 124 Cottage Road, South Portland. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. To view Jennies memorial page or share online condolences, please visit www.ConroyTullyWalker.com. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association, Maine Chapter, 383 US Route One, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074