Pauline June Petkovic

On August 15, 2026, Pauline June Petkovic died at home in Bangor. She was 89. Born in Bangor on March 4, 1937; Serbian-American cooking and payday thrift set the tone of the house. Early on, she decided that a paycheck and a handshake should weigh the same. She watched molds that turned rubber into miles. A curing mold stamp meant her station would not ship a lie. Colleagues still mention a curing mold stamp. In 1963 she married George. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and three children walked to school in weather that did not care. When George died in 2019, she kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember coffee offered before questions. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Bangor, among streets she never needed to explain. The tools are still hung where a hand can find them in the dark.