Harrison Thorp
Sunday, December 21, 2014 7:05 am
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NORTH BERWICK - On a sunny December day, in a cramped and crowded funeral home and to the steady drumbeat of sobs and cries from those who knew and loved her, Charlee Rae Worster was remembered as a very, very special person.
"She loved animals, all animals," said one of the mourners who spoke over a public address system that crackled throughout Johnson's Funeral Home. "As a result she brought home lots of animals to her family. And you can bet even if you had a goldfish in a dirty bowl, before she left that goldfish would have clean water to swim in."
Charlee was just 22 when she died unexpectedly on Monday at her Lebanon home, but during a short life she accomplished a lot and touched so many.
She had an adventurous side, racing go-karts and race cars at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, the track her great-grandfather founded.
"She was fearless racing, she'd beat all the boys and make them cry," said Chris, who has known the family for years and said Charlee was the daughter he'd never had.
Charlee was also an expert snowboarder and a snowboard instructor at Tenney Mountain.
She attended Noble High and worked as a team member of Barnacle Billy's in Ogunquit, Maine.
Some at the service spoke of seeing her just last weekend and that she was so very happy, being at home with friends and family.
Her mom, Teri Poirier, said on Friday that when a big crowed of friends and family had gathered at her Center Road home just last weekend, Charlee was incredibly happy.
"We had a wonderful time," she said.
"I feel like she's looking down on us now," said one mourner. "And I'm so lucky to have an angel watching over me."