Marjorie N. Towne

WINDHAM — Marjorie N. Towne, 89, of Bridgton, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at the Ledgewood Manor. She was born in West Forks on Feb. 16, 1922, the daughter of Bert Edwin and Marion Irene Merrill Morris, one of seven children. She had been employed as a supervisor for a greeting card company and had done piece work on computer parts in Dorchester, Mass. before retiring and moving to Bridgton. She married Willard M. Towne; he passed away in 1993.

She is survived by three sisters, Mary Knowles of Hudson, Fla., Kathleen Schaufelberg of Skowhegan, and Muriel Morris of Hudson, Fla.; two brothers, Gerald Morris of Manchester, N.H. and George Morris of Skowhegan; a sister-in-law, Delia Towne Kilborn of St. Cloud, Fla.; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Jeannette Hemmer.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 25 at 11 a.m. at the South Bridgton Cemetery in Bridgton. Arrangements are under the direction of Raymond-Wentworth/Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 8 Elm St., Bridgton. Online condolences may beshared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com