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From: howard merrill <>
Subject: Re: [MERRILL] Maine Merrill wife and mother dies
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 00:21:38 -0600
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Hi All:

The lineage of Dorothy A Bassett's late husband, John Ewing Jr Merrill (11) is John E (10), William H (9), John (8,7), Roger (6), Nathaniel (5), Roger (4), Nathaniel (3), Abel (2), Nathaniel (1).

Howard and Jean Merrill

"Duane E. Crabtree" wrote:

> Dorothy A. Bassett Merrill (Mum) Higgins
>
> LAKELAND, Fla. — Dorothy A. Bassett Merrill (Mum) Higgins, passed away in Lakeland Regional Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, of complications from heart surgery. She was 84 years old.
>
> She was born in Canton, Maine, July 28, 1917, the daughter of Joseph (Faulkenham) Bassett and Hazel Velma Hutchinson.
>
> She resided at Cypress Lakes in Lakeland for the past two winters. She spent her summers at her home on Sebago Lake in Casco, Maine.

> ...................

> On Sept. 13, 1939, she married John E. Merrill Jr. at Mechanic Falls, Maine; he died April 18, 1976. She then married Merritt S. Higgins of Standish, Maine, again being widowed in 1999.
>
> She is survived by her sons, John E. Merrill III, Peter A. Merrill and his wife, Cindy all of Lakeland and Casco; her granddaughters, Valerie G. Merrill, of Raleigh, N.C., Kimberly Ellis of Roanoke, Va.; her grandson, Stephen K. Merrill of York, Maine; and a great-grandson, Christopher Ellis of Roanoke.
> ...................
> Kennebec Journal, 2 Feb 2002
>
> Duane E. Crabtree
> 255 Washington St.
> Arlington, MA 02474-1501
> 781-646-5288
>

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