LEWISTON – Dorothy M. Driscoll, 79, formerly of Mary Carroll Street, Auburn, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 16, at d’Youville Pavilion.

She was born in Auburn, April 25, 1925, a daughter of Francis J. and Annie (Sullivan) Driscoll. She was educated in Auburn schools, graduated from Edward Little High School in 1943, and remained a lifelong resident of Lewiston and Auburn.

Miss Driscoll worked 39 years for New England Telephone. She began her career as a switchboard operator in the Lewiston office on Pine Street, and later became a supervisor until her retirement in 1983. Following her retirement, she spent several years caring for her grandnieces and newphews. For many years she was a volunteer with the Telephone Pioneers.

“Aunt Dottie” was the central figure of her large family, providing a family home for more than 50 years. Her guest bedroom was always open to her sisters and brothers, nieces, nephews and friends.

Her Mary Carroll Street house was the location for decades of family gatherings. She served more cups of tea in her kitchen than most of the coffee shops in Auburn. “Aunt Dottie” bandaged bruises, served Juicy Juice, listened to tales of broken hearts, and tucked dollar bills into birthday cards for four generations of family.

She leaves her sister and adopted child, Mary Alice Driscoll Tucker, of Washington State; two sisters, Elizabeth Bodwell and husband, James, of Andover, and Rosalie Hames, of Waltham, Mass.; a brother William Driscoll, of Gray; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Driscoll, of Winthrop and Barbara Driscoll, of Poland; her lifelong loyal friends and caretakers, Jean and Albert Stronach, of Mechanic Falls; 18 nieces and nephews; 25 grandnieces and grandnephews; and 17 great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.

She was predeceased by sisters and brothers, Katherine Wilie, Francis Driscoll, John Driscoll, Daniel Driscoll, Beatrice Driscoll and Marguerite Doughty.