LISBON FALLS – Doris W. Patrick, 87, a resident of Davis Street, died Monday, Jan. 17, on a snowy morning at The Skolfield House in Brunswick, surrounded by her family, after struggling for many years with COPD and emphysema.

She was born in Amity on March 24, 1917, and was the ninth of 14 children born to Roy C. and Hannah (Greenleaf) Williams.

Her family moved to Freeport, where she attended school and graduated from Freeport High School in 1936.

After graduation, she worked as a secretary at L.L. Bean.

On Feb. 14, 1942, she married Kenneth Patrick with whom she had eight children with and all were raised in Lisbon Falls.

Along with raising her children, she worked for many years at Worumbo Mill and later retired from Health-Tex, Inc.

After her retirement, she enjoyed baby-sitting many of her grandchildren, playing cribbage with her sons and poker and bingo with her friends.

An avid sports fan, she was loyal to all the New England sports teams, especially the Boston Red Sox. She loved to watch lazy snowflakes fall and looking at Christmas lights. She, who has many times been described as “a hot ticket,” was a staunch Democrat who loved a lively debate and was known to love to “cut a rug.” Her greatest joy was spending time with her family, whose crazy antics easily amused her.

She will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Kenroy Patrick and his wife, Linda, and Justin Patrick, both of Lisbon Falls; her daughters, Lynne Carpenter and her husband, Donald, of Barre, Vt., Joan Patrick and her companion, Harry Currier, of Lisbon, Justine Patrick Maynard and her husband, Derek, of Lisbon Falls, Loreta Patrick and her companion, Robert Brann, of Lewiston, and Susan Patrick and her companion, Craig Rogers, of Durham; a brother, Justin Williams of Freeport; and sisters, Florence Scott of Freeport, and Audrey Andersen and her husband, Frank, of Maryland. She will also be greatly missed by 20 grandchildren, who think they had the greatest “Grammy” around, and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a son, Daniel L. Patrick; grandson, Robert Ouellette; and several brothers and sisters.