SOUTH PARIS – Irene Lelia Bell Chadbourne, 79, of Sweden, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 1, at Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris.

She was born Sept. 2, 1925, in Waterford, a daughter of the late Archibald Clifton and Ethel Helen (Skinner) Bell.

In addition to her best friend and companion for more than 25 years, Olin “Duff” Ridlon, of Sweden, she is survived by a daughter, Berdice Whitney and her husband, Eugene, of Harrison; a son, Dennis Chadbourne Jr., of Springvale; a brother, Harry Bell of Gorham; a sister, Esther Trask of Zephyrhills, Fla, and Brewer; four grandchildren, Robert Tarbox of Harrison, Kristine Rogers of Biddeford, Jason Chadborne of Lyman, and Chad Burnham of Naples; six great-grandchildren, Eli, Adam and Kayla Tarbox, Benjamin and Joshua Chadbourne, and Keegan Rogers.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie Haggett; a daughter-in-law, Faye Chadbourne; three brothers, Donald Bell, Earl Bell and Frank Bell; and a sister, Margaret Merrill.