LEWISTON – Lucy Chittick Marden died on March 27, four days before her 99th birthday, at Russell Park Rehabilitation and Living Center, where she had resided for four years. She was known for her pretty smile and ready laugh.

She was born at Hyde Park, Mass., on March 31, 1906, a daughter of Beverly Mortimer Chittick and Daisy Forsythe Chittick. She attended Hyde Park High School, graduating in 1923. After graduation from Boston State Teachers College, she taught at Chittick School in Hyde Park. As a fourth grade teacher, she enjoyed her work with children and continued to love children all her life.

In the company of good friends, many of whom were also teachers, she traveled often, sailing to Europe, taking a western tour and frequently visiting many relatives in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

In 1940, she married George Fred Marden of Brockton, Mass. They made their home in Hyde Park until moving to Westwood, Mass., in 1964. After her husband’s retirement, they moved to Venice, Fla., where they lived until 1996. As retirees, they continued to enjoy traveling in the continental United States and also to such places as Hawaii, Aruba and Bermuda, with their many friends.

After her husband died in March 1996, she continued to live in Florida for several months and then moved to Greene and lived at The Meadows Senior Living Center for four years. In 2001, she moved to Russell Park, where she resided until her death.

She is survived by her daughter, Judith Marden of Greene; her sister-in-law, Barbara Chittick of Fitchburg, Mass.; her brother-in-law, Harry Marden of Halifax, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents; two sisters, Grace and Helen, who died in childhood; two brothers, Arthur B. Chittick of Hyde Park, Mass., and Stanley F. Chittick of Fitchburg, Mass.; and one sister, Ruth W. Powell of Greensboro, N.C.

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