LEWISTON – Ethelene B. Merrill, 83, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 1, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston. She resided in Andover, most of her life, spending summers at camp on Garland Pond and in the past several years has resided in Alaska, Coleman, Fla., and Lewiston.

Ethelene was born in Andover, June 16, 1921, the daughter of Kenneth and Vivian (Learned) Silver. She graduated from Andover High School, Class of 1939, and attended Kent’s Hill Junior College.

She was married in Mexico, on June 28, 1945, to the late Eugene L. Merrill who died in Lewiston, on July 21, 2004.

Ethelene was employed as a cook at the Andover Elementary School for several years, a telephone operator in Andover for a short time, and was a proprietor of a gold panning supply shop with her late husband, as well as a cook at a gold-mining camp in Alaska. She enjoyed most of all being a homemaker with her family.

Ethelene was a former member of the Andover Pythian Sisters, as well as a member of the Calvary Bible Church. She was active in the church where she taught Sunday School and served as treasurer. While in Florida, she attended the First Baptist Church of Coleman, Fla. In her life, she especially enjoyed traveling with her late husband and being with her loving family.

Survivors include a daughter, Jeanne Marcucci and husband, Thomas, of Allyn, Wash.; four sons, Kenneth and wife, Beverly, of Winthrop, John and wife Julie of North Pole, Alaska, Kerry and wife, Maria, of Peru, and Robert Merrill of Andover; 12 grandchildren, Jonathan Merrill, Amiee Merrill-Romig and husband, Bill, Jared Merrill, Emily Merrill, Gene Merrill and wife, Tara, Michael Merrill, Curtis Merrill, Robert Merrill, Benjamin Adams, Joshua Adams, Cory Merrill and Kassie Merrill; three great grandchildren, William Romig, Abigayl Romig and Haille Romig.

She was predeceased by a sister, Glenice Roberts, and a brother, Kenneth Nahum.

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