TOPSHAM – Etta Mabelle Wills, 93, passed away Dec. 20, at the Amenity Manor, where she had been a resident since May, formerly of Waldoboro.

She was born Sept. 11, 1913, in Bridgton, the daughter of Charles and Emma Libby Wheeler. She was a graduate of Bridgton High School, Class of 1931, and Dr. Leighton’s Training School for Nurses in Portland. She did private nursing until she got married. She was a member of the Advent Christian Church of Bridgton all of her life.

She married Albert Stanley Wills on Sept. 21, 1935, in Bridgton. They lived in Bridgton and Bath, Maine, Lorain, Ohio, Live Oak, Fla., and Waldoboro, Maine.

Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Herrick, and her husband, Arthur, of Groveland, Mass., and Marilyn Lund, and her husband, Francis, of Gray; sons, Ronald Wills, and his wife, Constance, of Woolwich and Harold Wills, and his wife, Shirley, of Greene; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; a cousin from Florida and Illinois; a niece from Oregon; and a nephew from Waterford.

She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Stanley Wills in 2004; son, Clyde Wills in 1959; son-in-law, Roger Dever Jr. in 2001; grandson, Michael Dever; daughter-in-law, Susan Wills; and great-granddaughter, Miranda Hope Dever.