NEW DURHAM, N.H. – Shirley (Reynolds) Guill, 82, of Phelps Street in Kittery, died on May 7, at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in New Durham, N.H., with her family at her side.

She was born on July 6, 1924, in Auburn, the youngest daughter of six children to the late Robert and Hazel (Mottrom) Reynolds of Auburn. After attending Edward Little High School she married her beloved husband Maynard Guill and after his military service during World War II moved to North Carolina, where they worked their farm.

Missing her family they decided to move back to Maine in the early 1950s, where they raised their two daughters and later retired. They would often return to their home in North Carolina during the winter and then come back to summer in Maine.

She was a beautiful, meek, kindhearted and graceful woman who gave kindness and assistance to anyone who needed her and never expected anything in return. She was a dedicated and loyal wife, a loving, committed and wonderful mother, grandmother and friend. She was an accomplished seamstress, avid reader of all types of books, loved to ballroom dance, bowl and travel with her husband to the many historical sites in the country. Her kindness and love will be dearly missed but she will live forever in the hearts of all who loved her.

She is survived by her daughters, Betsy Needham of Sanford and Susan DeRoy, and her husband, Joe DeRoy, of New Durham, N.H.; her grandchildren, Sherry (DeRoy) Day, and her husband, Christopher Day, of Newmarket, N.H., Harold Needham of Waynesboro, Pa., James Needham of Sanford and Joe DeRoy Jr., and his wife, Jill Thomas DeRoy, of Chicago, Ill.; her great-grandchildren, Garrett Day, Kathryn Day and Rodman Needham; her brothers, Elton Reynolds, and his wife, Marge Reynolds and Frank Norman Reynolds of Auburn; along with her many nephews and nieces.

She was predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Maynard (Bob) Guill; her son, Maynard Brandon Guill Jr.; her brothers, Robert Reynolds of Hawthorne, Calif., and Merton Reynolds of Auburn; and her sister, Mary Bruno of Lewiston.