LEWISTON – Muriel St. Pierre Baylis passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, June 2, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, after a brief illness.

She was born on Oct. 31, 1932, the youngest of six children of Philippe and Gloria Levesque St. Pierre.

She grew up on Blake Street in Lewiston, and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1951.

She married Edward C. Baylis on June 6, 1953.

Before her marriage, she worked for New England Telephone Co. She was a member of a service organization, the Telephone Pioneers. She left to raise her family and returned in the early 1970’s. She retired in 1996 from Nynex in West Falmouth.

She raised five daughters and was involved with their activities, especially Girl Scouts.

Her retirement years were spent pursuing many interests. Her passion was gardening.

For many years she was a Eucharistic minister at St. Patrick’s Church, and most recently ministered at CMMC. She was a member of WLU. She also volunteered for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

She and her husband spent many summer vacations in Bar Harbor and winters in Florida. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren. She stayed active swimming with the “swimming ladies” at the YWCA and formed many close friendships.

Muriel was a great cook, an avid reader, a wonderful caregiver to her husband and a generous and loving mother and grandmother.

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years; her five children, Susan Hanson and her husband, Roderick, of Saco, Christine Savignano and her husband, Philip, of Auburn, Carol Baylis of Auburn, Cathleen Schwartz and her husband, Richard, of Carmel, Ind., and Cynthia Snow and her husband, Fred, of Manchester; her grandchildren, Ryan Poisson and his wife, Erica, Margaret and Sean Savignano, Catherine, Richard III, Elizabeth and Patrick Schwartz, and Anna and Nicholas Snow; great-grandchildren, Kayden and Kendra Poisson; her brothers, E. Philip St. Pierre of Auburn, Gene St. Pierre and his wife, Theresa, of Auburn, Raymond St. Pierre and his wife, Carmen, of Lewiston, and Roger St. Pierre and his wife, Germaine, of Leesburg, Fla.; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents; a sister, Sylvia Bernier; and sister-in-law, Rita St. Pierre.