MECHANIC FALLS – Barbara E. Farrell, 75, of Mechanic Falls, died Monday, Nov. 5, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Reading, Mass., on March 19, 1932, the daughter of Edward and Hannah E. Sparks Lord. She graduated from Reading High School in 1949.

She had been employed at Liberty Mutual and John Hancock as a secretary in the Boston area. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Andover, Mass.

With her husband and her son, Mark, she owned and operated “Shades of the Past” antique business on Route 26 in Welchville. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, needlepoint and decorating. She was a very meticulous person with a vast array of friends and associates. She also enjoyed restoring old homes with her husband. She married Frank Farrell on Jan. 19, 1952.

She is survived by her husband of Mechanic Falls; her children, Valerie LeVasseur and her husband, Ernest, of Auburn, Scott Farrell and his wife, Rhonda, of Durham, Heidi Libby and her husband, Richard, of Greene and Mark Farrell of Mechanic Falls; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Lord and Edward Lord, both of Wilmington, Mass.; and three sisters, Shirley Arsenault of Haverhill, Mass., Ellen Gunkel of Luluing, Texas, and Muriel Belbin of New Port Richey, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.