SOUTH PARIS – Hilja Morse, 94, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, at Market Square Health Care Center.

She was born on March 13, 1914, in West Paris, the daughter of Arvi and Esteri Heikkinen. She graduated from Buckfield High School in 1933. She worked several years in local factories and married Arthur G. Morse on Oct. 28, 1938. He passed away in 1986.

She is survived by a daughter, Jeanie Figueroa; two grandsons, Joe and Dan Figueroa; four great-granddaughters, Danielle, Brandi, Kayyla and Torrie Figueroa; two great-great-grandchildren, Ayden and Blair Atter; a sister, Eva Hilden; and a brother, Walter Heikkinen.