LEWISTON – Doris Arlene Michael, 84, of Auburn, died Sunday, Sept. 14, at Central Maine Medical Center, after a courageous battle with lymphomic cancer.

She was born Aug. 9, 1924, the daughter of Nettie Briggs and John DeCoster. She grew up in East Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1942.

She married Samuel Michael in 1948. He died in 1996. She worked many years at Loring Studios and New England Tel. & Tel. She was later employed by the city of Auburn in the board of voter registration and then in the assessor’s office as a certified Maine assessor and appraiser. She retired in 1988.

She had been active in the YWCA for many years and in the East Auburn Men’s Club Auxiliary. She was a member of the Danville Grange and the Robin Dow and First Auburn Seniors. She enjoyed playing beano, taking trips, gardening, reading and watching the Red Sox. She also enjoyed playing cribbage and was proud of her “29 hand” she got a few years ago.

She is survived by daughters, Marcia and Margaret of Auburn; son, John of Seattle, Wash.; stepdaughter, Sandra Labelle of Falmouth; stepgrandson, Scott Jacques of San Rafael, Calif.; granddaughter, Shannon Brady of Seattle, Wash.; grandson, SSgt. Sean Brady; great-grandson, Jonathan Brady of Fayetteville, N.C.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents; her husband; her brothers, Warren, Malcolm, Eugene, Roger and Gordon; and her stepgranddaughter, Deborah Jacques.

The family wishes to thank the people of CMMC M1 and the Hematology/Oncology Associates for all their help during this difficult time.