SOUTH PARIS — Marie M. Kilponen, 81, resident of South Paris, passed away Dec. 27, at Market Square Health Care Center, where she had resided for several months.

She was born Oct. 21, 1930, in Greenwood, the daughter of Chester A. Morey and Katherine (Gregg) Morey. Marie attended schools in Greenwood and West Paris and was very proud of getting her GED at age 62. She later worked at many different area factories, in the school cafeteria and at Ledgeview Nursing Home in the kitchen.

She enjoyed knitting, reading, taking pictures and her house on the hill. She married Carl R. Kilponen of South Paris on Nov. 1, 1948. He passed away in 1988.

She is survived by one daughter, Laila Hanson and her husband, Bruce, of South Pairs; three grandsons, David Varney and wife, Bethany, of Canyon Country, Calif., Allen Hanson and wife, Tracy, of Lewiston and Daniel Hanson and wife, Magan, of South Paris; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Joyce Ham of Hawthorne, Fla.; two brothers, Ivan Morey of Greenwood and Roland Morey of Norway; one sister-in-law, Marion Morey; and many extended nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents; husband; two sisters, Katherine and Barbara; and two brothers, Lloyd and Donald.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com.

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