1936 – 2013

BOWDOIN — Patricia A. “The Strawberry Lady” Fenimore, 76, died peacefully at a local hospital on Thursday, Sept. 12.

She was born in Sabattus on Oct. 12, 1936, a daughter of George and Arlene Curtis Merrill. She attended Lisbon and Sabattus schools, where she was a basketball standout, graduating from Sabattus High School in the Class of 1955. She married Donald Fenimore on May 12, 1962, in Bath.

Patricia is best-known locally as “The Strawberry Lady” of Fenimore Farm. She was regularly involved with local farmers markets and ran the family’s vegetable stand in Bowdoinham with her husband and brother-in-law, Ed Fenimore.

She worked for more than 20 years as the office manager of the fertilizer mill in Bowdoinham. She also worked at and frequented the Town Landing Store in Bowdoinham, as well as having served as a mail carrier for Bowdoinham. Earlier, she operated Fenimore Cake Shop with her mother-in-law in Bowdoinham.

In recent years, her greatest thrill was watching and cheering her granddaughter on in basketball and softball.

She is survived by her husband, Donald T. Fenimore; a daughter, Lori Johnson and her husband, Walter, of Bowdoinham; a brother, Alton Merrill and his wife, Judy, of Sabattus; a brother-in-law, Clayton Coburn Jr., of Lewiston; a sister-in-law, Georgie Fenimore of Bowdoinham; a granddaughter, Morgan Johnson of Bowdoinham; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a sister, Beverly Coburn.

Condolences and memories can be expressed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.