AUBURN — Weda “Cookie” Eileen Murch, 67, of Auburn, died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by her loved ones, following a battle with cancer that didn’t defeat her sense of humor.

She was born on May 27, 1947, in Lewiston, a daughter of Richard and Lillian May (Holt) Fortier. She attended Norway schools and after multiple knee surgeries prevented her from graduating, she returned to earn her diploma in 2001.

Mrs. Murch worked at the Bridgton Knitting Mill and as a teacher’s assistant in the Oxford Hills Adult Education Program, but her greatest work was as a homemaker to her family.

She was a short story writer, who enjoyed drawing, playing cards, dancing and her membership at the Universalist Church in Norway. She was also an avid collector of Native American and Maine lighthouse items.

She is survived by two daughters, Cindy Foley and her husband, Steven, of Norway and Billie Johnson and her husband, Jay, of Auburn; a son, Richard Murch, and his partner, Norm Jacques, of Auburn; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; three sisters, Linda Avery and her husband, Ken, of Bridgton, Becky Harmon and her husband, Paul, of Bridgton and Kimmie Fortier and her companion Michael Uhl, of Pa.; a brother, Jim Fortier of Bridgton; her stepmother, Shirley Fortier, of Hamilton, N.J.; many brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Roger Murch, in 2003; a brother, Scotty Fortier; a granddaughter, Lindsay Marie Johnson and a sister-in-law, Sue Fortier.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Oxford Hills Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Oxford. Interment will be at a later date in the Elm Vale Cemetery in Waterford. Gifts may be given in her memory to the Androscoggin Hospice House, 236 Stetston Rd., Auburn, ME 04210. Tributes may be shared with her family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com.