1938 – 2015

AUBURN — Doris J. Merchant, 77, a resident of Jay, passed away Sunday, Oct. 25 at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn.

She was born Feb. 7, 1938, in Jay, the daughter of Fred Morse and Melvina E. (Welch) Morse. Doris was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School. On June 28, 1969, at St. Rose of Lima Church in Jay, she married her husband of 46 years, William T. Merchant.

She worked for Livermore Shoe and devoted her life to her family and her home. Doris was a member of the Eaton Methodist Church and enjoyed reading and crocheting.

She is survived by her loving husband, William T. Merchant of Jay; sons, Rick Dumeny and his wife, Nancy, of Jay, Steve Dumeny and fiancee, Diana, of South Paris, and Dennis Merchant and companion, Ellie Stratton, of Livermore Falls; daughters, Nancy Mitchell and her husband, Paul, of Fayette, Susan Caldwell and her husband, Phillip, of Jay, and Sheila Dorey and her husband, Rick, of Winthrop; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; her sister, Lorraine Merchant of Newport; sisters-in-law, Bertha Harris and Irene Cervenak, both of Jay; brother-in-law, Lee Pease of Wilton; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Barbara Dumeny; brothers, Ronald, Phillip and Clayton Morse; her sisters, Beverly Hlista and Phyllis Pease; brother-in-law, Joseph Merchant; and nephew, Scott Holmes.

Messages of condolence may be sent to www.finleyfuneralhome.com.