TOPSHAM – Marie “Mimi” Arline Fish, 73, of Forest Drive, died Sunday, Dec. 7, on her birthday surrounded by her loving family after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

She was born in Bangor, Dec. 7, 1935, the daughter of Pasquale and Dorothy Plummer LePree and attended Bangor schools.

On Jan. 16, 1960, she married Richard “Dick” I. Fish. As a military wife, she traveled extensively with her family during her husband’s military career. Mimi was a homemaker devoted to raising her family and making a loving home for her family no matter where they were stationed.

She had worked for Alternative Services as a residential specialist, as a home health aid and for 15 years at the Navy Exchange as a personalized service clerk.

She always rooted for the underdog and was quick to help family, friends and complete strangers. She enjoyed bingo, yard sales and playing with her grandchildren.

For 12 years, she wintered in Florida, and for the last five years in Zephyrhills, Fla.

Surviving besides her husband of Topsham are four sons; Thomas Fish and his wife, Jen, of Lisbon Falls, Wayne Fish and his wife, Tammy, of Jay, Michael Fish and his companion, Michelle Byrnes Nichols, of Topsham and David Fish and his wife, Linda, of Standish; two sisters, Dorothy Moxley of Hartford, Conn., and Anita Willette of Florida; a brother, Pasquale LePree of Brewer; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a son, Robert Shannon.