FARMINGTON – Margaret Paine, 78, a resident of Jay, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, after a lengthy illness with heart disease.

She was born on Sept. 26, 1929, in Portland, the seventh child of Clyde and Mabel (Peterson) Meader. She was educated in the Jay school system.

On March 16, 1947, she married Manderville Horace Paine in the parsonage of the Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church in Livermore Falls. She worked as a fancy stitcher in the local shoe shops while raising her children.

After a short retirement, she worked at McDonald’s in Jay and enjoyed the many friendships that she made while working there. She loved to spend time with her children and family. She enjoyed the special relationship that she had with her three surviving sisters. They got together often to share stories and recipes and to celebrate their families.

She enjoyed planning family reunions with her sisters and children and watching their families grow. Her favorite pastimes included crocheting, cooking, sharing recipes, ceramics, gardening, canning, listening to her favorite music from the Big Band Era and Lawrence Welk, caring for her numerous pets and watching her favorite television shows with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed for the enormous love that she shared with all of those fortunate enough to have known her. Many extended family and friends considered Margaret to be their mom and “Grammie.”

She is survived by her sons, Brien M. Paine of Auburn and Michael Paine and his wife, Lynnore, of Enfield, Conn.; daughters, Eileen Fales of Lewiston, Kathleen Goding and her husband, Bruce of Jay, Ellen Dimond and her husband, William, of Kezar Falls, Erin Paine of Farmington and Mary Miyamoto and her husband, Michael, of Mission Viejo, Calif.; daughter-in-law, Karin Paine of Jay; sisters, Natalie Bryant and her husband, Norman, of Jay, Marcia Calden of Jay and Adeline (Bobbie) Soucy and her husband, Albert, of Jay; grandchildren, Thomas H. Fales, E3 USN of Great Lakes, Ill., Marjorie Fales, Bobby Goding, Jessie Hatch and her husband, Kenneth, Sharon Paine Goes and her husband, Thiago, Patrick Paine and his wife, Renee, Kevin Paine, Christina Bamford and her husband, Bryce, Kristopher Smith and his wife, Fallon, Justine Dimond, Benjamin Dimond, Steven Marcotte and his fiancée, Amy Trask, Caresse Marcotte, Joseph Marcotte, Matthew Miyamoto, William Miyamoto, Grace Miyamoto, Anthony Paine, Michala Paine, Nicole Latimer-Nicolas and Annette Burnell; great-grandchildren, Andrew Goding, Heather Goding, Kenneth Hatch, Kody Hatch, Dante Paine, Calum Paine, Maya Goes, Melissa Bamford, Kadence Smith, Brody Smith; she is loved and will also be missed by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by granddaughters, Sabrina Paine and Katherine Fales; a sister, Eileen (Peggy) Currier; and brothers, Lindsey Meader and William (Buddy) Meader.