DAMARISCOTTA – Frances E. (Lane) Dunn, 96, of Damariscotta, died Sept. 26, at Cove’s Edge Long-Term Care facility, after a long illness.

She was born Oct. 26, 1909, in Upton, the first child of the late Ellis H. and Martha M. (Littlehale) Lane. She was the widow of the late George H. Dunn.

She is survived by a sister, Martha Bennett of Lovell; son, Thomas Dunn of Orange Park, Fla.; daughter, Mary (Mimi) Dunn, and husband, Ronald Shapiro, of Portland; son, William Dunn, and wife, Laura, of Litchfield, Conn.; daughter, Sarah Latham, and husband, James, of Barnesville, Ohio; nine grandsons; one granddaughter; two great-grandsons; and five great-granddaughters.

She was predeceased by a son, Howard G.; her husband, George H. Dunn; a sister, Margaret Hawkins; a brother, Clifford; and a foster brother, Everett Eames.