HAMPTON, N.H. – Elizabeth Stasulis Marquis, 81, of Auburn and Brunswick, known as Ziggy to family and friends, died on Oct. 11, of complications due to Alzheimer’s disease at Haven Health Center in Hampton, N.H.

She was born on Dec. 12, 1923, in Lewiston, to Stanislaus Stasulis and Ursula Gira. She graduated from Lewiston High School and studied to become a certified dental assistant and a certified dental technician.

She worked for Dr. Scott, Dr. Marcotte and Dr. Booth Leavitt and then became the owner of Mid Maine Dental Labs, where she worked until her retirement in August 2002.

She was a parishioner of St. Philip’s Church in Auburn. As a member of the Daughters of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Club of Lewiston, she participated in many of their activities and was left with fond memories of her time spent there.

She was an avid gardener and an artist. She enjoyed painting in oils, and her family has many of her original works to enjoy and remember her by. Her passion, other than her work, was the seashore and she spent many hours and days walking the sands of Popham Beach.

She is survived by her caregivers, Glennis and Roger Chabot of Scarborough; Dr. Joni and Terry Barrows of Newmarket, N.H.; and many other nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased her mother and father; two brothers, Stanley and Alex Stasulis; and four sisters, Anne Witham, Alberta Stasulis, Adella Bush and Marion Valenti.