MARY E. TIDD – HODGDON – Mary E. Tidd, wife of Dana L. Tidd, passed away Sept. 20, 2008, at Houlton Regional Hospital. Mary was born Mary Eldie Carmichael, May 5, 1928, in Monticello, daughter of Ernest and Florence (Upton) Carmichael. She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Carol J. (Tidd) Nault and her husband, Michael, of Arundel; five sons and their wives, Carleton and Andrea, Brian “Barney” and Bonnie, David and Jean, Grady and Anita, all of Hodgdon and Wayne and Connie of Houlton; 13 grandchildren, Stacy, Scott, Stephanie, Dayna and Jacob Tidd, Isaac, Joshua and Rachel Nault, Hollie and Tim McAfee, Angela and Gregory Sherman, Morgan and Jared Drake, Andrew and Darcy Tidd, Marc and Bekah Tidd; 10 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Vera Carmichael; many nieces and nephews; and one “sister she never had,” Donalene Blackie. Mary was predeceased by her parents; and all her brothers, Glen, Harold, Jack and Perley. Friends may call noon until the time of the service 1 p.m. Tuesday at Dunn Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Boyer of Naples officiating. Interment will be at Hodgdon Cemetery. Gifts may be made in Mary’s memory to the charity of one’s choice, care of Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park St., Houlton, ME 04730.