MARILYN M. WIERS

PALMYRA – Marilyn M. Wiers, 82, loving wife, mother and grandmother, was called home to be with the Lord Nov. 7, 2008, at Sebasticook Health-care Facility. She was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Fort Fairfield, a daughter of Oland and Myrtle (Spearin) MacLauchlan. She graduated from Newport High School, Class of 1945, and married Byron Wiers, Nov. 22, 1945. She and her husband owned and operated a dairy farm and raised three children. She was a member of St. Albans Grange; Peoples United Methodist Church, Newport; and was past president of Somerset County Extension; past president, secretary and treasurer of St. Albans Extension Group; past director, secretary and treasurer of the Maine State Farm Bureau, Somerset County; past president and district director of Newport Business and Professional Women’s Club; 4-H leader; attended Home Demonstration Council meetings in Kentucky and Kansas; and was a past member of St. Albans Union Church. Marilyn enjoyed swapping recipes and her Oatmeal Pie was a big hit at all the church suppers. One of her joys was making clothing for her family. Marilyn and her husband loved to travel to Vermont to visit special friends. In addition to her husband of Palmyra, she is survived by two sons, Michael and wife, Libby, of St. Albans and Stephen and wife, Buffy, of Palmyra; daughter, Rebecca “Becky” of Palmyra; her brother, Donn and wife, Mary Jane MacLauchlin, of Pittsfield; sister-in-law, Jean MacLauchlin of Lakeland, Fla.; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. The family thanks the staff at Sebasticook Healthcare Facility for their loving care of our loved one. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Crosby & Neal, 117 Main St., Newport. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Peoples United Methodist Church, 127 Main St., Newport, with the Rev. Ellen Bridge officiating. Burial will be at St. Albans Village Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 170 U.S. Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105. Those who wish may sign an online guest register and leave written tributes at www.CrosbyNeal.com.