MARILYN ELETA HARTFORD

JONESPORT and COLUMBIA FALLS – Marilyn Eleta Hartford, 77, passed away from pneumonia Nov. 22, 2010, surrounded by family at Sunrise Care Facility. She was born Feb. 15, 1933, at her grandparent’s farm on Addison Ridge, Columbia, the first child of Wilbur and Florence (Alley) Worcester. At age 5, they moved to Jonesport, where she graduated from high school in 1950. After graduation, she worked for a lawyer in Machias until his death. During this time she met her husband, Norman “Pud” Hartford, and they were married Feb. 15, 1952. Marilyn worked as a bookkeeper at County Concrete, helped her husband buy blueberries and wreaths at their home, and finally owned and operated P&M Tours, busing people to high-stakes bingo. Marilyn enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, bingo, and collecting more than 1000 sets of salt and pepper shakers. She loved Christmas shopping and decorating her home for Christmas. She was a member of Greenwood Cemetery Society for many years. Marilyn was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Pud; her parents; two infant daughters, Candace and Stephanie Jo; granddaughter, Ashley May; parents-in-law, Frank and Bessie Hartford; and a special sister-in-law, Kay Handy. She is survived by three daughters, Sue Grant and her husband, Terry, Missy White and friend, Tim Lyons, of Addison and Joyce Wood and fianc?, Dexter Bray, of Deer Isle; four sons, Buster Hartford and his wife, Donna, of Pensacola, Fla., Brian Hartford and his wife, Sandy, of Columbia Falls, Brent Hartford and his wife, Beth, of Milbridge and Barry Hartford and his wife, Diane, of Columbia; 22 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Winnie Nelson, Thomas Worcester and wife, Lois, and Morrill Worcester and wife, Karen, of Columbia Falls, Carol Dorr and husband, Roger and Betty Matthews and husband, Billy, of Cherryfield. Also surviving are brothers-in-law, Pete Hartford and wife, Arlene, Gouldsboro and Jack Hartford and wife, Lois, of Ellsworth; many nieces and nephews. The family thanks Sunrise Care Facility employees for their loving care during her stay there. A service will be held 2 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Harrington with Pastor George Woodward officiating. Online condolences may be offered at www.directcremationofmaine.com.