Marjorie (Wise) Freeman

Freeman, Marjorie W., 96, August 2, 2009.  Arrangements by Lamson Funeral Home, Millinocket.  Interment to be held in the Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton.
    East Millinocket – Marjorie (Wise) Freeman, 96, died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at the Katahdin Nursing Home in Millinocket. She was born June 23, 1913 in Houlton, the fifth child of James and Alma (Stevenson) Wise.
    Marjorie graduated Houlton High School, class of 1930.  She worked in various stores in Houlton and at the Houlton Air Base during World War II. She married Merle Fairley in 1942.  They moved to East Millinocket in 1957, where she worked at the Fleet Bank for 14 years.   After Merle’s death in 1963, Marjorie married Peter Freeman in 1969; they were married for 14 years when he passed away in 1983.
    She was past matron of the Fidelity Chapter of the Eastern Star, and past noble grand of Portia Rebekah Lodge #78.  Her major hobbies were hooking rugs, some of which included Masonic emblems, knitting afghans, now owned and treasured by family members, and reading. She was an enthusiastic supporter of the Boston Celtics for many years.
    Marjorie is survived by a step- sister-in-law, Anna Freeman of Falmouth, Mass., and by many nieces and nephews, including Jean Koykka and her husband Arthur of Lunenburg, Mass., James Richardson of Columbia, SC; Diane Robbins and her husband Richard of Quincy, Mass.; and many grand-nieces and grand-nephews. In addition to her parents and her husbands, she was predeceased by brothers, Arthur and Clyde Wise, and by a sister, Dorothy (Wise) Richardson, late of Weymouth, MA.
    Friends are invited to visit with the family 10:30 -11 a.m. Wednesday, August 5 at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 40 Highland Ave., Millinocket, with a Mass of Christian Burial being celebrated at 11 a.m., presided by the Rev. Bob Ficks, pastor.  Graveside committal services will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Houlton at 2:30 p.m. Gifts in memory of Marjorie may be sent to St. Andrews Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 222, Millinocket, ME  04462, or to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by Lamson Funeral Home, Millinocket. Messages of condolence may be expressed at www.lamsonfh.com.