FARMINGTON – Phyllis M. Pease, 76, of Orchard Drive, East Wilton, died early Saturday morning at Franklin Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family.
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She was born in Livermore Falls, March 15, 1933, a daughter of Fred and Melvina (Welch) Morse and received her education in Livermore Falls schools. On Sept. 18, 1953, she married Lee Pease in Livermore Falls.
Mrs. Pease was a hard worker, starting out picking beans and later worked at are shoe shops including Norwock Shoe and GH Bass Shoe Co. where she retired from after twenty-two years of service. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed traveling having visited Florida, Hawaii, Cancun, and Alaska as well as going on several cruises. She was a charter member of the Farmington Emblem Club and loved her flower gardens.
The family would like to thank the staff of Franklin Memorial Hospital, Androscoggin Home Health Care and Hospice, and Dr. O’Reilly for the care and concern for Phyllis.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Lee of Wilton; her children, Elaine Fitch of Jay, Deborah Tinker and her husband Ralph of Wilton, Betty Conant and her husband Gary of North Jay, Cynthia Sweetser and her husband Malcolm of Farmington, Lee Pease, Jr. and his wife Sheila of East Wilton, and Fred Pease and his wife Katrina of East Wilton; 3 sisters, Beverly Hilsta of Toms River, NJ, Lorraine Merchant of Newport, and Doris Merchant of Jay; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; She was predeceased by 3 brothers, Ronald, Clayton and her twin, Philip.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 PM from the Wiles Remembrance Center, 136 High Street, Wilton. Relatives and friends are invited to call Monday 5-7pm. Winter entombment is at the center with interment in the spring at Lakeview Cemetery in Wilton. Relatives and friends may share remembrances and view a memorial tribute of Phyllis at www.wilesrc.com.
