FRYEBURG, Maine — Marion A. Paine, 94, of Fryeburg, Maine, formerly of Lynn, Brentwood, Plaistow and Bow, N.H., died Saturday evening, May 14, 2016, at the Fryeburg Health Care Center in Fryeburg, Maine.
She was born on, May 13, 1922, in Lynn, a daughter of, Henry W. and Lottie (MacGray) Reynolds. Marion attended local schools, graduating from Lynn English High School.
In 1942, she married Fred Justin Paine Jr., at the East Baptist Church in Lynn.
Marion worked in nursing care for the majority of her working life, starting as a nursing assistant while residing in Plaistow, N.H. She later retired as the activities director of Oxford Manor in Haverhill.
She belonged to various Baptist and Methodist church groups over the years. She was a tremendous seamstress and baker with a flair for desserts.
Marion is survived and loved by her children, Donna Stern of Lovell, Maine, and David Paine and his wife, Kathleen, of Moultonborough, N.H., seven grandchildren, Susan, Heather, Robert, Peter, Whitney, Amanda, and Natalie, 12 great grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred, a daughter, Susan Paine, siblings, Charlotte Goodwin, Esther Blanchard, Martha Nichols, Henry W. Reynolds Jr., Charles Reynolds, a great-grandson, David Ferren.
Service information: Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, N.H., with Reverend Virginia Fryer officiating. Committal service to follow at the Evans West Cemetery, White Rock Hill Road, Bow, N.H. Arrangements are in the care of the Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren St., Fryeburg, Maine. Words of condolence and tribute may shared with Marion’s family at Woodfuneralhome.org.