BRUNSWICK — Dorothy F. Lemay, 91, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Parkview Adventist Hospital from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born May 23, 1920 in Harpswell, ME a daughter of William S. and Margaret Anna (Fitzgerald) Barnes. At a young age she moved with her family to Massachusetts and lived in the Boston area for several years. She returned to Harpswell and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1938 and went on to business school.

In November of 1940 she married Joseph E. Lemay of Harpswell who predeceased her in 2003.

In 1952, Dorothy went to work at Brunswick Naval Air Station where she worked in the payroll department for several years advancing to payroll supervisor. She then advance to housing claims and then became assistant comptroller from which she retired in 1991 after 39 years of service.

Her hobbies consisted of going to auctions, tending to her flower gardens and pastry baking. She will be fondly remembered by her family as a fabulous cook.

She was predeceased by her husband and two grandchildren, William Lemay in 2010 and Stephanie Stockford in 1981.

She is survived by her son, Joseph E. Lemay, Jr. of Bangor, ME and St. Cloud, FL, a daughter Kathleen M. and her husband Clifford D. Stockford of Brunswick, two sisters, Gertrude Knight and Virginia Wright of Harpswell, 2 grandchildren, Joseph E. Lemay, III and his wife Stephanie of Bucksport, Jason A. Stockford of Riverside, RI and one great grandson, Parker Lemay.

A funeral service will be held in the spring of 2012. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery, Harpswell. In lieu of sending flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Harpswell Fire Department, C/O Brian Marden, PO Box 8, Harpswell, ME 04079. Arrangements are under the direction and care of Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick, ME.

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