TOPSHAM — Marjorie Lea Wooten died peacefully in her home on Sunday, May 5, 2013. She was born in Gardiner, Maine, on December 7, 1941, a daughter of Wallace Lancaster Stonier and Evelyn Haskell Stonier. Marjorie graduated from Gardiner High School, Class of 1960. After high school, she worked briefly for National Grange Insurance and then began her 35-year career with the Department of Defense for the Navy in Brunswick, Maine.
Marjorie married the love of her life, Larry Dale Wooten, on February 19, 1966. They were members of the Friday Night Couples Bowling League in Brunswick for many years. After retirement, she volunteered with the Hospice Volunteers of Mid-Coast Maine and was a member of the Moosepathian Red Hat Ladies.
She was predeceased by her parents, her brother Richard Wallace Stonier, her husband’s parents, Carl W. and Mildred A. Wooten, and a brother-in-law, Clifford L. Wooten.
She is survived by her husband Larry D. Wooten, her son David Scott Wooten of Amesbury, MA and his wife Kathleen, her beloved granddaughter Maille Kennae Wooten. Also surviving are her sister Priscilla J. Costello of Hallowell, her brother Lawrence C. Stonier and his wife Claudette of Augusta, sisters-in-law Phyllis Stonier of Plattsburgh, NY and Connie R. Allen of Warren, Mich., favorite niece and nephew, Kathleen Farrell and her husband Timothy of West Gardiner and Jefferson Slack and his wife Michelle of Wiscasset.
We would like to thank Janet Edmunson and Barby Johnson, facilitators of the Portland Area Atypical Parkinson’s Support Group, as well as all the members of the group for their much appreciated support and assistance during the past nine months. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made by mail to Cure PSP, 30 E. Padonia Road, Suite 201, Timonium, MD 21093. Online contributions at give.psp.org.
Thanks also go to Shirley Staples of Lisbon Falls, a faithful friend who visited Marj and Larry weekly and to the wonderful women of CHANS Home Health Care and Hospice who cared for Marj and supported Larry through difficult adjustments.
At her request, there will be no visiting hours. Following cremation, she will be buried at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery on Mount Vernon Road in Augusta. Committal services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in the chapel at the cemetery.
Online condolences may be made by visiting Marjorie’s tribute page at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
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