BRUNSWICK — Pauline D. Newell passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013. She was born in Boston, Mass., the youngest daughter of George and Mary (Cruickshank) Davis. She spent her growing up years in Dorchester and Weymouth, Mass., and graduated from Weymouth High School with the class of 1933.

She married Edward Newell of Waltham, Mass., and they resided there until moving to Bath, Maine, in 1942. They were married for 55 years when Mr. Newell passed away in 1989.

Polly, as she was known, was a homemaker. She loved her family and her home. She was an avid flower gardener in her younger years, loved solving crossword puzzles and playing any card games, especially bridge. She was into arts and crafts and crocheting, making angels and other Christmas symbols. She was a stamp collector.

Polly was a member of the Day’s Ferry Congregational Church. She was a Cub Scout den mother for four years, a member of the Bath Garden Club, the Lioness, Bath Senior Center and a charter member and Secretary of the Bath Emblem Club. She served as an election clerk for the city of Bath for more than 50 years.

Her love of traveling took her to most of the United States as well as the Caribbean, Alaska, Hawaii, British Columbia and through the Panama Canal on one of her many cruises. She visited most of the countries of Europe including the United Kingdom and also Russia. She spent 40 years wintering in Florida.

She is survived by 2 sons, Edward and his wife, Sharon of Buxton, and Clifford and his wife, Judy of Phippsburg; 2 daughters, Betty Callan of Brunswick, and Nancy Cooper and her husband, Robert of Augusta; 8 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

A visiting hour will be held on Tuesday, May 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at Day’s Ferry Congregational Church, 50 Old Stage Road, Woolwich. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m.

To share your thoughts and condolences with the family, please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com.