Ethel Carey Dow

1926 - 2011

BORN

1926

DIED

2011

Ethel Dow Obituary

WATERVILLE -- Ethel (Otis) Carey Dow died peacefully May 12, 2011, at Oak Grove Center.

The daughter of William M. Otis and Lena (Brooks) Otis, she was born in Waterville, Dec. 8, 1926. Following the death of her mother in 1928, young Ethel was raised by Edward C. and Ethel Cary Dodsworth Otis, her namesake.

She married Sherman F. Carey Aug. 24, 1945, in Waterville. They raised five children.

The family lived in western New York state from 1947 to 1959, when they returned to central Maine. She married Carlton Dow in 1993. Ethel was a resident at The Woodlands in Waterville since 2000.

Ethel was predeceased by her son, Edward Carey, and her husbands, Sherman F. Carey Sr. and Carlton Dow, all of Waterville. She is survived by one son, Sherman Carey Jr. (Kathryn) of Waterville; three daughters, Nancy Marshall Parry of Farmingdale, Susan Hodge (Les) of Orlando, Fla., and Brenda LaChance (Norman) of Grand Junction, Colo. She has nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

The family wishes to thank the staff and residents of the Woodlands, Thayer 2 Central staff, Oak Grove Center staff and the Beacon Hospice staff for their care and kindness.

There will be no public viewing or service. The family will gather later for a private celebration of Ethel's life.

Anyone wishing may make donations in her memory. Please consider making them to Beacon Hospice or Waterville Hospice Volunteers.

Published by Morning Sentinel from May 17 to May 18, 2011.
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