Barbara Merry

BARBARA DEXTER MERRY
1931 - 2017
BENTON - Barbara Dexter Merry, 86, of East Benton passed on to life eternal at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2017, at Oak Grove Convalescent Center, Waterville. She passed peacefully in her sleep after a short period of hospice care.
Barbara was born in New Haven, Conn. on June 9, 1931, the daughter of Ralph Edwin Dexter and Florrie (Lee) Dexter. She graduated from Hill House High School, New Haven, Conn. in 1949, and Bridgeport School of Nursing, Bridgeport, Conn. in 1953, where she earned her degree as a Registered Nurse.
Barbara worked as a registered nurse in various Connecticut locations for 30 years. She started singing at the age of 16 in High School Choir and continued singing in Church choirs and coral clubs. She sang in the choir at Clinton United Methodist Church and the Clinton Coral Club, in Connecticut, for 35 years. She moved to Maine, with her husband, in the fall of 2003, and promptly joined the choir at Fairfield United Methodist Church, where she was a faithful member until her passing. Her other joys included bird watching, needle point, latch hooking and vacationing with her family.
She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Edward Ernest Merry, of East Benton, and her brother, Gordon Edwin Dexter and his wife, Barbara of Winslow. Barbara is survived by her sister-in-law, Alice (Merry) Chapman of Benton, brother-in-law, Ernest Raymond Merry, of Madison; son Donald Scott Merry, of New London, Conn., son David Edward Merry, of Pensacola, Fla., daughter Linda Marie (Merry) Killian and husband Robert of Manassas, Va., son Peter Lee Merry and wife Rutha (Davis) of Delaware, Ohio; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours are 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, Fairfield. Service of remembrance is 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at Fairfield United Methodist Church, Fairfield.
An online guestbook may be signed and memories shared at www.lawrybrothers.com
Arrangements are by Lawry Brothers Funeral & Cremation Care, 107 Main St., Fairfield.