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Marian was born in Salem, Mass., on May 16, 1914. Upon graduating from Simmons College in 1936 with a degree in public health nursing, Marian did her training at Children's Hospital in Boston. She was the Boston public health nurse for the North End prior to working as the visiting nurse for the Women's Friend Society in Salem, Mass.
In 1938 she married Kenneth Dorman of Salem, Mass., who passed away in 2005. Marian and Ken moved to Springvale, in 1952. Later they moved to Cumberland, R.I. and then to Seekonk, Mass., before they moved to Acton, where they restored an old farmhouse and retired.
She is survived by two daughters, Judith D. Moulton (David) of Burke, Va., and Priscilla D. Kirby of Natick, Mass.
Marian leaves five grandchildren: Susan Brown (Alex) of Clifton, Va., Nancy Akison (Dana) of Columbus, Ohio, Scott Moulton (Michelle) of Charlotte, N.C., Gregory Kirby of Waltham, Mass, and Christopher Kirby (Rebecca) of Salt Lake City, Utah.
She left four great-grandchildren: Christopher Brown, Cassidy Brown, Sienna Moulton and Zachary Moulton.
She enjoyed knitting, sewing, quilting, crocheting and hooking rugs, and hooked a rug for an heirloom for each daughter and each grandchild.
The Acton Fair honored Marian with a blue ribbon for her prize-winning apple pie. For many years she helped with judging in the exhibition hall.
She was a member of the Social Order of the Beauceant, a member of the Goodall Hospital Auxiliary, and an active member of the Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society. Marian was a lifelong member of the Tabernacle Church of Salem, Mass., and a friend of the Acton Congregational Church, Acton, where she baked for church suppers and helped with the Sunday morning coffee hour.
A graveside service will be held this Friday, (Sept. 2) at noon at the Riverside Cemetery in Springvale. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 11 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main Street, Springvale.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider donations in her memory to the Acton Food Pantry, c/o Acton Congregational Church, P. O. Box 28, Acton, ME 04001.
Condolences may be expressed at www.blackfuneralhomes.com.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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