Mary Fillion Obituary
She was born on April 10, 1941, in Berlin, N.H. to Robert and Dorothy (Wilde) Wilson.
She graduated from Berlin High School.
She was married to her husband Bob, who predeceased her, for 54 years before his passing in 2016.
Mary worked at Community Counseling Center in Portland starting as a receptionist, ultimately holding the position of comptroller until her retirement in 2002, where she and Bob retired to Sarasota.
Mary enjoyed golfing, playing bridge and going on monthly outings with her First Friday Floozies, her very dear friends.
Mary is survived by her children, Peter Fillion, Suzanne and Barry Salloway, Linda and John Kaczynski; grandchildren, Sara and T.Y. McGill, Emily and Michael Smith, Amy and Eric Illich, and Matthew and Sydney Salloway; great grandchildren, Gia McGill, Remi McGill, and Halle Smith; her brother, Robert Wilson and his wife Janie.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-11 a.m., with a service to follow, on Monday, August 11, 2025, at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Maine Division, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060.
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richard gilbert
September 10, 2025
Mary, you will be missed by so many of your old classmates from BHS and those many you still communicated with. Such a beautiful, happy, always cheerful person to all of us..........journey well dear lady!
Bogie Gilbert
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American Heart Association
August 11, 2025
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