Mary E. Tillotson

LANCASTER - Mary E. Tillotson, 82, of Spring Street died peacefully Monday afternoon, Nov. 17, 2014, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. She was surrounded by family.Mrs. Tillotson was born in Lancaster on Jan. 22, 1932, the daughter of Clifton H. Ingerson Sr. and Thelma (French) Ingerson.Mary attended schools in Jefferson and Lancaster. She was a parishioner of the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ. Memberships include the Eastern Star, the Grange and the Lancaster and New Hampshire historical societies. At one time, she was an active leader for 4-H. For many years, she worked with Lillian Lucas at the Church Shop on Main Street in Lancaster. For a time, she was employed at the Lancaster Elementary School cafeteria. In recent years, she has been making hats for premature babies born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.Family members include her husband of 64 years, Aldine J. "Jack" Tillotson of Lancaster; a son, John Tillotson, and his wife, Jewel, of Grantham; a daughter, Cynthia Colby, and her husband, Robert, of Lancaster; grandchildren Mandy Tillotson, Jesse Tillotson, Christopher Feugill, Zachary Colby, Marcus Colby; four great-grandchildren, Wolf, Madison, Lily, Parker; a brother, Clifton H. Ingerson Jr. of Whitefield; two sisters, Nancy Lowe of Gorham and Christine Boutilier of Texas. She was predeceased by her father and his wife, Marion; her mother; a brother, David Mardin, and a sister, Betty Bissonett..

SERVICES: Visiting hours will be held Friday, Nov. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster. A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ. The Rev. Sharon van der Laan, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster.Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or to send an online condolence.