WOOLWICH — Marjorie A. Steele, age 92, of Meadow Road died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Coastal Manor in Yarmouth.
She was born in Old Town on August 16, 1920, the daughter of Clarence and Melvina Howard Brett.
Marjorie was a homemaker and enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening. Marjorie also enjoyed going to her lodge meetings.
She took her degree of the Pocahontas in 1948, was a past member of the Pocahontas Association and had been a member of the Great Council of United States Pocahontas in 1957. In 1964 Marjorie was a member of the Great Council of Maine. She was also a past Great Pocahontas in the state of Maine and was a member of the National Degree of Pocahontas. In 1963 she joined the Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge.
She was predeceased by her husband Lewis Hanson Steele in 2000. She was also predeceased by three sons, Clarence “Butch” Miller, Carl Hanson Steele and Lewis Steele Jr.
For many years Victor and Karen Leeman served as caregivers to Marjorie.
She is survived by two grandchildren Cynthia Schafer and Ginny Philbrick and two great-grandchildren James and Danielle Schafer.
A graveside service at New Meadows Cemetery in Brunswick will be announced at a later date on the website of Stetson’s Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Degree of Pocahontas, c/o Beverly Flagg, 722 Back Belmont Road, Belmont, ME 04952.
Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. Memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.
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