Florance A. Merrifield.
Florance A. Merrifield, age 73 years old, died Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Pen Bay Medical Center.
She was born June 3, 1947 in Camden, the daughter of Albert William and Velma Rose Dennison Hastings. The family moved to South Hope in 1951 to live on the family homestead. She attended Hope schools, graduating 8th grade at Hope Corner, attended Camden High School for a year before transferring to Union High School where she graduated in June 1966.
She married her high school sweetheart, Lewis Wayne Merrifield, son of Fred M. and Doris L. Woster Merrifield, on August 11, 1966 (her parents 24th anniversary and her father’s 53rd birthday) at the South Hope Community Church. They built their home in South Hope in 1969 and raised their family there.