Obituary: Sharon B. Merrill HARPSWELL - Sharon B. Merrill died on Feb. 6, 2021, from Covid -19 at the Governor King memory care wing of ... Share Sharon B. Merrill HARPSWELL – Sharon B. Merrill died on Feb. 6, 2021, from Covid -19 at the Governor King memory care wing of Catagan Lodge, The Highlands, in Topsham. A beautiful, gracious, gifted and talented lady, she will be sorely missed by all of us that knew and loved her. Sharon was born on March 10, 1943 in Freedom, to Clyde and Carolyn Briggs, the fifth of six Briggs children. She attended Unifree High School and the University of Maine – Orono, where she carried a double major in English and French. After graduating with honors in 1965, she was a graduate assistant in the UMO English Department for the following year. In 1966 she moved to Springfield, Mass., to teach French at the John F. Kennedy Middle School. The following year (1967) she was a graduate assistant in the English Department at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Her next move was to Somersworth High School in Somersworth, N.H., where for three years she was a guidance counselor and taught French.