Mrs. Merrill was the loving wife of Robert M. Merrill for 54 years prior to his death in 2009. After graduating from Regis College in 1949, she was an elementary school teacher for several years in Arlington and Stoughton public schools. Mrs. Merrill volunteered as a docent for a number of years at The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, when she and her husband made their home there. She also volunteered for many years at Heritage Museums & Gardens and at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, both of Sandwich.
Mrs. Merrill leaves three children, Linda M. Merrill of Sandwich; Robert E. Merrill and his wife, Marybeth C. Merrill, of Warwick, R.I.; and Donald R. Merrill and his wife, Paula J. DeJohn, of Aurora, Colo.; and two granddaughters, Elizabeth C. Merrill of Brighton and Kathryn A. Merrill of Brookline.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 in Corpus Christi Church, 324 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, East Sandwich. The family will welcome visitors from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 154 Route 6A, Sandwich. Burial services will take place at Sandwich Town Cemetery, Route 130.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made for the support of the gardens at Heritage Museums & Gardens, 67 Grove St., Sandwich, MA 02563.
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