Marjorie "Nanny" Miller Lowell

Portland – Marjorie “Nanny” Gertrude Lowell, 79, of Freeport died on Thursday December 23, 2010 in Portland after a period of declining health. She was born in Portland on April 5, 1931, a daughter of Marion B. (Pearson) and Charles T. Miller. She attended South Portland schools and graduated from South Portland High School, Class of 1949.

On April 30, 1954 she married Robert A. Lowell and together they had three children. She was a devoted homemaker all of her life, even while working as a telephone operator for AT&T in Portland, or as a Sales Associate for Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun in Portland or as a bookkeeper for the family business Lowell Oil Company in Freeport. She was also a Brownie Trooper Leader. She was a member of First Parish Church Congregational in Freeport.

Nanny loved any and all family get-togethers. She was known for her homemade Christmas candy. She enjoyed tremendously her camping trips to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I with Lou and Ollie, Herb and Lorraine and Norman and Nancy. Nanny enjoyed eating out, shopping and in her later years her Books on Tape.

Nanny is survived by her three children: Eric D. Lowell, Robin A. Lowell and his wife Janet Fillmore; Susan L. Hawkes and her partner Brian E. Oliver; her seven grandchildren: Heather Kristan, Neil I. Lowell and his wife Suzanne, Erica D. Lowell, Ryan A. Lowell and his wife Melissa, Tyler F. Lowell, Autumn R. Hawkes, Sarah E. Hawkes; her great-grandson Riley A. Lowell; her brother Herbert Miller and his wife Lorraine; her sisters-in-law: Virginia Lowell, Rita Miller and Ollie Miller; her brother-in-law Thomas Lowell and his wife Lucinda; many nieces, nephews and friends and special friend Karen Erskine. Nanny was predeceased by her husband who died in 2001; her sister Dorothy Smith and five brothers: Lewis, Charles, Edward, Ralph and Howard Miller.

Visiting hours will be on Wednesday December 29, 2010 from 4 – 7 PM at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth, ME 04096. Funeral service will be at the First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main Street Freeport on Thursday December 30 at 11:00 AM. A reception will follow in the church hall. Burial will be in the spring of 2011 in Grove Cemetery in Freeport.

Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com to view a video collage of Nanny’s life and to share your condolences, memories and tributes with her family.

For those who wish, donations may be made specifically to: The Mizpah Group, First Parish Church, 40 Main Street, Freeport, ME 04032.