1920
Alice
2013
Alice Price Merriam
April 30, 1920 — June 19, 2013
STERLING/SALISBURY, VT - Alice Price Merriam, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Shard Villa in Salisbury, Vermont, after a short illness. She was born on April 30, 1920 in Brewer, Maine to Dougal and Alice (Cates) Price.
Alice’s husband of 67 years, George H. Merriam, passed away in 2010. She is survived by her two children, Louise Alice Merriam and her husband James Oberly of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Gardner Price Merriam and his wife Deborah Young of New Haven, Vermont. She is also survived by five grandsons, Nicholas Gardner Oberly, Dylan Andrew Merriam and his wife Becca Merriam-Stelfox, Mason Samuel Merriam, William Price Oberly and Peter James Oberly. She was predeceased by her brothers, Clarence D. and Everett R. Price.
She grew up on a dairy farm in Unity, Maine with her older brothers. There she learned to ride horses and use horse-drawn farm implements. In her teens she and her parents moved to Portland, Maine where she graduated from Deering High School. She played tennis and enjoyed cross-country skiing during those years. She received a bachelor’s degree from Simmons College in Boston and became a librarian at Clark University in Worcester, where she met and married George Merriam in 1943. They lived in Sterling for 47 years, where Alice was a mother and homemaker. She raised beautiful flowers, delved seriously into family genealogy, enjoyed English mystery novels, and was a dedicated political liberal. In addition to her years at Clark, Alice worked at the Lancaster Public Library, the Portland Maine Public Library, and the Providence Rhode Island Public Library. She was a life-long advocate of the joys of reading.
Her family would like to thank Deb Choma and all the staff at Shard Villa in Salisbury, Vermont, where Alice received wonderful care during her last month. Prior to moving to Vermont, she lived at the Briarwood Continuing Care Community in Worcester where she re-connected with old friends and made new ones.
A memorial service will be held this summer. Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main St., Holden, is assisting the family with arrangements. To share a memory or offer a condolence, please sign the guestbook on this page.
Alice’s husband of 67 years, George H. Merriam, passed away in 2010. She is survived by her two children, Louise Alice Merriam and her husband James Oberly of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Gardner Price Merriam and his wife Deborah Young of New Haven, Vermont. She is also survived by five grandsons, Nicholas Gardner Oberly, Dylan Andrew Merriam and his wife Becca Merriam-Stelfox, Mason Samuel Merriam, William Price Oberly and Peter James Oberly. She was predeceased by her brothers, Clarence D. and Everett R. Price.
She grew up on a dairy farm in Unity, Maine with her older brothers. There she learned to ride horses and use horse-drawn farm implements. In her teens she and her parents moved to Portland, Maine where she graduated from Deering High School. She played tennis and enjoyed cross-country skiing during those years. She received a bachelor’s degree from Simmons College in Boston and became a librarian at Clark University in Worcester, where she met and married George Merriam in 1943. They lived in Sterling for 47 years, where Alice was a mother and homemaker. She raised beautiful flowers, delved seriously into family genealogy, enjoyed English mystery novels, and was a dedicated political liberal. In addition to her years at Clark, Alice worked at the Lancaster Public Library, the Portland Maine Public Library, and the Providence Rhode Island Public Library. She was a life-long advocate of the joys of reading.
Her family would like to thank Deb Choma and all the staff at Shard Villa in Salisbury, Vermont, where Alice received wonderful care during her last month. Prior to moving to Vermont, she lived at the Briarwood Continuing Care Community in Worcester where she re-connected with old friends and made new ones.
A memorial service will be held this summer. Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main St., Holden, is assisting the family with arrangements. To share a memory or offer a condolence, please sign the guestbook on this page.
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