Demerchant, Melvina May, 80, Portage Lake; in Portage Lake, September 13, 2008. Friends may call at the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou, Monday, September 22, 2008, from 12 noon until time of service which will be held at 1 p.m from the funeral home. Interment will take place in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery, Caribou. Arrangements in the care of Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
PORTAGE LAKE – Melvina May DeMerchant, 80, died peacefully September 13, 2008, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Oakfield, May 25, 1928, the daughter of George and Margaret (Pratt) Richards.
She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her family. Melvina married Clayton Maurice DeMerchant on May 5, 1962.
Surviving in addition to her husband of Portage Lake are two sons, Stephen Sanders of Denver, Colorado, and Gene Sanders of San Diego, CA; four daughters, Terri Ann DeMerchant and Jessie A. Woods both of Portage Lake, Sheila Baron of Madera, CA and Vickie Urquhart and her husband Rob of Escondido,CA; two brothers, Clyde Richards of Corinth and Milford Richards of Oakfield; three sisters, Saddie Carmichael of Littleton, Kathleen Jones of Portland and Lila Sargent of Tampa, FL; seven grandchildren; five great- grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two grandchildren, Phillip Baron and Anthony Stockwell.
Friends may call at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou, Monday, September 22, 2008 from 12 noon until time of services, which will be held at 1 p.m. from the funeral home, with the Rev. Donald Morton Sr., officiating. Interment will take place in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery, Caribou. In lieu of flowers, friends who wish to contribute in memory of Melvina may do so to Hospice of Aroostook, 14 Carroll St., Caribou, ME, or to Visiting Nurses of Aroostook, P.O. Box 688, Caribou, ME 04736. Envelopes may also be obtained through the funeral home. For online register please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.
