Merritt C. Lenentine

    Lenentine, Merritt C., 81, May 8, 2011.  Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.  Interment to be held in the Monticello Jewell Cemetery.
    HOULTON – Merritt C. Lenentine, 81, died May 8, 2011, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born March 7, 1930, at Monticello, the son of Clarence E. and Iva M. Lenentine.
    Merritt served with the US Air Force (1951 – 1955) as a Staff Sergeant during the Korean War. Upon returning home, he went to work for Houlton Savings Bank, thus beginning a 34-year career in banking. He was a long-time member and past treasurer of the Military Street Baptist Church, a Past Noble Grand of the Rockabema Lodge #78, member of the Grand Encampment of the Atlantic Provinces and a member of Monument Lodge #96.
    Merritt is survived by his wife, M. Louise (Stairs) Lenentine of Houlton; two sons and their wives, Mark A. and Michelle of Sidney, and Peter O. and Katharine of Gaithersburg, MD; two sisters, Elva Coburn of Houlton, and Alma Hutchinson of Cape Corel, FL; three grandchildren, Kaileigh, Taylor, and Tess; and several nieces and nephews.
    The wake will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 at Military Street Baptist Church, Houlton, Maine. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Interment will be in the Monticello Jewell Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Aroostook Area Agency on Aging (c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton 04730) for the services they provided to the family over the past several months.
    Online condolences and guest book at dunnfuneral.com.