Thomaston- Marie Edith ( Overlock) Nye, 92, passed away with her loving family by her side after a long illness on July 3rd, 2016 at the Knox Center in Rockland, Maine.
Marie was born in Rockland, Maine on September 5, 1923 to parents Walter Overlock and Hazel Eugley Overlock. Marie attended and graduated from Rockland area schools. After meeting George Nye she and he were married on September 28th, 1941. They were married for a wonderful 66 years before George’s passing. Marie loved being a homemaker and she held a few different jobs- During the war they worked at Bath Iron Works together where she was an electricians helper. After that job Marie went to work for Forty Fathoms seafood in Rockland where she worked for 28 years. In 1972 after Forty Fathoms closed she and George went to live in Fort Lauderdale Florida where she worked in maintaining condominiums for 27 years before moving back to Maine. She and George became residents of the Knox Hotel Apartments in Thomaston, Maine in 1999.
Marie was predeased by her parents, her husband George and Daughter Mildred Nye French.
Left to cherish her memories are her children- Son- George W. Nye Sr. and his wife Jessica of St. George, Me. A daughter Sheila Young and her partner James McDonald of Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla. A sister Edyth Brown Willis of Rockland and her Brother Roger Williams and his wife Mary of Poland Springs, ME. Marie is also survived by her half-brother Lou Johnson and his wife Kaye of Augusta, ME. Along with her special cousins Doug and Elaine Knowlton of Waldoboro, ME. Marie also leaves her grandsons- George W. Nye Jr. of Shelby, North Carolina, John W. Taylor and his wife Cindy of Florida, Brian N. Taylor and his wife Stephanie of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla and Walter French and Michael French of Rhode Island. Her granddaughters Geneva Hall, Victoria French, and Angie Furr and her partner Pat Haskell of Thomaston, ME. Along with several great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and friends.
A graveside service for Marie will be held in the Fall of 2016 ( and will be published) where Marie will be laid to rest beside her husband George and Daughter Milly at Achorn Cemetery in Rockland, Maine.
Hall’s of Thomaston has care of the arrangements. To extend online condolences, light a candle for Marie or to share a story or picture, visit her Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.