- Date Of Birth: April 14, 1929
- Date Of Death: August 8, 2012
- State: Maine
The family of Jane Helen Catherman Clawson Merrill, sadly announces her recent passing after a year long battle with cancer. Jane was born in 1929 in Hartleton, PA, but spent most of her childhood on her fathers’ dairy farm in Hartleton, PA. She was a graduate of the class of 1946 in Mifflinburg, PA and attended college at Syracuse University and a fashion academy in New York City. After living in New Jersey and New York for a time, she moved with her family in 1962 to Stow, MA, where she started Clawson Associates, a real estate company with her first husband. Her first marriage ended in 1971. Jane continued as a Real Estate Broker for many years in Stow and along with her second husband, Albert O Merrill, whom she married in 1983, was a well respected and successful member of that field. After retirement, Jane and Al moved to New Harbor, ME, in 1993, and spent 18 wonderful years together, enjoying the beauties of Maine, one of their favorite activities being sailing. Jane also loved handwork, being very skilled at knitting, quilting, needlepoint rug hooking, and sewing. She was also an avid gardener and delighted many a walker as they would pass her lovely gardens. Jane loved to read and often commented that she could never remember a time in her life that she was not able to do so. Jane was active in the surrounding community and was a former board member of the Friends of Colonial Pemaquid and a current member of the Clamshell Quilters Guild, where she made one of the of the panels in the wall hangings of the scenes of the Bristol area, a current member of the Bristol Area Library Knitters and a member of the Old Bristol Garden Club. In addition, Jane faithfully volunteered at the Miles Memorial Hospital League Rummage Sale for many years. Jane leaves behind her loving husband of 29 years, Albert O Merrill of New Harbor, ME; two children, Christopher J Clawson of Turner’s Falls, MA and Sandra C Allen and her husband COL Jay T Allen, currently of Ft. Riley, KS; A son, Peter M Clawson, preceded her. She also leaves behind 6 grandchildren, Jessica J Allen Grosek, Kathryn L Allen Murray, Emily E Allen, Graeme C Allen, Farris W Allen and Ross M Allen; two sons-in-law; and 3 great grandchildren. In addition, she also leaves behind 3 step children, Christopher Merrill of Stow, MA, Nancy Merrill Zacharek of Conestoga, NY (her husband Keith and daughter Holly) and William Merrill of Maynard, MA.
