Mary E. Tillotson

LANCASTER - Mary E. Tillotson, 82, of Spring Street, died peacefully Monday afternoon November 17, 2014 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster.  She was surrounded by family.

Mrs. Tillotson was born in Lancaster on January 22, 1932 the daughter of Clifton H. Ingerson Sr. and Thelma (French) Ingerson.

Mary attended schools in Jefferson and Lancaster.  She was a parishioner of the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ.  Memberships include the Eastern Star, the Grange and the Lancaster and New Hampshire Historical Societies.  At one time she was an active leader for 4-H.  For many years she worked with Lillian Lucas at the Church Shop on Main Street in Lancaster. For a time she was employed at the Lancaster Elementary School cafeteria.  In recent years she has been making hats for premature babies born at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Family members include her husband of 64 years Aldine J. "Jack" Tillotson of Lancaster; a son John Tillotson and his wife Jewel of Grantham, NH; a daughter Cynthia Colby and her husband Robert of Lancaster; grandchildren Mandy Tillotson, Jesse Tillotson, Christopher Feugill, Zachary Colby and his wife Jamie, Marcus Colby; 4 great-grandchildren Wolf, Madison, Lily, Parker; a brother Clifton H. Ingerson Jr. of Whitefield; two sisters Nancy Lowe of Gorham, NH, and Christine Boutilier of Texas. She was predeceased by an infant son William Clifton Tillotson; her father and his wife Marion; her mother; a brother David Mardin and a sister Betty Bissonett.

Visiting hours will be held Friday November 21 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster.  A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM at the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ.  Reverend Sharon van der Laan, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will follow in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster.