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UNITY - Martha A. Perkins, 90, died peacefully on Aug. 2, 2022, in Waterville. She was born on Feb. 18, 1932, in ...

UNITY – Martha A. Perkins, 90, died peacefully on Aug. 2, 2022, in Waterville.

She was born on Feb. 18, 1932, in Unity, Maine, one of 10 children born to the late Melvin and Hazel (Dodge) Hubbard. She retired from Ethan Allen Furniture in Burnham.

Martha loved and lived for her family. She helped to raise one of her granddaughters, was kind and generous, and was a very loving mother and grandmother. She liked diamond painting, making ceramics, and watching Westerns on TV. She really enjoyed going to the casinos to play the slot machines.

She is survived by her children: Starr Davidson of California, Pamela Robinson and her husband, Horace, who was not only a son-in-law, but a best friend, of Albion, Melvin “George” Perkins of Thorndike, and Timothy Perkins and companion Angela Kennedy of Knox; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; two sisters: Ruth Smith and Jayne Hutton, both of Thorndike; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Dennis Perkins Sr; son, Dennis Perkins Jr.; and seven siblings: John, Melvin, Lawrence, Ernest, Hazel “Snooky”, Raymond, and Gertrude.

A celebration of life will be held from 1-5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, at the Snow Duster’s Club House, Fischer Road, Unity, Maine.

To leave a message of kindness or to share a memory, please visit http://www.shoreynichols.com.

Care has been provided by Shorey-Nichols Funeral Home, Pittsfield.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Research, 510 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, or http://www.stjude.org.

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