T. Marie McLellan, 82, died January 18, 2014 at Edgecomb Green in Edgecomb.

She was born January 20, 1931 in Boothbay Harbor to Joseph C. Peters Sr. and Irene Newcomb Peters. Marie grew up in Boothbay Harbor and attended local schools. She lived in Gloucester, Mass., for several winters.

Marie was happiest when she was cooking and was a student of her mother, Irene, and she became a teacher to countless others. She cooked with her mother at Irene’s Restaurant, Lobster Loft for Clem Brewer and for several other restaurants in the Boothbay region. She was also a homemaker, raising her family.

She was chaplain and president of the Charles E. Sherman Jr. American Legion Post #36, and was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church.

Marie loved to cook, read, do crafts and write poetry. She had four of her poems published.

She was predeceased by two brothers, Joseph Cyril Peters Jr. and Patrick Peters, and by a sister, Betty Begin.

She is survived by her son, Richard McLellan and his wife Tracy of Bellingham, Wash. and Westport Island; grandchildren, Samantha McLellan of Boothbay Harbor, Jeremy McLellan of Boothbay, Hannah McLellan Farnham of Boothbay, Benjamin McLellan of Ambler, Pa., Lila Ferne McLellan of Bellingham, Wash. and Westport Island; five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Leo Peters of Boothbay Harbor and Richard Peters of Florida; sister, Sharon Begin of Boothbay Harbor; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends are welcome to join the family for a time of visitation from 2 to 4 p.m. January 25 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay. A service to celebrate Marie’s life will be held 1 p.m. January 26 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall. 

Should friends desire, contributions in Marie’s memory may be made to Edgecomb Green, 31 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay.

You are invited to share your condolences with the family by visiting their Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington and Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Boothbay.