Barbara Evelyn Gordon

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Missing:
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence, 11 Apr 1930, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

• Residence, 2 Apr 1940, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

• Graduation: Nokomis High School, Jun 1940, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

• Residence, 4 May 1950, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

• Death of Spouse: Harold W. Nickerson Sr, 24 Jan 2002, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States.

• Death of Spouse: Almer Nelson "Bub" Davis, 31 Aug 2014, Plymouth, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

• Death of Child: Nancy Gertrude (Littlefield) Scott, 2 Mar 2020, Searsmont, Waldo, Maine, United States.

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 8 Apr 2022, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
NEWPORT - Barbara Merry-Davis, 100, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on April 4, 2022, at a Bangor hospital. She was born March 14, 1922, in Etna, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Sylvester) Gordon.
Barbara graduated from Nokomis Regional High School, Class of 1940. Following graduation, she married Ed Littlefield and settled in Newport. They had four children. After divorcing her first husband, she raised her children for many years before marrying John Merry Jr., in 1962.
Barbara started making hooked rugs in the '70s and became somewhat famous in the Folk Art world. This was her crowning achievement; making hundreds of rugs with historic and personal meaning selling for hundreds and later, thousands of dollars all over the country.
In addition to her parents, Barbara was predeceased by her brother, Charlie Gordon; sisters, Charlotte Hatch, Pauline Nickerson, Jackie Francis; and daughter, Nancy Armstrong Scott. She is survived by her children, Doug Littlefield, Ed Littlefield, Sarah Nickerson, John Merry III; many nieces, nephews, and many grand and great-grandchildren. She had a productive and healthy life and will be greatly missed by all those who knew her. A private Celebration of Life will be held at a date and time to be announced. Those wishing to remember Barbara in a special way may make gifts in her name to the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 1101, Bangor, ME 04402. Condolences to the family may be expressed at memorial-alternatives.com.

Barbara married John Herbert Merry Jr., son of John Herbert Merry Sr. and Sadie Jane Dyer, on 3 Mar 1962 in Maine, United States. (John Herbert Merry Jr. was born on 13 Jun 1921 in Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States, died on 13 Dec 1985 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States and was buried in Smart Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States.)

Barbara next married William Henry Boulter, son of George Rufus Boulter and Ida Vivena Raven, on 16 Nov 1989. (William Henry Boulter was born on 7 Jan 1915 in Knox, Waldo, Maine, United States, died on 3 Mar 1992 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States and was buried in East Knox Cemetery, Knox Center, Knox, Waldo, Maine, United States.)