Berwick - Edith (Turner) Raynor, died on April 1, 2018 in Berwick ME. Edie was born on April 8, 1934 in Ware, MA to the late Ralph Cornelius Turner and Ruby Mertie Ball.

Edie was raised on a farm in Portsmouth, RI, and developed a life-long love of animals and nature.   She graduated from Rogers High School in Newport, and earned her Nursing Degree from St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, NY, where she worked for several years as a staff nurse.   She was also a nanny for a family in England for six months. Edie was married to the love of her life, Harold J. Raynor on August 4, 1956.

After living in and around NY and NJ for several years, Edie and her family made their home in Eliot, ME for nearly 20 years, before retiring to Blairsville, GA.   They returned to Berwick in 2013.

Edie loved to travel and would often take cross-country bus rides to see the sights and visit family.  She enjoyed journaling, thrift stores, morning coffee on the deck watching the birds and animals, and spending time with family and friends.   She will be remembered for her loving nature and her unconditional acceptance of everyone.

The family would like to thank the Hospice aides and nurses as well as her special aides Tiffany Welch and Melissa LaPointe, and her nurse Nancy Greenwood, RN for their loving care and kindness to Edie and her family.  And a special thank you to Edie's granddaughter, Karen Conway, RN for nursing Edie through her final days.

Edie was predeceased by 3 sisters, 1 brother, a son, Michael, and a grandson, Eric.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Harold Raynor, a son, Tom and his wife, Janice of York, ME; daughters, Janet Sullivan of Willoughby, OH,  Candace, and her husband, Scott of Eliot, ME; daughter-in-law Adrienne of Lamoine, ME.  In addition, she is survived by 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services will be private at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that gifts be made to the charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be shared at www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com . Care for the Raynor family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.