Eliot- Thelma Hutchins, 88 of Eliot died on October 18, 2017 at York Hospital. Born in Haverhill New Hampshire on October 22, 1928 she was a daughter of the late Dana and Bertha Huntress . She was raised in and attended local schools in South Berwick Maine.
Sister, Mother, grandmother, great grandmother, companion and dear friend . We are saddened by the loss of a great woman as she went to be wth the lord on October 18, 2017.
She was a long time upholstery stitcher with her close friend Roger Aiguire. She enjoyed knitting and sewing for family and friends . At the age of 79 she learned to read and wrote her autobiography which is on file at the Maine Historical Society . Thelma was a Past Matron of Sarah Orne Jewett Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and Grand Representative of Maine to Ontario. She had been a member of OES for sixty two years.
She is survived by her daughters Carol Hutchins of Portland, ME, and Roberta and Jeff Cutting of Eliot, ME, grandchildren Erick and Heidi Swanson of New Britain, CT, Melisa Matias and her husband Noel of Deltona, FL, Kristine Smith and her husband Justin of Grain Valley, MO, Julie Cutting-Kelly and her husband Darren of South Berwick, ME, two great grandchildren Myles and Camila Matias, her sister Dora Flynn and her husband Daniel of Dover, NH and her life companion Merle Molasky of Eliot, ME. She was predeceased by her brothers Roland and Dana O. Huntress Jr. and  her loving husband of fifty five years Carlton Hutchins .
Friends are invited to visit with Thelma's family on Saturday from 11am -1pm in the JS Pelkey Funeral Home 125 Old Post Road Kittery, Maine 03904. A graveside service will be celebrated on Saturday at 1:30 pm in Brooks Memorial Park in Eliot . Online condolences may be made by visiting www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com . In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to the South Berwick Masonic Temple Association C/O Sharon Nye 16 Morningside Drive Dover, NH 03820.