Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

ROCKLAND - Marian P. Wikstrom, 100, died peacefully, December 31, 2015, at Quarry Hill in Camden.
Born in Rockland, July 8, 1915, she was the daughter of Guiliano and Angelina Armata Passalacqua. Educated in local schools, she was a 1933 graduate of Rockland High School.
Other than residing 14 years in Newcastle, Marian lived most of her life in Rockland. In recent years, she resided at the Stella Maris House in Rockland, Merry Gardens and Quarry Hill, both in Camden.
Most of her career she worked as a manager at Atlantic Sportswear in Rockland.
June 14, 1959, she married Alfred Wikstrom in Rockland. Mr. Wikstrom died in 1967.
Marian loved flower and vegetable gardening.
She was a Communicant of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, was active in the Retired Senior’s Volunteer Program and Knox County Senior Citizens, all in Rockland.
Other than her parents and husband, Marian was pre-deceased by one sister Mary Liuzza. She is survived by one niece, Nancy Kangas, of Franklin, MA; two great-nephews Paul and Wendy Kangas of Franklin, MA, Larry and Judy Kangas of Metarie, LA; a great-niece Mary and Paul Irvine of Franklin, MA; several great-great nieces; as well as two step-grandchildren, Joy McNaughton of Portland, and Jeffrey Crafts of Wiscasset.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 9:00 to 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 11, 2016, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St., Rockland. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 A.M. at St. Bernards Catholic Church, 150 Broadway, Rockland. Spring interment will be in Coughlin Memorial Cemetery, Rankin Street. To share a memory or condolence with Marian’s family, please visit her Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.