SACO — Frances Marie Nasse, 90, of Saco, died peacefully at her residence with her loving daughter by her side on Friday, June 10, 2016.

She was born in Monticello, Georgia, on Sept. 27, 1925, the daughter of Dennis and Marie Whitten Maddox of Granite Hill, Georgia.

She attended and graduated from Sparta High School and received an associate’s degree from Southern Business University in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon graduating from SBU, she took a civil service test and began working in Atlanta for the U.S. government as a secretary.

From Atlanta, she worked at Robbins Field in Macon, Georgia, for a short while, then transferred to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Several years later and after World War II, she worked at the U.S. Commerce Dept. in Washington, D.C.

While working at the Pentagon, Frances met and married Charles Nicholas Nasse, a Marine stationed at Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. They later moved to Southbridge, Massachusetts. In Southbridge, she was employed at Edwards Department Store as office manager and later Hyde Manufacturing Co. as a secretary.

Charles’ work took him to Woodbridge, Virginia, and in 1978, Frances retired from Hyde Manufacturing and moved to Woodbridge to be with her husband. While there, she began working for AFCO Corp. as secretary/bookkeeper until 1985.

Due to her husband’s illness, they retired and built their retirement home in Saco. Her husband passed away in 1988. In 1990, Frances volunteered at Dyer Library and shortly after began working there. She worked at the library until 2002, and kept volunteering from then on.

She enjoyed cooking, crossword puzzles and playing games. Most of all, she loved her family and the family of her husband.

Frances was a member of Bible Baptist Church, and was active in church activities. She was a deaconess for a number of years.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, Dennis and Marie Maddox; two brothers, Morgan and D. H. Maddox; her husband, Charles Nasse Sr.; and her son, Charles Nasse Jr.

She is survived by: one daughter, Kathryn Marie and her husband, Larry Brown of San Francisco, California; a daughter-in-law, Linda Sue Nasse; two grandsons, Jason Nasse, his wife Katy and their children Jeffrey, Hope and Henry Charles, and Ryan Nasse, his wife Janet and their children Sophie and George, all of Kansas; a goddaughter, Mary Baker of Massachusetts; three nephews, Robert, Michael and Mitchell Maddox, all of Georgia; two nieces, Allene Jones and Glenda Knowles of Georgia; and many loving nieces and nephews of Saco, Maine, Massachusetts and California.

Friends and relatives may call from 2-2: 30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Bible Baptist Church, 146 Ferry Road, Saco. A funeral service will immediately follow at 2:30 p.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to: Bible Baptist Church, 146 Ferry Road, P.O. Box 390, Saco, ME 04072; Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 U.S. Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074; or Saint Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church, P.O. Box 650, Southbridge, MA 01550.

Dennett, Craig and Pate Funeral Home, 365 Main St., Saco, is in charge of arrangements. To post condolences, please go to DCPate.com.