Elaine L. Lathrop

BRUNSWICK – Elaine L. Lathrop died Oct. 5, 2019 at the age of 76. She was born in Lewiston, the third child of Bert D. and Evelyn L. Merrill. 
She grew up in Bowdoinham and graduated from Bowdoinham Community School in 1957 and Brunswick High School in 1961.  She worked at Bath Iron Works for 24 years and for the Town of Harpswell for eight years before retiring in 2001. 
She is survived by four sons, Douglas, Jr. and wife Carol of Newport, Ky., Christopher K. and his wife Jennifer of Hooksett, N.H., Christopher W. and his wife Emily of Andover, Mass., and Michael and wife Diane of Topsham; six grandchildren, Douglas Lathrop III and wife Rachel, Jessica and her husband Nate, David and wife Alex, Ryan, Julian, and Zoe; her sister Ruth F. Phillips of Brunswick; two nieces, Pamela Mahan and her husband Tom of Holden, Mass., Kathy Abbott and her husband Michael of Durham, two nephews, Jeffrey Phillips of Concord, N.H. and Kevin McCosh and his wife JoEllen of North Yarmouth; four grandnephews, Andrew Mahan, George McCosh, Jack McCosh, and Nathan Abbott, one grandniece, Lila Abbott; and two great-granddaughters, Madison, and Chloe McKim. She was predeceased by her parents and her sister Barbara A. McCosh.
Visiting hours will be from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Oct. 11, 2019 at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St. in Brunswick. Burial will be at Varney Cemetery, Brunswick, where three generations of Merrill’s are currently interred.  To leave a note or condolence or share a memory, please visit www.brackettfh.com.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in her memory to:
Coastal Humane Society
30 Range Rd.
Brunswick, ME 04011