Liera G. Lowell

SOUTH PORTLAND – Liera G. Lowell, 78, of South Portland, passed away on Jan. 30, 2023 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice Scarborough. She was born (Gail Lowell Small) on May 16, 1944, in Salem, Mass., daughter of Ruth and Richard “Dick” Small. She was the middle child and grew up with her sibling’s brother (predeceased) Richard Small Jr., and sister Susan J. Mcclure of Sarasota Fla.

She also leaves behind her two daughters Cyndi O’Leary of Scarborough and Dianne G. O’Leary of Raymond and partner Gregory Mahler; four grandchildren, Kerry Makambo and fiancee Taylor Phillips, Derek Miller, Stephanie Miller and partner Jericho Maddisun, Morgan De Angelo and spouse Michael De Angelo; as well as six great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Nothing Golden Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold.

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower

But only so an hour

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

– Robert Frost

A memorial honoring her life will be held later in the spring and announced at that time

Donations may be made to:
American Lung Association
National Direct Response
PO Box 756
Osceola WI 54020-0756