SCARBOROUGH – Elizabeth Clough Bartlett, 88, widow of the late Fredrick S. Bartlett, Sr. died Monday, November 19, 2012 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough.

Born September 7, 1924, she was the daughter of J Austin and Jean Daggett Clough. Educated in Rockland, she was a 1942 graduate of Rockland High School.

Following high school, Elizabeth worked for the John Bird Company, before working for a short time with Rockland Savings and Loan. Later, she was employed as a legal secretary for Strout and Payson for many years.

Mrs. Bartlett was a long time member of Pratt Memorial Methodist Church, and later moved her membership to the Federated Church of Thomaston.

She was predeceased by her parents, and brother William Austin Clough.

Mrs. Bartlett is survived by her sister, Joan L. Feyler of Rockland; her daughter Wilma B. Rico of Half Moon Bay, CA; her son Fredrick S. Bartlett, Jr. and his wife Tina of Prescott, AZ; her son Lawrence E. Bartlett and his wife Virginia of Bath; and her four grandchildren, Benjamin Rico, Molly Fitzpatrick, Jane Bartlett, and Sally Bartlett; as well two great-grandchildren Daniel and Alice Fitzpatrick.

A celebration of Mrs. Bartlett’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, November 26, 2012, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. Interment will follow in Achorn Cemetery, Rockland.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

To share a memory with Mrs. Bartlett’s family please visit her Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.