Melody Ann Feltis, obituary

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 11:45am

WALDOBORO — Melody Ann Feltis, 52, succumbed to her battle with cancer on September 29, 2018 at her home in Waldoboro. She was born November 29, 1965 in Manchester, New Hampshire to Stillman Curtis Lawrence, III and Mary Louise Delisle Lawrence.

She was raised and brought to Maine in 1974 and attended Rockland High School. Melody worked at GTE Sylvania in Waldoboro and also delivered newspapers for the Courier Gazette.

She loved her dogs and her movie collection. She was a loving mother, “Mom” a supportive, passionate person, devoted, always willing to help out, and she always opened her home to others. She was a straight forward woman as well as intuitive and a “survivor”.

Melody is predeceased by her mother, Mary Louise Delisle, her sisters Wendy Lawrence and Stephanie Farnsworth, brother Gregory Farnsworth and very dear friend Aunt Barbara Peters.

She is survived by her soulmate, Roger Feltis of Waldoboro, son Travis Staples, Sr. and his wife Samantha of Southaven, MS, and William Staples, III of Mississippi, daughter Stephanie Hildings of Iowa, sister Rhonda Albert of Gardiner, ME, grandchildren, Tiana, Travis, Jr., Evelyn and Violet, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Also special friends Richie O’Keefe and mother-in-law Alice Feltis.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Friday, October 5, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., services will be held immediately following the visiting hour at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, in Waldoboro, Pastor Tom Rawleyofficiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Melody’s name to the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, 217 Landing Road, Westbrook, Maine 07092.

Arrangements are entrusted to Halls of Waldoboro. Condolences may be shared at www.hallfuneralhomes.com