ROCKLAND — Anita F. Carroll, 88, died May 12, 2013, at Knox Center for Long Term in Rockland, after a brief period of declining health.

Born in Rockland July 2, 1924, she was the daughter of Lloyd W. and Beulah Coggan Oxton. Growing up in Thomaston, she was educated in local schools and was a 1942 graduate of Thomaston High School. For three years she worked with New England Telephone Company.

Her first marriage was to Glen Athearn, with whom she had one daughter, Judith. In 1946, she married Maurice Carroll Jr. Mr. Carroll died in 1980.

Mrs. Carroll was a longtime member of the West Rockport Baptist Church.

Most recently she resided at the Stella–Maris House in Rockland.

Other than her husband and parents, she was pre-deceased by a brother. She is survived by her daughter, Judith Hopkins and her companion, Luther LaRue, of Hope; three grandchildren, Ed Beverage Jr. and Aamy Beverage, both of North Haven, and Stuart Beverage of Elizabethtown, Pa.; four great-grandchildren, Ann Marie Beverage, Joshua Beverage and Christopher Beverage, all of North Haven, and Desiree Mayo of Bangor; one great-great grandson, Tobe; her brothers-in-law, Royce Carroll and his wife, Dot, of West Rockport, and Phil Carroll and his wife, Arline, of Randolph; as well as many nieces and nephews, each one whom she considered special.

Friends and relatives are invited to visit Monday, May 20, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St. in Rockland, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. The Rev. Harold Carpenter will officiate. Interment will be at a later date in Maine Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Augusta.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County, P.O. Box 1294, Rockland, ME 04841.

To share a memory or condolence with Anita's family, visit her online Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.