Elizabeth H. (Hanson) Fortier, 87, of Southern Avenue, Essex, died June 22, 2008, at Addison Gilbert Hospital Hospice, following her brief illness. She was the wife of the late Frank C. Fortier.
Muriel M. (Muise) Meuse, 72, of Gloucester, wife of the late Eugene R. Meuse, died peacefully on her birthday, June 24, 2008, at the Ledgewood Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Beverly.
Susan (Shaw) Mereness, 63, of Lake Forest, Calif., formerly of Howe Street, Ipswich, died June 18, 2008, at her home, following a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Henry M. Mereness III, who died in 1998.
Talbot Fancher “Tab” Hamlin of Ipswich, formerly of Wellesley, died June 4, 2008, after a brief illness. A textbook editor with a lifelong love of books, words and music, he was 90 years old.
Stuart E. Knowlton, 84, of Wenham, husband of the late Janet (Peacock) Clapp Knowlton, formerly of N. Conway, N.H., died June 7, 2008, at Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, following an extended illness.