1931 – 2015
AUBURN — Dell Marie “Jiggy” Farris, 83, of Sullivan Road, Greene, died peacefully on Monday, Sept. 21, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin with her family at her side.
She was born in Greene on Sept. 22, 1931, the daughter of the late Elzlor and Dorothy (Mower) Chateauvert.
She attended Lane Grammar School in Greene and went on to graduate from Lewiston High School, Class of 1950.
During high school, she was active in the band, playing trombone.
On June 17, 1950, she married George R. Farris Sr. of Greene, who survives her.
Dell and George owned and operated George R. Farris Construction from 1963 until 2008; Farris Equipment, from 1967 until 2008; and laundromats in Greene and Sabattus.
Her hobbies included a love of knitting, music, singing, dancing, camping, gardening, canning, cooking and playing the trombone, accordion and the omni harp.
She was a member of the Greene Grange since 1945 and loved to participate in the Grange variety shows. Dell was also a member of the U.S. Air Force Civilian Air Defense Command, where she was fully accredited member of the Ground Observer Corps and Aircraft Warning Services. On Jan. 1, 1959, she became an honorary life member of the
USAF Air Defense Team, appointed to her by the chief of staff of the U.S Air Force.
Besides her husband, George Farris Sr., she is survived by three sons, George Jr. and his wife, Gayle, Gerry and his companion, Sandra Ames, and Darryl and his wife, Cathy, all of Greene; four sisters, Mary Casper and her husband, Richard, Janice Brewer and her companion, Bernard Bates, Glenice Bubier, and Elaine Knowles; one brother, Richard Chateauvert; her grandchildren, Andrew, Joline, Shane, Nicholas, Ryan, Dustin and Benjamin Farris and Robert Labbe; great-grandchildren, Savannah, Makayla and Sierra; and a sister-in law, Judith Chateauvert.
She was predeceased by two brothers, Carroll and Condrad Chateauvert; and by one sister, Dorothy Buckley.
Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com.
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