Shirley Brown Hewett, 88, of Somerville, passed away on August 14, 2019 at The Knox Center for Long Term Care. Shirley was born in Jefferson, Maine on March 31, 1931, daughter of Stanford Lawrence and Sylvia Tibbetts Brown. She completed her elementary education in Somerville and graduated from Erskine Academy in 1949, where she was on the basketball team and was the senior class president. She also graduated from Gates Business College in Augusta.

Shirley married Donald N. Hewett on October 13, 1951. They had two children, Sylvia, deceased, and Mark of Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

She was an active member of the South Somerville Baptist Church for over sixty years, and was a founding member of the Somerville Fire Department Auxillary. She was also a member of the Somerville Historical Society.

She was predeceased by her husband, her parents, her brother Lyford A. Brown and her daughter Sylvia Jane Hewett.

Shirley is survived by her son, Mark and his wife Francine of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, her sister-in-law Nina Brown of Topsham, as well as several nieces and nephews whom she loved very much.

Visiting hours will be held on Sunday, August 25, 2019 from 5-7 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, in Waldoboro. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the South Somerville Baptist Church, 8 Hewett Road, in Somerville.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Shirley’s name to the South Somerville Baptist Church, 8 Hewett Road, Somerville, ME 04348 or to Erskine Academy Annual Fund, 309 Windsor Road, South China, ME 04358.

Hall’s of Waldoboro has care of the arrangements. For online condolences visit www.hallfuneralhomes.com