Marie E. (Wallace) Maxim, 91, of Wareham, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at Forestview Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Driscoll) Wallace of Onset.

Born in Wareham she was a graduate of Wareham High School. Mrs. Maxim was employed by Ocean Spray as a machine operator for 38 years before retiring. During the 1940's, she was employed at Otis Air Force Base assisting the USO. She was a member of the Onset Fire Department, Ladies Box 5 Auxiliary and the Buzzards Bay Eagles.

She enjoyed tea with her friends, camping, traveling, shopping, curtains, crafts and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. She took great joy in and marveled over her grandchildren and great-grand children.

She leaves behind her husband, Charles Maxim of Wareham; her daughter, Marie Ferreira of Wareham; three grandchildren, Cynthia Whitney, Christopher Whitney and his wife Nicole of Wareham and Heidi Ferreira-Mello and her husband Jason, of North Carolina; two great-grandchildren Morgan Gifford and Braedyn Whitney of Wareham; her nephews Thomas Rash of Missouri, Franklin Rash of Mississippi and Gary Wing of Pocasset, and a niece Barbara Whiterell of Florida.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Highway (Rt. 28), Wareham at 10:00 AM. Committal service will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Wareham. All friends and family are invited to attend.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Box Five Association, P.O. Box 1486, Onset, MA 02558. For directions and on-line guestbook visit: www.ccgfuneralhome.com