Regina Agnes Merritt, 65

LINCOLN - Regina Agnes Merritt of Lincoln died at home on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. She was 65.

Mrs. Merritt was born March 9, 1942, in Wilmington, daughter of the late Alphonsus J. and Marguerite G. Moroney.

For many years she worked at Wal-Mart in Georgetown, as a sales manager.

Before that she retired from Kmart, Portland, Ore.

She graduated from St. Peter's High School, New Castle, in 1960.

Mrs. Merritt graduated in 1968 from Pacific College, San Diego, Calif., with a dental surgery assistant degree.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Lawrence A. Moroney Sr.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Ronald M. Merritt of Lincoln; three sons, Sean J. Merritt and his wife Julie of Westborough, Mass., Mark E. Merritt of Stafford Springs, Conn., and Ronald A. Merritt of San Francisco, Calif.; three grandsons, Cian, Adain and Declan; her sister, Rita Guajardo of Wilmington; her sister-in-law, Joan Moroney of Wilmington; two nieces, Theresa Gavinia of Wilmington and Marguerite Price of Felton; three nephews, Charles and Theodore Guajardo of Rehoboth Beach, and Lawrence A. Moroney Jr. of Newport; and a host of other great-nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian burial at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth R. C. Church, Oak and Clayton streets, Wilmington.

Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday in Krienen-Griffith Funeral Home, 1400 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington.

Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery.