M. Elizabeth Hall, 88     UNION - M. Elizabeth Hall, 88, of Cushing passed away peacefully at Pen- Bay Medical Center in Rockport on Nov. 25, 2005.      Elizabeth, known to her friends as Muffet, an endearment given by her brother as children, was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, on Feb. 10, 1917 to British citizens Leonard and Blanche (Burrows) Jones. During the invasion of Malaya by the Japanese her father, then publisher of the Malay Mail (now the Straits Times), took refuge on the Chinese Coaster Giang Bee losing his life when the ship was strafed and bombed by Japanese planes. Her mother was removed to the Japanese prison camp in Palemabang, Sumatra, dying there of malnutrition. Her brother, Tony Jones and husband Dennis Panting, both Royal Air Force pilots, died when their planes were shot down in hostile action.     Despite these terrible losses, Elizabeth soldiered on, joining the Special Forces. A F.A.N.Y., she qualified as a member of the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.), Working with the French Resistance she parachuted behind the lines in Corsica, as reported by Sue Ryder, in her book Child of My Love. Muffet was hired by cryptographer Leo Marks, head of S.O.E. and author of Silk and Cyanide. She was also proud to have been privy to the destruction of the heavy water plants in Norway, a task celebrated by the Special Forces, as it denied Germany acquisition of the atomic bomb.     Muffet will be remembered by her family and friends for her compassion, her resiliency and strength. With her artistic flair, she loved painting, discussing books, writing letters, projects with nature, and daily walksÉ. gathering lavender, flowers, rocks, and sea galss.     She volunteered at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, until she left to tenderly care for Dean at their home. It was with Dean on Stones Point with the ocean at her windows, her flower beds gracing the rough granite, that Muffet found her greatest peace. For the past eight years Muffet resided happily in the midst of family life at the home of her son Andrew.     Muffet was predeceased by her loving husband, Dean Hall, who passed away May 1995. She is also predeceased by her parents, brothers, and her first husband prematurely.     Survivors include three sons, Anthony Baker and wife, Amy, of Staunton, Va., Jonathan Baker and wife, Olivia, of Greenville, S.C., and Andrew Baker and wife Ginny of Union; seven grandchildren, Gabrielle Amster, of Staunton, Va., Sally, James and David Baker, of Middlebury, Conn., and Abigail, Anthony (AJ) and Anny of Union; and two great- grandchildren, Julian and Adrian Amster of Stauton, Va.     A memorial service will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Peoples United Methodist Church, Depot Street, Union.         In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to:    Kno-Wal-Lin Home Health    Care Services    170 Pleasant St.    Rockland, Maine 04841    or    The Cushing Ambulance Service    Cushing, Maine 04563         Arrangements are entrusted to Hall & Bibber Funeral Home, Thomaston.    M. Elizabeth Hall