Essex, Essex - Amelia C. (Siwkoski) Hamlen, 97 of Essex, wife of the late Frank Gardner (Gar) Hamlen, passed peacefully after a brief illness. Later on, Millie worked at Sylvania on Sylvan Street in Danvers as well as New England Telephone where she was the switchboard supervisor operator. Millie summered in Essex before moving permanently from Marblehead after marriage, where she enjoyed lake life, water-skiing and boating. When retired back to Essex, Millie became active with the Essex Senior Club. Millie is survived by her son, Scott Gardner Hamlen and his wife, Joanne, her daughter-in-law, Susan Gamble, her grandchildren: Scott, Ashley, and Taylor Hamlen, Kelly (Gamble) Rospide, and Steven C. Gamble, four great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.