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Mr. Anthony F. 'Tony' DePerte
NORWAY - Anthony F. "Tony" DePerte, 70, of 21 Cottage Street, Norway died unexpectedly Monday afternoon, October 18, 2004, at his home.
He was born and raised in Waukegan, IL (hometown of Jack Benny, his favorite comedian) on December 30, 1933, the son of Peter DePerte and Beatrice Sacramento DePerte. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He worked at Abbott's Laboratory in Illinois for 22 years. He met his beloved wife Rose when he came to Maine for a wedding and they were married in June 1974. They moved back to Illinois for a year and then returned to Maine in 1975.
He went to work at C. B. Cummings and Sons in Norway in 1975 and worked till its closing in 2002. He was a head fireman in the boiler room; a job that he took extreme pride in and was a dedicated worker for 27 years. He gave one hundred percent to this job and went the extra mile; as he did with everything whether it be home repairs and renovations or helping around the house. He would never quit until any job was done and done right.
Mr. DePerte enjoyed playing the lottery, trips to Foxwoods Casino, family gatherings, gardening, and astronomy. He was proud of his Italian heritage and loved all those Italian things: lots of food, good wine, Dean Martin, old movies, dancing, and the Godfather movies. He lived every minute of life as if it was a celebration. He always wanted to make people laugh even during the saddest of times. He loved to chat, laugh, and joke with people. He cheered on the Red Sox and the Patriots.
He was the most loving and "craziest" Italian we ever knew. God bless him. He was a wonderful husband, devoted father and grandfather, uncle, family member and friend and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is survived by his loving wife Rose of 30 years; his daughter Alana and stepson Brent all of Norway; a friend and father-in-law Lloyd D. Herrick; a son Martin (Pat) DePerte of Illinois; a daughter Michelle (Don) Brewington of Illinois; four sisters, Elizabeth (David) Tilley of Norway, Angie (John) Lazzaretto and Sarah (the late Jack) Kelley both of Illinois and Martha (the late Tony) Pappas of Arkansas; a sister-in-law, Sylvia (the late Joseph) DePerte of Illinois; a brother-in-law Lloyd C. "Skip" (Deborah) Herrick; sister-in-laws, Gloria (Glenn) Whittier and Betty (Jeff) King; many nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; his favorite "Aunt" Rose M. Smith, and his most cherished friends Paul and Linda Bourgoin of Sabattus. He was preceded in death by his mother, Beatrice DePerte Merchant; his father, Peter DePerte: his stepfather, Harvey Merchant; his mother-in-law, Gloria N. Herrick; and in August of 2004 his brother, Joseph DePerte of Illinois.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway with Interment to follow at Gracelawn Memorial Park in Auburn. Family and friends called at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
If so desired, contributions can be made in Mr. DePerte's memory to the American Heart Association, 343 Gorham Rd., S. Portland, ME 04106.
Mrs. Evelyn 'Diddy' Johnson
GREENWOOD - Evelyn "Diddy" Johnson, 83, of Greenwood, died November 28, 2004 at Ledgeview Nursing Home after a brief and sudden illness.
She was born in Greenwood on May 3, 1921, the daughter of Peter and Laura Cole Seames and lived her whole life in the Howe Hill area of town. She loved to play baseball, fish, hunt, watch baseball on TV, attend school sporting events, fry doughnuts, bake pies and, best of all, gather her family every week for a sit-down dinner.
She watched every game of every World Series and, after the 2004 win last month, when asked what she thought, said "The Red Sox are okay but I'm still a Yankees fan."
She had a vocal opinion on most things that concerned her and was not afraid to share it. She was well-known in the area as a successful water dowser and spent countless hours in the kitchen baking and cooking for friends, family and those in need. Earlier in her career she had worked at Ecko Wood Products, but was better known for her large presence behind the counter at Bob's Corner Store on Rte. 26 until her retirement.
She is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Johnson and wife Doreen of Bryant Pond and James Johnson of Greenwood; three grandchildren, Betsy Barton of Mill Valley, CA, Jamie Hastings of Greenwood, Alex Johnson of West Paris; the "light of her life" Colby James Hastings, her new great-grandchild; three brothers, Peter and wife Elsie Seames of Greenwood, Raymond and wife Louise Seames of Kingfield and William Seames of Woodstock; stepchildren, Charles Johnson and wife Wanda of Greenwood, Gerald Johnson and wife Virginia of Bryant Pond and Gloria Robinson and husband Rob of Greenwich, CT; many nieces, nephews and dear friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Oscar Johnson in 1984; her brother, Stanley Seames and her parents.
Funeral services were held at the Locke Mills Union Church on Wednesday, December 1. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Locke Mills Union Church, Greenwood, ME 04255. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, South Woodstock, Maine.
Mrs. Lena Mae Buck
SOUTH PARIS - Lena Mae Buck, 97, formerly of West Paris, died February 22, 2005 at the Market Square Health Care Center following a brief illness.
She was born on the Whitman Farm in Greenwood on September 27, 1907, and was the youngest daughter of Edward and Martha Pike. She was educated in the West Paris schools and lived in West Paris for 88 years.
She married Linwood E. Buck of Milton Plantation on November 1, 1927, and lived in the small farm her father built for her on Pioneer Street for 71 years before moving in with her daughter, Pauline Heikkinen, on Paris Hill, in 2002.
Mrs. Buck was a homemaker and caretaker of family members all of her adult life. She affectionately loved all her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great- grandchildren. She loved walking, gardening and watching wildlife. She was admired for her keen memory and quick-witted responses. Her stories of people and events of her days in Greenwood and West Paris filled many hours.
She is survived by daughter Pauline and husband Walter Heikkinen of Paris Hill; daughter Virginia and husband John Pinker of Plymouth, NH; daughter Martha and husband John McCormack of Oxford; son Linwood and wife Roberta of Fryeburg; daughter-in-law Janis Buck of West Paris; 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; two great-great-step-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents; husband Linwood Buck; brother Eben Pike; sister Agnes Lowe; two half brothers, Ernest Swan and Archie Swan; two half sisters, Viola Marshall and Minnie Churchill and one son, Edward Buck.
Graveside services will be held at the Wayside Cemetery, West Paris in the spring. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock.
Mrs. Kathleen Paige Grover
WATERFORD - Kathleen Paige Grover, 45, of Waterford passed away Friday, May 13, 2005 at her home on Papoose Pond.
She was born in Norway on May 23, 1959, the daughter of Miriam Brown Grover Higgins and Rodney T. Grover. She graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1977, and Thomas College in 1979.
She worked for Dr. Robert Story and Dr. Kenneth Hamilton, The Medicine Shop, Mildred Fox School, and most recently for CompuNET. She volunteered in various programs for the Waterford Memorial School. She loved life on Papoose Pond. She would take long walks with her long time companion, Otis, and spend time with family and friends. She loved gardening, music, especially Eric Clapton, old movies, animals, and was an avid supporter of the Oxford County Fairgrounds, where her father and uncle raced horses.
Mrs. Grover will be greatly missed by her two daughters, Annie and Elise Hodgdon; their father, Peter Hodgdon; a sister, Corille Bressette and her husband Dexter; a niece, Paige Coffin; a nephew, Sean Starbird; stepbrother, Gerald Higgins; an aunt, Mary Grover; cousins, Martha Holden and husband Robert, Beth Jones and husband Tom and Peggy Pinkham and husband I.J.; an Aunt Joyce and Uncle Arthur; a cousin, Lesley Dean; cousins Valerie and Steve and cousin Penny, husband David Brown and stepson Travis. She had so many friends that touched her life.
She was predeceased by her mother, father and brother Keith.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 19, at 2:30 p.m. in the Norway Center Church on Norway Center Road. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Oxford County Fair Association, c/o Phil Jackson, P.O. Box 397, Harrison, ME 04040. Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway.
Mr. Milton E. Mills
BRYANT POND - Milton E. Mills, 78, a resident of Pine Point Road, died peacefully at his home Friday, September 23, 2005. He was born March 28, 1927 at Norway, the son of Norman O. Mills and Eva Nye Mills.
He was educated in the grammar schools of Otisfield and Harrison, was a graduate of Lee Academy, Lee, class of 1947 and attended the University of Maine in 1948. He graduated from Maine Maritime Academy, class of 1953 with a BMS degree in Nautical Science, a third mate license and an Ensign Commission in the USNR.
Mr. Mills was a veteran of World War II in 1945 and 1946 serving aboard the USS LST 1006 in the Philippines, Korea, Japan, China, and at the Naval Radio Station in Wahiawa, HI. He received the American theater ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific theater, Victory WW II and China War Memorial Medals.
He was a Third Mate on United Fruit Co. ships transporting bananas from various Central and South American to U.S. ports in the East, Gulf and West coasts. He learned to fly in New Orleans and held a private pilot's license.
He married the former Jane C. Smith of Masontown on June 21,1958 at the West Bethel Union Church.
Active in the community, he served as Woodstock selectman, planning board member and school board member for 12 years. He was a member of the Bryant Pond Baptist Church, Jackson-Silver American Legion, Franklin Grange and local Masonic bodies. Until recently he was president of the Stuarts Corner Cemetery
Association and Bell Hill Meeting House Association. He served as director of Stephens Memorial Hospital and South Paris Savings Bank. He was a coach for the Woodstock Colt baseball team. He was a
hunter
, an avid fly fisherman and boater, enjoying the waters of the Allagash and Bryant Pond area.
Mr. Mills logged and managed woodland all his life. In 1957 he and his father formed the logging company, Mills Inc. At one time they had a logging camp and operation in Vermont and NH.
Throughout his life he enjoyed many visitors to his home on Pine Point Road. Each spring he planted a garden and generously shared the produce with family and friends. As the seasons changed he guided excursions into the surrounding countryside to check the smelt brooks, pick berries, see the foliage or cut a Christmas tree. He enjoyed cookouts and campfires at home where, with his wife Jane, they together took great pleasure hosting an annual New Year's Day skating party on Lake Christopher happily celebrating the holiday with homemade ice cream for all who came.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Jane; two daughters, Paula J. M. Lamb of South Paris and Rachel E. and her husband Wendell Scribner of Harrison; two sons, Nathan H. and his wife Mimi of Biddeford and Christopher M. and his wife Shelley of Rockport; two brothers, Sterling of Bryant Pond and O'Neil of West Paris and his wonderful grandchildren, Kennie, Caleb, Kyle, Catherine and Carolyn Lamb, Benjamin, Hannah, Sarah and Lydia Scribner and Sam, Elizabeth, Sadie and Finn Mills. He was predeceased by his father, Norman; mother, Eva and brother, Mark.
A celebration of his life will be held at the Bryant Pond Baptist Church on Saturday, October 1, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Larry Hodgkins officiating. A time of fellowship will follow at the Mills' residence on Pine Point Road in Bryant Pond. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Lee Academy, Lee, ME or the Bryant Pond Baptist Church, Bryant Pond, ME.
Mrs. Annie H. Gardner
NORWAY - Annie H. Gardner, 91, of Norway died Friday, October 14, 2005 at Norway Rehabilitation and Living Center. She was born in South Waterford on April 5, 1914, the daughter of Horace M. and Mary Hamlin Gardner. She attended school in Waterford and graduated from Portland High School.
She attended Gorham Normal School and received her Bachelor's degree from Gorham State Teachers College. She received her Master's degree from the University of Maine at Orono and did graduate study at Boston University. She taught school for 10 years at Plummer Hill in Waterford, Livermore Falls, Brownville Junction and Cape Elizabeth. She spent 32 years teaching at South Portland. She later taught in state homes for the disabled and problem children. She was listed in "Outstanding Educators in America" (a look at Who's Who in American Education by the Academy of American Educators, Chicago).
She was a member of the Barton Reading Club, Waterford Historical Society, Women's Fellowship at the Second Congregational Church in Norway, Maine Education Association and the Oxford and Cumberland County teachers associations. She was the first member of the first chapter in Maine of the Alpha Delta Kappa Fraternity. She was on the Housing Committee YMCA in Portland, the Bear Mountain Library, Bear Mountain Grange, Oxford Chapter, O.E.S., American Association of University Women and the Zonta Club for Professional and Business Women. She enjoyed oil painting, knitting, quilting and traveling, as well as reading and classical music. She also enjoyed swimming and bird watching.
She is survived by three brothers, Edwin Gardner and his wife Dora of Waterford, Ralph Gardner of Harrison and Charles (Loren) Gardner of Norway and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; a brother, Howard and a sister, Agnes Howe.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, October 20 at 11 a.m. at Weston Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway with Interment to follow at Elm Vale Cemetery
in South Waterford.
Mr. Arthur Edwin Kangas
SUMNER - Arthur Edwin Kangas, 69, of Sumner, died as the result of an automobile accident in Turner on December 11, 2005. He was born in West Paris on December 21, 1935, the son of Eino and Lena (Yates) Kangas. He was educated in local schools and had worked at local lumber yards prior to his retirement.
He was an Army veteran, having served his country from 1958 to 1960. He was very active in Granite Lodge # 182 A.F. & A.M. of West Paris and the Mountain View Chapter #197 O.E.S. of Buckfield. He loved to hunt, fish, snowmobile and go camping in Bar Harbor.
Mr. Kangas is survived by his mother, Lena Ellen Kangas of South Paris; his wife, Louise of Sumner; one son, Brian Kangas and his wife Susan of Sumner; three daughters, Julie Toothaker of West Paris, Lisa Ackley of Sumner and Holly Roberts and her husband Mike of South Paris; one brother, Richard Kangas and his wife Louise of Bryant Pond; one sister, Sandra Weitzel and her husband Don of Colorado; a sister-in-law Debra Kangas of Greenwood; six grandchildren, Samuel Ackley of Buckfield, Juanita Toothaker of South Paris, Crystal Toothaker of West Paris, Mark Huston of South Paris, Ryley Kangas of Sumner and Lindsey Roberts of South Paris; one great-granddaughter, Olivia Page Coffin of South Paris and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father and one brother, Leland Kangas.
Visiting hours will be held at the Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road, South Woodstock on Friday from 4-8 p.m., where Granite Lodge #182 A.F. & A.M. will conduct services at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Auditorium on Saturday, December 17th at 2 p.m. with Pastor Lloyd Waterhouse officiating. Spring burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery, Sumner.
Memorials in Mr. Kangas' memory are requested to be sent to the family, c/o Lisa Ackley, 207 Upper Sumner Hill Road, Sumner, ME 04292
Mrs. Doris V. Carlin
MECHANIC FALLS - Doris V. Carlin, 73, of Highland Ave., Mechanic Falls died Sunday evening, January 1, 2006 at Central Maine Medical Center.
She was born in Yarmouth on January 18, 1932, the daughter of Seth and Agnes Carlson Groves. She attended school in Yarmouth and Cosmetology School in Portland. She worked as a hairdresser at Grant-Knowles in Portland until her marriage in November 1957 to Kenneth C. Carlin.
After her marriage she was a homemaker, busy raising her family. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother; family meant everything to her.
Mrs. Carlin is survived by her husband of Mechanic Falls; daughter Virginia Lincoln and her husband Thomas of Hampden and their children Chelsea and Emily; daughter Corinne Moore and her husband W. Eric of Mechanic Falls and their children Nicole and Daniel Vachon and their daughter Halie, Scott Jenkins and his companion Jessica Charity and their daughter Emma, and Jacob Moore; daughter Cheryl Royal and her husband Jeff of Gray and their children Seth Farrington and Brooke Royal; a brother Franklin Groves and his wife Caroline of Yarmouth; one sister, Marjorie Groves of Yarmouth and a sister-in-law, Ruth Groves of Yarmouth.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 5 at 11 a.m. at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 26 West Dwinal Street, Mechanic Falls with spring Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. Family and friends called at the funeral home Wednesday 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers those who wish may make memorial gifts to the Mechanic Falls Rescue Association, Lewiston Street, Mechanic Falls, ME 04256.
