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Frank M Yeskay
October 05, 2006
Kennebunkport, ME
Frank M. Yeskay 78 years a resident of Wildes District Road, Kennebunkport, Me formerly of Holyoke, MA died Thursday October 5, 2006 at the Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford after a brief illness.
Frank was born in Holyoke, MA on May 5, 1928 a son of Peter Paul and Alice Flora (Martin) Yeskay and graduated from Holyoke High School the class of 1945. He served with the United States Navy for two years.
Frank owned and operated an appliance service business for over thirteen years and also worked for Holyoke Gas and Electric for several years before he and his wife moved to Kennebunkport, ME in 1979.
Frank was employed by the former Petrolane Propane Gas Co. of Saco, ME for several years. Then he became lobsterman fishing off Cape Porpoise, ME and for the last ten years he was an bus driver for local school system. He retired last June 2005.
He was a member of the Wildwood Fire Department of Kennebunkport.
He enjoyed playing cards and loved to cook for his family.
He was predeceased by his wife Irene (Niedzielski) Yeskay who died in 2004.
He is survived by his two beloved daughters Gayle A. Y. Welton and her husband Dennis of Saco and Debra Ann Thiboutot and her husband Mark of Nashua, NH, a beloved granddaughter Elizabeth Ashley Welton of Saco, ME and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held from 1 to 4 PM Sunday October 8th at the Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer Street Kennebunk, Maine. A funeral service will follow at 4 PM at the Chapel.
Private Interment will be in Forestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA.
Fred 'Chad' B. Chadwick Jr.
October 28, 2006
Kennebunk,ME
Fred “Chad” B. Chadwick, Jr., 49 years, died unexpectedly at his home on October 28, 2006. He was a loving father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Fred was a skilled craftsman who owned C & J Construction of Wells. He built numerous beautiful homes in the seacoast area.
Chad’s passion for motorcycles sustained him, and his belief “live to ride – ride to live” was his dream.
His family will always be proud of his many accomplishments. He touched many lives and will be forever missed by all who knew him.
Fred is survived by his son, Ryan S. Chadwick of Aspen, Colorado; mother Dorothy J. Weeden of Portsmouth, NH; father Fred B. Chadwick, Sr. and his wife Valerie of Hampton, NH; brothers Austin J. Chadwick and his wife Lisa of Jacksonville, Florida, Adam Chadwick and Jacob Chadwick both of Hampton, NH; sisters Debra S. Perry and her husband Budd of Portsmouth, Sarah J. Desmarais and her husband Ernest of Wells, Julie A. Gile and her husband Dennis of Alfred, and Wendy J. Emery and her husband Frank of Wells; his special family, Patty, Eddie, and Robert Thyng of Kennebunk; thirteen nieces and nephews; eight grand nieces and nephews; and loving aunts and uncles.
At the families request the Memorial Service will be private. There will be a celebration of his life on Thursday, November 2, at 4 pm at Bentley’s Saloon, Route 1, Arundel, Maine. All are invited.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to:
Charities of Maine
St. Francis House
24 Dunn Street
Auburn, Maine 04210
Frederick Charles Smith, Sr.
August 17, 2006
Lyman
LYMAN – Frederick Charles Smith, Sr., 75, of Lyman, died Thursday, August 17 at the Maine Veteran's Home in Scarborough.
He was born on November 16, 1930, in Old Orchard Beach, the son of Leslie Leroy and Mary (Mae) Washburn Smith. He attended the Irving School in Arundel, a one-room schoolhouse, and graduated from Kennebunk High School.
Fred served his country as an Air Force Staff Sergeant during the Korean War. He was proud of the years spent serving his country and glad of the friendships that he made. He shared many stories about his time overseas.
To many, Fred will be remembered for his gift of conversation. A well-known staple at his son’s sporting events, local fairs and bean suppers, Fred enjoyed catching up with old friends and making new ones. For several years, he delivered oil for ER Warren around the greater Kennebunk area. He was also an avid
hunter
and loved the outdoors.
He leaves behind four children, Fred Jr. of Kennebunk, Phil of Lyman, Diane and Dawn of Portland, four grandchildren, Joshua, Jamie, Jared, and Joel, and his sister, Joyce Danis of Arundel.
Visiting hours will be held at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, on Tuesday, August 29, from 6-8pm. A family burial service will be held at a later date.
The Smith family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to the staff of the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough for the care and compassion shown to Fred. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Fred’s name to the MVH to help support the care of our state’s Veterans.
H. Henry Charland
May 17, 2006
West Kennebunk
H. Henry Charland, 100 years, a resident of Main Street, West Kennebunk, died Tuesday, May 17, 2006, at the Kennebunk Nursing Center in Kennebunk.
Henry was born in St. Francois, Quebec, Canada
, a son of Francis and Josephine Morin Charland and attended schools there.
He was a long time employee of Portsmouth Shoe Shop and Kesslen Shoe of Kennebunk. He also worked for Charland and Gendreau Construction Company of Kennebunk for several years as a carpenter.
He was a long time member of the St Martha’s Church of Kennebunk.
He enjoyed playing cards and spending time with his family; especially his grandchildren for whom he even played the piano.
Henry was predeceased by his wife Yvonne Grondin Charland, who died in 1984. Also three brothers: Raoul, Paul, Clement Charland; two sisters, Beatrice C. Goudreau and Yvonne C. Lahaye and two grandchildren.
He is survived by two sons, Roger Charland and his wife Rosella and Armand Charland and his wife Lorraine, both of West Kennebunk; a daughter, Irene Powell of Darby, PA; 13 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 PM Friday, May 19, 2006 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel,67 Summer Street in Kennebunk, where a funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10 AM.
Interment will follow in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Harry E. Coombs Jr.
October 23, 2006
Kennebunk , ME
Harry E. Coombs, Jr 78 years died Monday at the River ridge Center for Rehabilitation . He was a lifelong resident of Kennebunk and resident on the Cat Mousam Road with his companion of thirty- four years Mary Lou Bernier.
Harry was born one of 15 children in Kennebunk on June 6, 1928 a son of Harry and Margaret Mae Brown Coombs. He attended Kennebunk Schools and served in the U.S. Army during World War 11 and received the Victory Medal and the occupation of Japan Medal. He was employed at Nike of Saco for several years and at York Heel Company for over 27 years as a truck driver. In his later years he was employed at Spencer Press in Wells as a Baler.
He was an avid outdoorsman enjoying
hunting, traveling, dancing and playing the guitar. He especially enjoyed family and being with his great, great niece and nephew Mallory and Karl as they were the love of his life.
Harry is survived by his companion Mary Lou Bernier, a son Michael and his wife Carol of Biddeford, a step son Scott and his wife Patricia of North Waterboro, a daughter Terry and her husband Thomas Barty of North Carolina, a brother Lawrence Coombs of Florida, three sisters, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Bonney and Margaret West all of Kennebunk 2 grandchildren Jason Coombs and Sarah Bedell, one great grandson Dylan Bedell, several nieces and nephews also survive.
Private services will be held at the convience of the family.
Memorials may be made to Kennebunk Fire Rescue, 1 Summer St Kennebunk, Maine 04043 in Mr. Coombs memory.
Helen H. Eagleson
December 03, 2006
Kennebunk
Helen H. Eagleson 94 years a resident of Huntington Common, Kennebunk died Sunday, Dec 3, 2006. She was the widow of John M Eagleson Jr.
A private graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family .
Helen Louise Grethe
November 22, 2006
Wells
Helen Louise Grethe, 88, formerly of Stephen Eaton Lane, died Wednesday morning at Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born in Somerville, MA on October 22, 1918, the daughter of Cecile William and Blanche S. (Haynes) Grethe. Helen grew up in Winchester, MA.
She lived with her parents until their death. She and her brother William remained in Winchester until his death. In 1986, she permanently relocated to Wells.
Helen was a member of the Wells Congregational Church. She enjoyed shopping.
Survivors include:
her cousin: Russell F. Grethe of Wells
There are no calling hours. Burial of cremains will take place in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA at a later date. Arrangements under the direction of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Road, Wells.
Helen Ruth Nesky
May 16, 2006
Kennebunk
Kennebunk- Helen Ruth Nesky, 90 years, formerly of Drakes Island, Wells, died Tuesday May 16, 2006 in her home at Bradford on the Common in Kennebunk.
Helen was born November 6, 1915 in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada, a daughter of Edwin and Lillian Angel Moore. After moving to the United States, Helen went on to graduate from the Newton-Wellsley Hospital Nursing Program. She pursued her career in the U. S. Army where she met her husband of 60 years, Edward Nesky.
Helen was a devoted wife and mother to her family. Although her training and experience enabled her to easily find employment in the nursing field, she only occasionally would work outside of home, preferring instead to stay home and care for her family.
Helen enjoyed the beauty of Drakes Island and she and Edward retired there in 1978. She and her husband were two of the many founders who worked so hard to create Laudholm Farm Trust and Wells Reserve.
Helen is survived by her loving husband Edward Nesky of Bradford on the Common; sons Philip Nesky of South Natick, MA and Peter Nesky of Sudbury, MA; sister Judith Sicard of England; grandchildren Leigh Nesky, Mark Nesky, John Nesky, and Amy Nesky; and one great granddaughter Jenna.
A memorial service will be held on Friday May 19 at 2 PM at the Wells Congregational Church with Reverend Herb Henry officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to:
Laudholm Farm Trust and Wells Reserve
P.O. Box 1007
Wells, ME 04090
Howard B. Sanborn
July 17, 2006
Kennebunk
Howard Blanchard Sanborn, 85 years, a resident of York Street Kennebunk died Monday July 17, 2006 at the Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover, NH after a long illness.
He was born in Shapleigh, Maine on January 16, 1921, a son of Lester Paul and Ruth L. (Pike) Sanborn.
He attended Shapleigh Schools and graduated from Lindsey High School with Valedictorian honors. He was a WWII veteran having served with the US Army –Combat Medic 29th Infantry.
From High School until 1956, Shepard Morse Lumber Mill in Alfred employed Howard, and then he became General Manager for Fairfield Lumber Mill in Fairfield CT for over 35 yrs. retiring in 1985.
He was a member of the American Legion Post #19 of Sanford.
He enjoyed woodworking, traveling around the United States and Canada, loved to go dancing and he spent many hours with his son working on Vintage Cars and race meets.
His grandson Robert Sanborn, who died in 1989, a sister Phyllis Burnell, predeceased him.
He is survived by his wife of over 60 years Pauline Hubert Sanborn of Kennebunk, a son Lester H. Sanborn of Sanford, a brother Charlie Sanborn of Sanford and two sisters Geraldine Carter of Biddeford and Hazel Goodwin of Shapleigh and a granddaughter Crystal Talmont of CT.
Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 PM Thursday, July 20th , 2006 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Street, Kennebunk where a funeral will be held at 10 AM on Friday.
Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, West Kennebunk.
Jack Ketchum
October 21, 2006
Falmouth, ME
Jack Sinclair Ketchum, the founding president of the University of New England and the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, died in Falmouth, Maine on October 21, 2006, surrounded by his family. He was 76 years old and had battled Parkinson’s disease for many years. Jack had resided in Kennebunk on his beloved Bonnie View Farm, named after his maternal ancestral home in Prince Edward Island, for more than 35 years.
Born to Jennie Brown Ketchum and Clarence Ketchum on August 30, 1930 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Jack was a naturalized United States citizen.
Jack spent his childhood in Westchester, New York, graduating from Horace Greely High School in 1948. Jack enrolled at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine but left during his sophomore year because of what he described as lack of motivation and guilt from wasting his father’s money. While working as a furnace salesman and living in a YMCA in New Hampshire, Jack encountered an elderly man at the pool who advised him that he was a “damn fool” if he didn’t finish his education. Jack heeded that advice, enrolled at the University of New Hampshire from which he graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Highly motivated he enrolled at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, receiving his MBA in 1955. To self-finance his entire education, Jack held a series of full and part-time jobs, including making sandwiches in his room and peddling them to Dartmouth students at lunch time.
While in graduate school, Jack married his long-time girlfriend from Bates College, Ruth “Tootie” Bunten. Jack and Tootie moved to Cohasset, Massachusetts, where they built their first home and began a family, with the births of John and Bruce. During this period, Jack worked as a production manager for Proctor and Gamble. After three years of what he called “making soap”, he decided to put his professional life on hold to pursue a life-long dream of being a farmer. This dream had been fostered by spending childhood summers with his maternal grandparents at Bonnie View Farm on Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was there that Jack developed his love for farming.
This dream was realized when he and Tootie purchased Maple Top Farm in Kennebunk, Maine in April 1959. Jack purchased 2,000 egg-laying hens and a flock of 100 sheep. After two years, however, Jack realized that although farming for him was a great way of life, it was no way to make a living and educate four children. Abandoning the hens, Jack maintained his flock of 100 sheep as an avocation through most of his life. The farm was his source of strength and where he sought comfort and privacy throughout the rest of his life. His John Deere tractor, periodically upgraded and named the Ida-Jean, became a treasured companion.
Two more children were added to the family during Jack and Tootie’s first years in Maine, rounding the ranks to three boys and one girl: John, Bruce, Peter and Caroline. Jack led his life in an incredibly efficient way, managing to carry on a busy professional life while reserving time for family and personal interests. Beginning in the mid-i 960s, summers were the time for family trips. These included many car camping expeditions that stretched as far away as Alaska and a trip to visit Jack’s brother in Germany. In 1980, Jack and his children lost his beloved wife and companion and their much loved mother to cancer. Caroline left for her freshman year at Alfred University as they all attempted to rebuild their lives without the nurturance and love of Tootie.
Jack resumed his professional career in 1961, joining Union Mutual Life Insurance Company as a securities analyst and portfolio manager. His talents recognized, Jack became Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Union Mutual and later President of Union Mutual’s subsidiary investment company. Jack’s consistent success over these years in portfolio management earned him notoriety in the larger financial community and established him as a leading businessman in Southern Maine.
Being the fiercely independent person he was and seeking change, Jack left Union Mutual in 1974 and established himself privately as a business and financial appraiser. It was during this period that Jack was contacted by a member of the board of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine. Asked to help them assess the enrollment-troubled St. Francis’ potential for survival and restore its financial stability, Jack counseled the St. Francis Board to “close their doors.” Offered the position of President, a position he turned down three times, Jack reluctantly agreed to serve “temporarily” as President part-time so that he could maintain his appraisal practice.
In the winter of 1975, Jack had had a conversation with his neighbor which would ultimately lead to the creation of both the University of New England (UNE) and the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (NECOM). During the period St. Francis College was seeking survival direction, a group of physicians had organized the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine (NEFOM) in order to create an Osteopathic medical school in New England. The neighbor, William Bergen, D.O. and Jack shared their current pursuits while ice-skating on Bergen’s pond. While talking, the two men suddenly saw the mutually beneficial possibilities of collaboration. Representatives from St. Francis College and NEFOM met and the rest is history.
Jack’s relationship with St. Francis College seemed providential and predestined. As Chief Investment Officer for Union Mutual during the late 1960s, Jack approved a loan to the Franciscan Fathers of Maine for construction of a new library at St. Francis College, a library which would later be dedicated as the Jack S. Ketchum Library of the University of New England. Jack later concluded that the loan was the “worst business decision of my life and it cost me ten years of hard labor”. Jack’s appointment made national news because it was the first time in U.S. history that a lay person had been named president of a Catholic college.
Over the next ten years, Jack directed what has been described as one of the most remarkable tumarounds in the history of American higher education. In 1975 St.Francis had only 350 students and debts nearly double its $2,225,000 operations budget. Today’s UNE has 3,400 students and is still growing: the school’s operating budget is just over $100 million, with an endowment of $24 million. The University has earned repeated listings as one of the best regional universities in America by U.S. News and World Report. Jack had earlier predicted that the University would “grow into its name”. . . and so it did.
Throughout this entire period Jack remained a dedicated and loving husband and father. He created the pastoral environment the family had sought in Maine, cultivating the land and shepherding his flock at Bonnie View Farm in Kennebunk. As a private citizen, Jack chaired the School Board of the Kennebunks and gave weight to the cause of Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine by serving as the General Campaign Chairman to create what would become New England’s only National Estuarine Sanctuary. As a financial investment advisor, Jack advised many businesses and individuals throughout the Northeast. Jack also served as a director of Consumers Water Company in Portland, Howell Laboratories, Inc. of Bridgton and Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company in Binghamton, New York.
Speaking years later, Jack commented that creating UNE and the only osteopathic medical school in New England, felt at times like the mythological “Twelve Labors of Hercules.” To name just a few: gaining faculty consensus for major curriculum changes; securing cooperation from impatient creditors; convincing skeptical state officials to recommend doctoral degree authority; securing federal startup funds; overcoming a gubernatorial veto of state matching funds; obtaining American Osteopathic Association accreditation candidacy; recruiting a qualified medical faculty and entering class; and preparing classroom and laboratory space.
After nearly a decade of tireless effort, Jack stepped down as tiNE’s leader deciding that the time was right for a “true academician” to lead the University. After the inauguration of his successor, Jack served as Chairman of the Board for the next ten years and was named Chair Emeritus in 1991. During his tenure at UNE, Jack was made an Honorary Alumnus in 2000; was an Honorary Degree recipient in 2001 [Doctor of Humane Letters]; and was awarded the Pioneer Of Osteopathic Medicine Medal in 2001, the highest honor awarded by NECOM. Until his illness prevented more direct involvement, Jack remained active in the affairs of the University, lending special expertise in financial and corporate planning matters.
In 1981, Jack met his future wife, Theresa Skaling Fortin of Brunswick, Maine. At the time of their marriage in 1985, Theresa was a Special Assistant Attorney General for Maine and continued in that role while also maintaining a private law practice. Theresa moved to Bonnie View Farm and she and Jack continued the worldwide travel that Jack had earlier enjoyed with Tootie and their children. Together Jack and Theresa shared ten children and eighteen grandchildren. During their years together, Theresa attempted to coach Jack through his numerous court appearances as an expert witness and Jack attempted to show Theresa how to assist in the delivery of baby lambs. Neither was very successful.
Jack also self-published two books. The first documents the life of his mother, Jennie Brown Ketchum and includes the history of fox breeding and raising on Prince Edward Island for the fur market; and more specifically, about the Brown family’s adventures and misadventures in that market. Jack’s second book was his autobiography.
Along with his wife, Theresa Ketchum of Falmouth, Jack is survived by his sister Constance Ketchum of Kennebunk and his children and their families: John Ketchum and Adrienne Dion and their children, Audrey and Michael of Singapore; Bruce Ketchum and Catherine Fogler and her son Tommy of Brunswick; Peter and Nancy Ketchum and their children Frank and Adam of Alpharetta, Georgia; and Caroline Ketchum and Peter Benbenik and their children Sam and Katherine Ketchum of Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Jack also is survived by Theresa’s family, who came to love, admire and treasure Jack as a member of their family: Anne Marie and James Reilly and their children Meghan and Isabelle of Acton, Massachusetts; Michele and Craig Baranowski and their children Olivia and Juliana of Falmouth; Debra and Roy Knight and their children Rachel and William and his son Ryan of South Harpswell; Simone and Lorian Lachance of Brunswick and their children Julie at Unity College and Jason of Ashford, Virginia; Nicole and Scott Farrell and their children Alta and Gabrielle of Falmouth and Richard and Julie Fortin of Brunswick, Maine. Jack was predeceased by his brother Ronald Ketchum of Frankfort, Germany.
During the final years of Jack’s life, he and his family relied heavily on the unfailing friendship and care of Patricia Reynolds of Arundel, Maine. Her ever-present smile and dedication to Jack provided enormous comfort and relief.
A public memorial service will be held at the Campus Center at The University of New England on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 12:00 Noon.
The family suggests that memorials may be made to the library or charity of one’s choice. Memorial donations may be made to:
The Jack S. Ketchum Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Attn: Scott Marchildon, Assistant Vice President
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
