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Carlton C. Brown
2001-05-17
Carlton Chace Brown, 93, husband of the late Gwendolyn H. Brown, died on Wednesday, May 9 at the home of his daughter, Janet B. Stephens in Jupiter, Florida.
Born January 16, 1908 in Naugatuck, Conn., he was the seventh of seven boys and seven girls born to Eva May (Chace) Brown and Sereno Henry Brown. He grew up in Boothbay Harbor and worked in the family business known as Brown Brothers Wharf. Later, he moved to Harwinton, Conn. where he worked at the Torrington Needle Company from where he retired.
Mr. Brown married Gwendolyn Herrin on October 13, 1939.
Survivors include two children, Janet B. Stephens and Gerald L. Brown of Sharon, Mass; three grandchildren, Stephanie M. Weaver of Goshen, Conn., J. Michelle Phenix of Jupiter, Fla., and V. Lynn Stephens of North Palm Beach, Fla.; one great-grandchild, Eric R. Reynolds; two brothers, Chester Brown and Ernest Brown; three sisters, Catherine Dick-inson, Hazel Green and Erma Garcia.
A memorial service will be held in Connecticut at a later date.
Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home of Jupiter, Fla. has care of the arrangements.
Geoffrey F. Brown
2000-01-27
Geoffrey Francis Brown, 42, Skowhegan, passed away Jan. 21.
He was born Dec. 7, 1957 in Gardiner, son of Francis E. Brown and Lucille Buckley Brown. Geoff graduated from Gardiner Area High School, Colby College with distinction and Franklin Pierce Law Center, Class of 1983.
He served in the US Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General, receiving a Navy Achievement Medal for outstanding performance in the Litigation Division.
He moved to Skowhegan where he practiced law for ten years before becoming a teacher at Cony High School, Augusta. He was an exceptional teacher and a knowledgeable basketball coach, loved and respected by the young people.
He was a deacon and usher in the Skowhegan Federated Church, and was active in the town’s Recreation Dept., Board of Assessors, Budget and Finance Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Corp., was town meeting moderator and on the board of the Redington Memorial Home.
Geoff leaves behind his beloved wife and best friend, Debora Dolloff Brown and daughters Alyson Michelle and Kaley Marissa, whom he adored.
He is also survived by his parents of Gardiner; father- and mother-in-law Ronald E. and Lillian M. Dolloff, Waldoboro; sisters Judith M. Brown and Rita Fullerton and husband Paul, Manchester; sister-in-law Linda Dolloff Pease and husband Alan, Warren; brother-in-law Andrew R. Dolloff and wife Sherry, Gorham; nephews Eric Brown, Jon Fullerton, Zachary Pease and Caleb Dolloff; nieces Kelly Fullerton and Mariah Dolloff; grandnephew Cameron Fullerton; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Visiting hours: none. Celebration of Geoff’s life: Jan. 25, 2 p.m., Skowhegan Federal Church, Island Ave., Rev. Mark Tanner officiating. Burial: In the spring. Arrangements: Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, Skowhegan.
Donations may be made in his memory to any of the following: Skowhegan Savings Bank (daughters’ trust fund), 7 Elm St., Skowhegan 04976; Geoffrey F. Brown Scholarship Fund, Gardiner Area High School, 48 W. Hill Rd., Gardiner 04345; Geoffrey F. Brown Scholarship Fund, Cony High School, 120 Cony St., Augusta 04330.
Beverly A. Bryer
2000-11-02
Beverly A. Bryer, 68, of Brunswick, died Saturday, October 28 at her home following a battle with cancer.
Born in Damariscotta on July 10, 1932, she was a daughter of George O. Sr. and Laura M. Munsey Main. She grew up in Wiscasset and was educated in the schools there and later worked with her mother at the New Meadows Inn for many years.
On January 17, 1954, she married David Bryer, and traveled with him during his Army career. They returned to Maine living in Bath and later Boothbay for a number of years, before moving to Brunswick in 1988.
Mrs. Bryer was an avid CB'er and was known as the "Tupperware Lady." She also enjoyed bingo and spending time with her family, especially her grand- and great-grandchildren.
She is predeceased by two brothers, George O. Main Jr. and Everett P. Main.
Surviving are her husband of 46 years; four daughters, Deborah A. Gill of Fredericksburg, Va., Jeannette M. Reed of Wiscasset, Laura S. Tarasoff of Virginia Beach, Va., and Michelle L. Bryer of Harpswell; a sister, Mr. John (Mildred) Grover of Westport Island and Massachusetts; 11 grandchildren; three great-grand-children; and several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was held Wednesday, November 1 at the Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset with Rev. Peg Grzelkowski officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Midcoast Hospice, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick, or CHANS, 50 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick.
Arrangements are by David B. Desmond Funeral Home in Bath.
Barbara C. Bryant
2001-06-21
Barbara C. Bryant, 76, of Winchester, Mass., and Edgecomb died June 11 at home in Winchester. Barbara was born in Providence, R.I., on May 26, 1925, to the late Willis and Bertha Chandler.
She attended Hope High School in Providence, Bates College in Lewiston, and Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston, Mass. She received her B.A. cum laude in 1947 and her M.S.W. in 1950.
She married Robert C. Bryant of Edgecomb on Sept, 2, 1950.
In the tradition of her parents, Barbara spent her lifetime helping others, starting as a social worker at the Ypsilanti, Mich., Family Service Agency in 1950. After the birth of her first child, she remained at home for several years raising her three children.
Moving to Winchester in 1960, she quickly became involved in volunteer work in the community and at the Parish of the Epiphany. She led the Cub Scout den in which her sons were enrolled, assisted in programs to feed the hungry in Boston, counseled female inmates at the Charles Street Jail, and volunteered at the Parish of the Epiphany in numerous capacities.
After her children completed elementary school, she returned to her profession of social work. She worked in the Medford school system for several years aiding disturbed children, then in Concord with Dr. Dorothy Bollinger in family social work, and capped her career in the Social Services Department of Winchester Hospital for 18 years.
In 1978 while at Winchester Hospital, she founded Winchester Meals-on-Wheels. She secured permission from the hospital to purchase meals from the hospital kitchen and brought in others from the community to set up the program. She served as Chairman of the Advisory Board until two years ago and continued as a board member until her death.
Following her retirement from the hospital, Barbara expanded her volunteer work to include mending damaged books at the Winchester library, aided in hospital as part of their valuable volunteer corps, and helping the elderly prepare their income tax returns. She was always available to help friends and neighbors identify and secure assistance from government or private sources. Barbara was a talented painter, especially in watercolors, and a long time member of the Studio Guild which she served as president and secretary. She was a member of the Epiphany’s Thursday Prayer and Discussion Group.
In 1994 Barbara was elected to the Winchester Housing Authority where she served as a Commissioner with distinction and compassion until illness required her resignation on June 1, 2001. She aided in the acquisition of additional low income housing units and most recently in the selection of a new Executive Director.
Outside of the Winchester community, Barbara served several years with FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Responding to their call for help, she worked to provide disaster relief to people who had lost homes and livelihoods to floods, hurricane and earthquakes in Massachusetts, Louisiana, California and Hawaii.
Barbara is survived by her husband, Robert, by her three children, Stephen of Blue Bell, Penn., Douglas of New York, N.Y., and Marjorie of Salinas, Cal., by her sister Marjorie Waldman of Ithaca, N.Y., and by three grandchildren, Benjamin, Margaret, and Hannah Bryant.
Funeral services June 14, at the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, Mass., with an Interment service at the North Edgecomb cemetery in Edgecomb on the following day.
HERBERT RODNEY BUCKLIN
1999-10-28
Herbert Rodney Bucklin, 65, of North Hunts Meadow Road, Whitefield, died Oct. 25 at his home.
He was born in Livermore Falls, a son of Harold and Hazel Wallingford Bucklin. He attended Lewiston High School.
Mr. Bucklin served in the Army for two years. He previously lived in the Vernon-Rockville area in Connecticut, and worked for many years in the insurance field. He retired from Celtic Life Insurance Co. in Hartford, Conn. after 34 years as assistant vice president in the computer division.
He was a life member of American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam in Enfield, Conn.
In 1993, he married Carolyn Scoville Gianakos in Livermore Falls. The couple lived in East Livermore before moving to Whitefield a year ago.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn J. Bucklin of Whitefield; two sons, Herbert Bucklin Jr. of Ellington, Conn.; and David Bucklin of Vernon, Conn; a stepson, Tony Gianakos of Ashford, Conn.; a brother, Harold Bucklin, of Jay; and two stepgrandsons.
Services and burial will be private. Arrangements are by Gray and Pratt Funeral Home, Windsor.
Orrin Ray Burdick
1998-04-10
Orrin Ray Burdick, 91, died Tuesday at a Portland Hospital.
He was born in Providence, R.I., the son of Albert C. and Grace A. Bragg Burdick, and attended schools in that area.
An orphan, he came to Maine in his youth and lived and worked on a farm in East Poland for two years. Subsequently he worked at the E.T. Burrows Co. in Portland for several years, was a merchant seaman shipping out on an oil tanker to many foreign ports, and eventually returned to Providence, where he was in the automobile tire and supply business for twenty-five years.
Mr. Burdick spent four years in Vermont, where he was an estate manager. Later, he moved to York Harbor, where he and his wife managed an estate for twenty years before retiring to Gray. He came from a musical family and was an accomplished tenor banjo player and collected old Jazz records. Mr. Burdick was a Corporal in the Marine Corps and a Veteran of W.W.II. He was a member of the Gray Senior citizens and a member of the Royal River Rod and Gun Club.
Surviving are his wife Ruth B. Burdick, of Gray; a son, Douglas B. Burdick, of Auburn; and a nephew, James Burdick, of Poland.
There will be no funeral. A graveside service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home, 24 Shaker Road, Gray.
Memorial donations can be made to Gray Rescue, PO Box 258, Gray, ME 04039.
Florence Bernice Burnell
2000-01-28
Florence Bernice (Yeaton) Burnell, 92, died Friday at a Westbrook Nursing Home. born June 17, 1907, in New Gloucester, she was the daughter of Victor Hugo and Inez (Scribner) Yeaton of Otisfield and Gray, Maine.
Bernice was employed as a telephone operator for the Pine Tree Company during the 1930's. On March 11, 1936, she married Everett Morse Burnell of Gray, who died in 1970.
She and Everett owned the White Feather Farm on the Shaker Road in Gray, where they raised White Plymouth Rock Poultry and won several awards in the annual Lewiston Poultry Show Exhibitions during the 1940s. She packed vegetables at the Hansen's Farms in Gray, and was later self employed raising broilers for the Hillcrest Poultry Company.
In her mid 70s, she delivered the Meals on Wheels to the elderly. At the age of 89, she was still knitting, crocheting, taking her daily walk, going to the Senior Citizens Mealsite, and taking trips and outings. She attended church every Sunday.
She is survived by two sons, Walter E. Burnell, of Gray, and Richard C. Burnell, of Casco, and three daughters, Mrs. Nathan (Nancy) McMinn, of Gray, Mrs. Winona M. Mancini, of Casco, and Mrs. Judith Ann Pepin, of Dayvill, CT. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Wilson Funeral Home in Gray, Maine.
Elizabeth Mank Burns
2001-04-12
Elizabeth Mank Burns, 84, Southington, Conn., a native of Waldoboro, died April 7, at Bradley Memorial Hospital, Southington. She was the widow of Merton Burns. The daughter of William and Lillian (Genthner) Mank. She was born in Waldoboro Feb. 12, 1907. She had been a resident of Southington since 1950.
Elizabeth retired from Allied Control where she worked for many years as a supervisor. She loved music and was an accomplished organist.
She leaves her son Stanton Burns of Wolcott, Conn., her daughter Marilyn Parylak of San Antonio, Tex., two sisters, Fran Duprey of Southington, Conn., Glenys Page of Maine, four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Visiting hours 6-8 April 11, at the Strong Funeral Home, Damariscotta. Graveside service will be at the Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro, in the spring.
Louise Butler, 88
2001-02-16
Louise E. Butler, 88, the mother of Jean Carr and Judi Strout, both of Gray, died February 9 at Ledgewood Manor, Windham.
Mrs. Butler was born in Ellsworth, a daughter of H. Wesley and Eunice Higgins Smith, and graduated from Ellsworth High School.
Besides her daughters, she is survived by a son, Edward Butler, of Ellsworth; a sister, Kathryn Makepeace, of Schenectady, NY; 14 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held last Monday at Wilson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Darwin Vail officiating.
Edna Buzzell
2001-04-19
Edna Buzzell, 82, of Boothbay Harbor, died Monday, April 16 at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta after a long illness.
Born Edna Harriet Knight on April 28, 1918, in Portland, she was the widow of Eugene A. Buzzell Jr., formerly of New York City.
Mrs. Buzzell was educated in Portland schools and at Westbrook Junior College, now the Westbrook Campus of the University of New England.
For four years during World War II, Mrs. Buzzell was employed at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland as a secretary in the office of the president. The shipyard built mass-produced transports known as Liberty Ships for the Allied war effort. Reminiscing of the critical periods, Mrs. Buzzell recalled, "long, demanding hours, a lot of typing in the days before copy machines and conference calls to Washington and New York."
It was at the war work that she met her future husband. Mr. Buzzell was editor of the shipbuilding firm's publications, The Keel and his work often took him to the office next to that of the young secretary.
At the end of the war she joined the staff of the Maine Publicity Bureau in Portland and Mr. Buzzell went on to employment in New York City. The couple was wed on August 31, 1946 in Portland.
Upon their marriage Mrs. Buzzell was transferred to the New York office of the Maine Publicity Bureau where she managed the Rockefeller Center office for more than 20 years while Mr. Buzzell was employed in public relations. In that time Mrs. Buzzell received the Tower Award from Westbrook College for her publicity efforts on the school's behalf.
Maine drew the Buzzells back, and in 1955 they build a cabin on Back Narrows Road in Boothbay, which they used for vacation and for rental. In 1969, they retired to a permanent home on Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. There they operated a gift store, the Salt Meadow Shop. Mr. Buzzell died in 1973 and his widow continued to reside at the Boothbay Harbor home.
She was active in the St. Andrews Hospital Auxiliary; she served five years as treasurer and later as president. In the latter position, Mrs. Buzzell suggested the creation of a thrift shop as a money-raising enterprise. The shop was put into operation by the then-president, Bea Delano, and volunteers, located for its first three years in the Buzzells' former Salt Meadow Shop and then for 11 years in a barn on the Buzzell property. Mrs. Buzzell donated use of the barn in 1998-1999 to Friends of the Library's Used Book Store for storage.
From early childhood Mrs. Buzzell was a reader of wide-ranging subjects, with particular interest in the classics. A favorite poem was "The Hound of Heaven" by Francis Thompson, an allegorical account of the human in pursuit of his soul throughout life.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John Hladik Jr. of Edison, New Jersey and Mrs. James Galen of Brookeville, Maryland.
A private burial will be held in Monroe, Maine.
Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, P.O. Box 576, Boothbay, ME 04537.
