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Esther and Roland Gibson
1999-06-17
RUTLAND, VT - Esther Louise Gibson died December 5, 1998 in Rutland, VT. Roland Harrington Gibson, her husband of 56 years died one month later on January 5, 1999.
Mrs. Gibson was born April 14, 1920, in Waltham, MA, the fourth of five children of Rudolph Leonard Heigeson and Judith Landstrom Heigeson.
Mr. Gibson Gibby was born September 15, 1916, in Waltham, MA, the eldest of four children of Roland Andrew Gibson and Carrie Horne Gibson. Both grew up in the Waltham Highlands and graduated from Waltham High School. Mr. Gibson took technical training as a machinist at Wentworth Institute in Boston. They married on April 11, 1942.
Mrs. Gibson began her business career as a clerk and typist in the Civil Service, interrupted it to raise their children, and returned to the business world where she held a number of positions, ending with that of Comptroller of North East Housing Inc. in Oxford. Also very active in civic affairs, she became the first woman appointed to the Board of Appeals in the city of Waltham in 1971.
After her move from Waltham to Norway in 1972, she became the President of Norway-South Paris Club of Business and Professional Women, as well as a district director of the organization. Retiring to Naples, FL in 1984, she continued her civic bent as an officer in her neighborhood association and perfected her life long craft skill to create award winning quilts.
Mr. Gibson began his career working for the B.C. Ames Co., where he spent the Second World War as a critical worker in the machine tool industry. A number of positions in the craft of precision machinist with Waltham companies ultimately brought him to Sanborn Co., the early maker of electrocardiograph machines, which became a part of the Hewlett Packard Co. Retirement in 1972, took him to Norway, where he built a house and began a second career in carpentry.
Mr. Gibson remained a member of Oxford Lodge from his time in Norway. He was an enthusiastic amateur radio operator and a member of the American Radio Relay League for decades. Barbershop singing also engaged him for a number of years.
They are survived by their three children, Roland Leonard of Pawlet, VT; Peter Henry of Billerica, MA; and Barbara Louise of Jamaica Plain, MA; their four grandchildren, Nathaniel and Thaddeus Gibson, and Judith and Kaila Gibson-Okunieff; Mrs. Gibson's sisters, Linnea Turner of Vero Beach, FL and Edith Berggren of Olathe, KN; Mr. Gibson's brother, Henry Gibson, of Venice FL and Mr. Gibson's sisters, Ethel Wheeler, of Live Oak, FL and Corrine Ray of Ocala, FL
A memorial service will be held at the Covenant Congregational Church in Waltham, MA at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 18. Their ashes will be scatted in Pawlet, VT on Saturday, June 26. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Muriel L. Gilbert
1999-05-13
PORTLAND - Muriel L. Gilbert, 88, died Friday, May 7, 1999 at the Baron Center, Portland, where she had been a resident following a long illness.
Born in Lewiston on October 14, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Marie (Belanger) Lauze.
She was educated in the local Lewiston school. In 1935, she married Joseph Arthur Gilbert. He predeceased her in 1997.
Mrs. Gilbert was employed at the former Holmes & Stickney Shoe Manufacturing Company for 30 years. She resided in the Portland area for 32 years before moving to Bethel, where she lived from 1967 to 1998.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Snow's in Bethel.
Surviving are a daughter, Jeanne Collet of Windham; a son, James Gilbert of Westbrook; seven grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; three brothers, William, Raymond, and Harvey Lauze and five sisters, Eva Pormaleau, Irene Charest, Jean Wade, Core Dubois and Lianne Lauze predeceased her.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, May 11 at St. Edmund's Church, Route 302, Westbrook. Interment was in the Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. Arrangements were under the care of the Greenleaf Funeral Home, Bethel.
Mrs. M. Elizabeth Gile
1999-05-20
BRIDGTON - M. Elizabeth Gile, 80, of Bridgton, died Saturday, May 15, at the Bridgton Health Care Center.
She was born in Sweden on September 19, 1918, the daughter of Morris and Mary Barker Kenison.
She attended Bridgton schools and was a homemaker. She also worked as a housekeeper of the Northern Cumberland Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Gile was a member of the Advent Christian Church and also a member and volunteer at the Senior Citizens' meal site.
She lived in Bridgton all of her life and married Alton R. Gile Sr. on December 3, 1938. He died in June of 1970.
Mrs. Gile is survived by a daughter, Norine Thomas of Bridgton and a son, Alton R. Gile Jr. of Harrison; one brother, Clifford Kenison of Bridgton; and one sister, Winona Knight of Norway; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 18, at the Advent Christian Church on Lower Main Street in Bridgton. Burial was in the Forest Hill cemetery in Bridgton.
Arraignments were under the care of the Raymond-Wentworth Funeral Home.
Contributions may be made in Mrs. Gile's memory to the American Diabetes Association Maine Affiliate, 8 Crosby Street, Augusta, ME 04338 or the Advent Christian Church, Lower Main Street, Bridgton 04009.
James R. Gillis
1998-04-16
James R. "Bob" Gillis, 61, of Westport, who was active in cancer support groups, died Wednesday, April 8 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick after a brief illness.
Born in Watertown, Mass., a son of Alexander L. and Mary MacIsaac Gillis, he grew up in Dorchester, Boston. He attended Boston University and later served in the Army in the National Guard.
Mr. Gillis worked in various trades during his career, as a shipfitter, carpenter and ironworker. He lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for 10 years during the 1970s, working for Broward County as a carpenter.
Before and after that he was a shipfitter for General Dynamics in Quincy, Mass., and later worked as a self-employed carpenter.
Mr. Gillis was a long-time cancer survivor and had been active in the Brunswick Cancer Support Group since 1990. Several years ago he was a panelist on the Cancer Society's annual Living With Cancer conference in Augusta, and has been on the planning committee for that event the past two years.
He was first diagnosed with cancer of the larynx in 1988. A few years later he had tongue cancer.
Mr. Gillis enjoyed
aviation
, and he was a member of the local chapter of the Experimental
aviation Association and the Owls Head Transportation Museum.
Mr. Gillis' ancestry is traced to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and he vacationed there every summer.
He loved dogs, and most recently enjoyed the company of his Dalmatian, Mocchan.
He married the former Deborah Shea in Woods Hole, Mass., in 1981.
Surviving are his wife of Westport; his father of Quincy; a brother, A. Lloyd Gillis of Norwell, Mass.; a sister, Louise Potvin of Essex County, Vt.; and 12 nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grantnephews.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. April 18 at St. Mary of the Nativity Church, Scituate Harbor, Mass. A memorial service at his home in Westport will be announced later. Arrangements are by Brackett Funeral Home.
Howard M. Glover
1998-06-25
WEST PARIS - Howard M. Glover, 89, died Saturday, June 20, 1998, at the Ledgeview Nursing Home, West Paris. He had lived in the Rumford, Andover area all his life until entering a nursing home in 1987.
Mr. Glover was born in East Andover on March 26, 1909 and was the son of John H. and Lula (Bradeen) Glover. He graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford in the class of 1928.
He worked for several years in lumber mills and highway construction in the Andover area before entering the Oxford Paper Mill in Rumford in 1942 as a wood scaler. He retired from the then Boise Cascade Paper Mill in 1971 after 29 years of service. He then worked as a Security Guard at the Satellite Station in Andover for several years.
He was a 71-year member of Oxford Bear Lodge # 54, K.of P. in Hanover. He enjoyed lodge and outdoor sports very much, and spent many summers umpiring local baseball games.
He was married in Dixfield on August 15, 1931 to the late Ella L. Ladd who died in Rumford on July 20, 1981.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs Orville (Barbara) Meisner of East Andover, Mrs. Douglas (Doris) Reed of Enfield, MA, Mrs. Hershal (Joy) Hall of Ashburnham, MA, and Mrs. Matt (Nancy) Brooks of Phippsburg, ME; two brothers, Edward Glover of the Ledgeview Nursing Home in West Paris,and Carl Glover of Belfast; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a grandson, Michael Marston, and two sisters, Myra Crooker and Gladys Glover.
Funeral services were Wednesday at the Calvary Congregation Church in Andover with Rev. Duane Waite officiating. Interment was in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover. Meader and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Those who desire, may contribute to the Calvary Congregational Church, 1063 South Main St., Andover, ME 04216 in his memory.
Hall, Robert
August, 3, 1931 - April 16, 2002
Robert Gary Hall, 70, of Woolwich, passed away at his home in Woolwich on the morning of April 16. born in Newcastle on August 3, 1931, he was the son of Raymond and Fern (Dodge) Hall.
He graduated from Lincoln Academy, and served in the United States Navy for four years. Gary spent 35 years of his life in the car business, working at many different car dealerships in the area. He also delivered the Portland Press Herald, and Portland Sunday Telegram for many years, retiring last year after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
He was a member of the Wells-Hussey Post #42, and the V.F.W. of New Harbor.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Nancy (Parsons) Hall of Woolwich; three daughters, Jody Aylesbury and her husband David of Norfolk, Va., Jill Maxer and her husband Lance of Windham, and Shelby Hall and her fiancé Dana Hagerthy of Bath; five grandchildren, Josh, Dave Jr., and Breanna Aylesbury of Norfolk, Va., Caleb Mazer of Windham, and Connor Hagerthy of Bath; as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visiting house at the Strong Funeral Home, on Fri., April 19, 5-7 p.m. Service held at the Funeral Home on Sat., April 20, 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the Glidden cemetery in Newcastle. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, Edgecomb, 04556.
Peters-Rowe, Janet
March 29, 1928 - April 18, 2002
Janet M. Peters-Rowe, 74, of Brunswick, passed away April 18 at Mid-Coast Hospital.
Born in Bangor, March 29, 1928, to Carlton and Isabelle Lewis Hughes, she moved to Wiscasset in her early teens and was raised by her maternal aunt and uncle, Priscilla and Harold Campbell.
She attended and graduated from Wiscasset Schools. She married Conrad H. Peters in 1947. She was later married to the late Carl Rowe.
Living in Wiscasset, Janet and Conrad raised their four children and cared for each of Janet’s parents and Conrad’s maternal grandparents as their health declined.
Janet and Conrad followed the Lewis family tradition of providing small-town market services with their ownership and management of the J&P Market in Wiscasset for 18 years.
Following the sale of the family business and working in local Wiscasset businesses, Janet struggled with her personal demons and was the able to devote her life to helping fellow alcoholics and other people for whom life proved too challenging and has lost their way.
She devoted the remainder of her life to her family and to helping others learn to help themselves. She served as a substance abuse counselor at Merrymeeting House in Bowdoinham, Choice Skywood in Camden, and Rockland, and at Community Alcoholism Services in Portland.
Following her retirement as a substance counselor, she continued her service to others in the community of recovering alcoholics.
In addition, Janet’s compassion for the men, women, and children with AIDS led her to devote many hours as a volunteer for the Merrymeeting Aids Project in Brunswick.
She is survived by two sons, James A. Peters, Hooksett, N.H., and Clyson L. Peters, Thomaston; two daughters, Edith M. Kelby, Brunswick and Nancy L. Peters, Waterboro; a brother, Murtaugh “Sonny” Hughes, Richmond; a sister, Ellen Hughes Goodwin, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; Leigh Campbell of Wiscasset, and Terry Campbell of Winthrop; and her extended family and many close friends in Maine’s community of recovering alcoholics.
Memorial service 1 p.m. Sun., April 28, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pleasant St., Brunswick.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mid-Coast Hospital, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, 04011 (for use in the Pulmonary Care Unit).
Arrangements are by Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.
Dow, Dr. George F.
07/22/1905 - 06/09/2006
George Farrington Dow, 100, of Nobleboro, died June 9 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta. At the time of his death he held the Boston Post Cane for Nobleboro, its 19th recipient since 1910.
He was born July 22, 1905, in South Portland, the son of J. Henry Dow and Abbie (Farrington) Dow. He grew up on a small dairy farm in Fayette.
After attending Kents Hill Seminary, he obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Maine at Orono, and his doctorate from Cornell University.
In 1930, he married Myrtle Walker of Alna, who was also a University of Maine graduate.
He spent a career of 42 years, from 1927 to 1969, at the University of Maine, involved in research, and some teaching. He specialized in researching the costs and returns, and efficiencies in milk production and milk distribution. His research was widely used at public hearings of the Maine Milk Commission and the Boston Milk Shed Marketing Orders in establishing milk prices for producers and dealers. His information expedited major industry changes such as the shift from farms emphasizing the selling of cream to delivering milk; the change in WWII from daily home delivery of milk to home delivery three times a week; and then the complete shift from home delivery to store sales.
Starting in 1947, Dow became Assistant Director, then Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, responsible for research programs in agriculture, forestry, wildlife, and home economics. Research was conducted on a statewide basis at Orono, Monmouth (apples), Presque Isle (potatoes), Jonesboro (blueberries), and many local experimental plots.
Dow was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, for which he served 20 years as Faculty Advisory. He was also a member of the honor societies of Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi. He was active in the University of Maine Alumni Association, the local church, and the state YMCA, receiving their highest awards.
Upon retirement in 1969, he was designated “Director Emeritus,” and awarded the honorary degree of “Doctor of Science.” He then retired in Nobleboro, where he made his home with his wife, Myrtle, and his sister, Ruth Dow. He taught a course in Nobleboro History for four years, helped to organize the Nobleboro Historical Society, which he served as President and Curator, and aided in restoring an 1818 schoolhouse for the town’s Historical Center.
He became active in the local Baptist Church, served as its treasurer for many years, helped construct the educational wing, served on the state board, and in 1993, authored Bicentennial History of the First Baptist Church of Nobleboro.
For several years, he was director and secretary for Skidompha Library’s Board of Trustees. He provided active leadership for the town’s program in the restoration and care of Nobleboro cemeteries.
He served as Town Historian, was a member of the 1988 Bicentennial Committee, and was co-author of Nobleboro, Maine – A History. He wrote over 760 history articles for publication in The Lincoln County News. His Nobleboro’s War Time Involvements was published in 2005.
The town’s George Dow Scholarship Fund, created in 1995 and enriched by celebratory donations in 2005 in honor of his 90th and 100th birthdays, awarded its first scholarship this past May.
He was predeceased by his wife, Myrtle (Walker) Dow in 1992; and sister, Ruth Dow, in 2005.
He is survived by three daughters, Margaret Ricker and husband George of Windham, Barbara Turner and husband James of Cary, N.C., and Elizabeth Scott and companion Maurice Furbush of Bangor; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call 5-7 p.m., Thurs., June 15 at Strong Funeral Home in Damariscotta. “Farewell Celebration” 2 p.m., Fri., June 16 at the First Baptist Church in Nobleboro, with Pastor Bob Wyand officiating, followed by a reception at the church and Interment in the Dow/Walker family plot in the Alna Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations for scholarships may be made to The Nobleboro Historical Society, P.O. Box 122, Nobleboro, ME 04555; Dow Scholarship, Town of Nobleboro, 192 U.S. Highway 1, Nobleboro, ME 04555; or Cove’s Edge Care Fund, Cove’s Edge, 26 Schooner St., Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to care and direction of Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 612 Main St., Damariscotta.
Pendleton, Carroll
Oct. 1, 1927 - April 20, 2002
Carroll E. Pendleton, 74, of Wiscasset passed away on April 20 at his residence.
He was born in Wiscasset on Oct. 1, 1927 the son of Emery E. and Viola M. (Roberts) Pendleton.
He attended Lincoln Academy School. In 1941 he entered the Merchant Marines during World War II and served until 1945. He was employed at Bath Iron Works as a sheet metal apprentice. In 1948 he entered the U.S. Navy and served aboard the Fairfax as a radio operator during the Korean War. He was a self employed electrician and carpenter in the Bristol area for many years.
Mr. Pendleton was employed at local shipyards in East Boothbay and Boothbay. In 1980 he married Kath M. Gilbert and resided in Alna. He was employed as a draftsman at Bath Iron Works for 16 years retiring in 1995.
He enjoyed carpentry and boat building.
Mr. Pendleton was a member of the American Legion in Wiscasset and the VFW in Bristol.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy M. Pendleton of Alna, one daughter Jacqueline Williams of Bremen, three sons, Dennis Pendleton of Newcastle, Cole Pendleton of Alna, and Kyle Pendleton of Alna, five grandchildren and three cousins.
Memorial service 2 p.m., Sun., April 28, at Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal St., Wiscasset. Burial will follow in Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.
