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Norman S. Lewis
2001-04-26
Norman S. Lewis, 82, died peacefully at his Southport home with his family on Sunday, April 22, 2001 after a brief illness.
Born in Boothbay, he was a son of Raymond and Mary Catherine Lewis and attended local schools.
Mr. Lewis married Mildred Marr in 1940 and raised six children in a house on Townsend Gut at the end of the Southport Bridge where Mr. Lewis was the bridge tender for 44 years from 1940 to 1984.
In 1943, Mr. Lewis left his post on the bridge to serve in the U.S. Navy and upon discharge in 1946, returned to Southport as bridge tender. For the first 20 years Mr. Lewis was the only bridge tender and was on call, to open the bridge 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Later in his career, he was fortunate to have his twin sons join him as employees on the bridge. After retiring as bridge tender he worked in the maintenance department of the Boothbay Region YMCA. Mr. Lewis and his wife also worked together at the Boothbay Region Co-op.
His greatest joy in life was his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed clamming and fishing. Every fall he and his wife spent many hours together canning homemade relish and pickles for themselves and family. Another joy in his life was his dog, "Buddy."
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Mildred M. Lewis; five sons, Donald Lewis of Wiscasset, Roy Lewis and his wife Joanne of Trevett, Norman S. Lewis Jr. and his wife Nancy of Bath, Dwight Lewis and his wife Debbie of Boothbay, and Duane Lewis and his wife Verna of Southport; one son-in-law, Gary Snowman of Southport; two sisters, Ruby Lewis of Trevett and Mary Lewis Cail of Portland; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by five brothers, one sister and by his loving daughter Ruth Ann Snowman in 1998.
There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 27 at 11 a.m. at the Southport Methodist Church. Rev. DanaBeth Wells-Goodwin will officiate. A gathering of family and friends will be held immediately after at the Southport Town Hall. A private burial will take place at a later time in Decker Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, ME 04537.
Charles N. Light
2001-04-12
Charles N. Light, 83, Waldoboro, passed away April 5, in Portland.
Charles was born May 21, 1917 in Waldoboro, the son of Chester and Lulu Creamer Light.
He grew up in Waldoboro and attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, graduating in the class of 1935.
He worked as a farmer in the poultry business, for 20 years at GTE Sylvania, mainly in the machine shop, and enjoyed lobstering, retiring in the early 1990’s.
He enjoyed
hunting
, fishing, vegetable gardening and building birdhouses. He was a sixty-year member of the Progressive Grange and a member of the Odd Fellows.
He is predeceased by his brother, Elden Light. Survived by his wife, Virginia Vannah Light of Waldoboro, daughters, Loretta Dean and her husband Ralph of Thomaston, Margaret Burnham and husband Dana of Waldoboro, seven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters, Minnie Spector of Needham, Mass.; Esther Jackson of Brunswick.
Visiting hours April 8, at the Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro. Funeral Service April 9, at the Assembly of God Church, Old Route One, Damariscotta. The Pastor Tom Wagers will officiate. Burial will follow in the Rural Cemetery, Waldoboro.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Charles memory may be made to the Lincoln County Assembly of God Church, P.O. Box 220, Damariscotta, 04553 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.
Elmer H. Lindsey
2001-05-03
Elmer H. “Tiny” Lindsey, 88, Newcastle, died April 29 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home, Damariscotta. A son of Warren and Ethel (Nelson) Lindsey, he was born March 24, 1913, in Orrington.
In his earlier years, Tiny worked at Bath Iron Works and later served a guard at the Maine State Prison and later worked in the blade department at Sikorski Aircraft, in Strafford, Conn., where he remained for 20 years. He worked in security at Housatonic Security Company in Shelton, Conn., and prior to retiring to Newcastle, served as the Newcastle Animal Control Officer.
A member of the A.F. & A.M. for 58 years, he had retained his membership in the Rockland Lodge and was a past member of the Grange, both in Owl’s Head and Nobleboro.
He leaves his wife of 67 years, Lois (Freeman) Lindsey and two sons, Gerald C. Lindsey and Ricard A. Lindsey, all of Newcastle. He also leaves his daughter Carol Lorraine Stewart of Ansonia, Conn., 23 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren, as well as many neices and nephews. He was pre-deceased by one son.
Masonic funeral 11 a.m., May 5, at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta. He will be laid to rest at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Orrington, May 6 at 1 p.m.
Geneva A. Little
2001-02-08
Geneva A. Little, 62, Damariscotta, died on the afternoon of Feb. 6, at Cove’s Edge after a lengthy illness. A daughter of Fred and Maxine (McKay) Armstrong, she was born July 22, 1938 in Jefferson.
Geneva attended Erskine Academy and in 1982 came to Damariscotta. She became involved with home health care, working for 14 years for Miles Home Health. She was a passionately loving caregiver, and through never having her drivers license, never failed to get to a patient. She was forced to stop working five years ago, due to her health.
Geneva leaves her father, Fred, of Jefferson and three children, Ed Parlin of Damariscotta, Darryl Parlin of Litchfield Vicky Erskine of Bristol. She also leaves two brothers, Albert Armstrong of Jefferson, Eugene Armstrong of Rhode Island and three grandchildren, Ryan Parlin, Nicole Parlin and Amanda Keefe.
Service to honor her life 11 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home, Damariscotta. She will be laid to rest, with her mother, at the Shepherd Cemetery, Jefferson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Geneva Little Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 73, Newcastle, 04553.
Rodney W. Lodge
2001-01-19
Rodney W. Lodge, 67, of Gray, died January 10, at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA.
Mr. Lodge was born in Eastport, a son of Byron and Lena Peters Lodge. He graduated from Shead High School.
After his discharge from the Navy, in which he served as a corpsman during the Korean War, Mr. Lodge married and started a family. He earned a degree from Bryant College, taking night classes.
He was a marketing representative for the Shell Oil Company and later for Getty Petroleum. He retired in 1990, and lived in Saco for many years before moving to Gray.
He is survived by three sons, Mark D. and Brad R., both of Lyman, and Kirk D., of Alfred, and five grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in North Windham.
Bertha Higgins Loomis
2001-01-19
Bertha Higgins Loomis, formerly of Gray, died January 15 at the age of 83, following a long illness.
She was born August 15, 1917, in Standish, daughter of Monte and Lucy Adelaide (Moulton) Frost. She attended local schools, and graduated from Gorham Normal School.
Bertha married Karlton (Gus) E. Higgins on June 15, 1942; he died in 1980. She married Charles H. Loomis on April 4, 1992; he died in August of 2000.
Bertha and Gus lived in South Paris until 1966. She was an elementary and junior high school teacher in the Norway (now Oxford Hills) schools. After moving to Gray in 1966, Gus became principal of Gray-New Gloucester High School, and Bertha became Alumni Director of the Gorham campus of the University of Maine, Portland Gorham (now the University of Southern Maine).
Bertha was active in many professional and civic organizations, and will be missed by her family and friends. Bertha enjoyed nature, reading, playing bridge and Scrabble. On Thanksgiving Day, 2000, she was able to enjoy dinner at the home of her son, with all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren in attendance.
Besides her husbands, she was predeceased by an infant daughter, Susan Higgins; her sister, Elizabeth (Frost) Bussone; her brother, Maynard Frost; and her nephew, Carl Frost.
Survivors include her son, Stephen Higgins, and his wife Ruth, of Oakland; grandchildren Christopher Higgins, of Brewer, Kathleen (Higgins) Cunningham, of Oakland; Rebecca (Higgins) Blakely, of Rochester Hills, MI; great-grandsons Chase and Jared Cunningham, of Oakland; a special niece, Terry (Bussone) Moher, of Durham, NH; and nephews David Bussone, Jerry Bussone and Mark Bussone.
At Bertha's request, there will be no public services. A private graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by Wheeler Funeral Home, of Oakland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gray Public Library, Hancock Street, Gray ME 04039, or to HealthReach Hospice, P.O. Box 1568, Waterville ME 04903-1568.
Harry M. Lounsbury
2001-03-15
Harry Meeker Lounsbury, 82, of Oxford, Penn., died on Wednesday, February 28, at Southern Chester County Hospital in West Grove, Penn.
He was the husband of Jacqueline Ferguson Lounsbury and the son of the late Harry A. Lounsbury and Martha Margaret Seymour Lounsbury of Redding, Conn.
He and his wife own a summer home on Southport Island.
Born in Danbury, Conn., he graduated in 1938 from Wooster Preparatory School in Danbury, Conn.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant in the Pacific campaign.
Mr. Lounsbury retired as executive director of the American Helicopter Society in 1976. In his retirement, he owned and operated The Hobby House in Cos Cob, Conn.
He was an Eagle Scout leader and a representative to the Town Meeting in Greenwich, Conn. He was a member emeritus of the Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company in Conn.
Mr. Lounsbury enjoyed military airplane models, and through his life built over 2,000 model airplanes. Portions of the collection are on loan to be displayed at the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, Conn.
He moved to Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford, Penn. last year and was formerly of Geenwich and Sherman, Conn.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Lounsbury is survived by two daughters, Margaret "Peg" Richards of West Chester, Penn. and Barbara Domiziano of Clearwater, Fla.; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
A memorial service was conducted on Saturday, March 3 at the Chapel at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford, Penn.
Paul E. Luke
2001-01-18
Paul E. Luke died Monday, January 15 at St. Andrews Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor.
He was born July 1, 1912, the son of Joseph and Lizzie Luke.
He attended local schools and then went to work in the boatyards to learn the trade, establishing his own boatyard in 1937.
He was an honorary member of the Naval Architects and a member of the Cruising Club of America. He enjoyed his years as a former member of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and the Downeast Yacht Club.
Mr. Luke retired at the age of 75, credited with having launched 75 wooden boats and 24 aluminum boats. He was a member of the Maine Boatbuilders Hall of Fame and became well known in the yachting world.
He was a former member of the volunteer fire department and served as a selectman.
He married Verna Thurston in 1937 and raised three children, Peggy Miner of Barters Island, John P. Luke of East Boothbay, and A. Franklin Luke of East Boothbay. He is also survived by four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A son, Dennis, predeceased him.
A private service will be held Saturday, January 20 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Rev. Allan Wells-Goodwin will officiate. A celebration of his life will be held on July 1, 2001.
Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
