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WENTWORTH, James A.
ELLSWORTH — James A. Wentworth, 74, died Jan. 27, 2005, at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. He was born March 25, 1930, in West Tremont, the son of Alonzo Roy and Carolyn Lois (Pomroy) Wentworth.
HIGGINS, Elmer Morrison, Jr.
BAR HARBOR — Elmer Morrison Higgins, Jr. Command Sgt. Maj., U.S. Army Retired, 79, died Jan. 28, 2005, at Mount. Desert Island Hospital. He was born March 8, 1925, in Trenton, the son of Elmer M. and Addie M. (Murphy) Higgins.
Patricia S. Rapelye
1999-02-11
Patricia Soverel Rapelye, 80, of Prairie Village, Kansas died January 28 at St. Luke's Hospital.
She was born June 18, 1918 in Montclair, N.J. and attended Briarcliff College. She married Allen B.H. McGee III and moved to Kansas City, Missouri where they raised their family. Allen died in 1983.
Patsy married Gardiner Rapelye in 1993. They resided in Boothbay Harbor and Kansas City.
Mrs. Rapelye was a member of the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City Country Club. She was also a member of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.
She was predeceased by her her brother, Bill Soverel and her daughter, Tina McGee.
Survivors include her husband, Gardiner Rapelye; four sons and their wives, Burr and Lucy McGee, Sandy and Susan McGee, John and Nancy McGee and Pat and Judy McGee; her stepson, Gardiner Rapelye Jr.; her stepdaughter, Mary Linda Rapelye; 11 grandchildren; her sister and brother-in-law, Constance and Tom Gattle; and seven nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held Saturday, January 30 at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral or a charity of your choice.
Dorothy Ramsey
1998-05-28
A committal service for Dorothy Ramsey, 75, who died December 25, 1997 will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 2 in Decker Cemetery, Southport.
Reverend DanaBeth WellsGoodwin will officiate. Arrangements are by Simmons & Harrington Funeral Home.
Ralph Ashton Corbett
1998-08-27
Ralph Ashton Corbett, 90, of South Paris died Sunday, August 16,1998, at Norway Rehabilitation and Living Center.
He was born on the home farm in South Paris, April 2,1908, the son of Fred and Virginia Sturtevant Corbett. He attended the Streaked Mountain grade school, Hebron Academy, University of Maine for a B.S. and the University of Wisconsin for a M.S. While attending the U of M, he worked in the Bacteriology Department. He was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and played freshman and varsity baseball. Upon graduation he became agricultural instructor and coach at Gorham High School. On June 27,1929 he marred Alice Card, who died January 26,1998.
In 1930 he became Agricultural County Agent for Franklin County where he organized the first baby beef project in Maine. He was transferred to the Extension office at U of M and became a Dairy Specialist. In 1939 he was a leader and organizer of the Central Maine Breeding Association and in 1940 the Androscoggin Valley Artificial Breeding Association which in 1947 merged together to form the Maine Breeding Cooperative. In 1966 they merged with other cooperatives in New England to form EASTERN. He wrote a monthly column called `Dairy Doings' in the Extension bulletin. He retired in 1966 after 36 years of service with the title Extension Dairy Specialist Emeritus.
He was a World War II veteran serving with the 705 Military Police Unit. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett, with another couple, developed a 34 lot development bordering U of M and with Mrs. Corbett's brother, they developed a 30 lot development in South Paris and built homes in both. They were major donors to the Page Farm and Home Museum on the U of M campus.
He was a member of the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono and a member of the American Dairy Science Association, serving a term as chairman of the dairy cattle breeding committee. He was a member and chairman of the New England green pastures committee and a member of the National Dairy Shrine of America. Upon retirement he picked apples every fall for 20 years amassing a total of 30,000 bushels. Some orchardists stated that undoubtedly made him the champion apple picker for Maine.
He is survived by nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 27 at 2 p.m. at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 45 Main Street, South Paris with Interment in Riverside Annex Cemetery, South Paris. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may make memorial gifts in his memory to Stephens Memorial Hospital, Main Street, Norway.
Ruth Richardson
1999-03-25
Ruth Richardson, 80, of Monson and a summer resident of Ocean Point, died Friday, March 5 in a Wilbraham, Massachusetts nursing home.
Born in Palmer, she graduated from Monson High School in 1936. She completed a post-graduate year at Northfield School for Girls. She attended University of Vermont and graduated from Boston School of Domestic Science.
Mrs. Richardson was a member of the Monson Methodist Church, board of directors of the Wilson Memorial Chapel at Ocean Point, Palmer Grange #241, Quaboag Rebekah Lodge, and a life member of the Monson Historical Society.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Warren A.; two sons, Warren A of Stamford, Conn., and George A. of Palmer, Mass.; and a grandson.
A memorial service will be held in the church on March 20 and the burial will be private. Lombard Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorial contributions may be made to Monson Free Library, 2 High Street, Monson, MA 01057; Monson Memorial Church, Main St., Monson, MA 01057; or Wilson Memorial Chapel, East Boothbay, ME 04544.
Edward F. Rabe
1998-10-08
Edward R. Rabe, M.D., 79, died at his home in Whitefield, on Oct. 3.
Dr. Rabe was born Nov. 7, 1918 in Watsontown, Penn., the son of Dr. Edward F. Rabe and Helen McClure Rabe. He received a BS degree from Bucknell University and an MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Grace-New Haven Hospital. Following two years of service in the Army Medical Corps in Europe as epidemiologist in the Theatre Chief Surgeon's Office he returned to Yale as instructor in Pediatrics and two years thereafter moved to Kansas City, Kan., where he was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and did research on poliomyelitis.
In 1951 he became head of the Department of Pediatrics at Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville, Penn. In 1958 he became one of the first National Institute of Health Fellows in Pediatric Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and then became Chief of the Pediatrics Neurology Division at Boston Floating Hospital and Professor of Pediatric Neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine.
He left this position in 1986 to spend three years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he established a Department of Pediatric Neurology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. During his 39 years of active involvement in medical teaching, research, and practice he contributed 85 papers to the medical literature. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Child Neurology Society and other medical professional groups. He retired to Whitefield in 1989. While there he took an active part in Literacy Volunteers of American, and was chairman of the Greater Augusta Affiliate for two years.
In addition to his work, he enjoyed photography, travel to foreign countries, music, and the outdoors.
He is survived by his wife Emily Wilson Rabe, his four children - Edward F. Rabe, M.D., Ph.D. of Cambridge, Mass., Marian R. Blair of Bridgton, John W. Rabe of Greenwich, Conn., and David W. Rabe of Natick, Mass., his ten grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. He was married for 56 years to Emily Wilson Rabe.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in support of research to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Maine Chapter, 175 Lancaster St., PORTLAND - ME, 04101. A private memorial service will be held at a later date for his immediate family.
Arrangements by Gray and Pratt Funeral Home, Windsor.
Davis Rawson
1998-07-02
Back when Davis Rawson was writing a political column for the Bangor Daily News, his clout in the political community was well recognized. "We're all afraid of what Dave may write about us," said one politician, "but we're more afraid that he won't mention us at all."
Indeed, notice in the Rawson column was a rite of passage for aspiring young legislators and reassurance to State House veterans that they were still in the picture. The number of times their names appeared in the Rawson column was the standard by which politicians tended to measure their own success.
Republicans always complained that Democrats tended to fare best in the column. And it"s true that Dave Rawson, the son of a minister, had a liberal bent and that his all-time State House heroes included the likes of the late Louie Jalbert, the longtime Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, and Joe Brennan, the former governor.
But not even they got a free ride. As often as Republicans, perhaps more often, Jalbert and Brennan were the butt of the gruff humor that passed for criticism in a typical Rawson column. But his affection for them always showed through.
The truth is that Dave Rawson, however much the jaded curmudgeon he might sound in his column, had a soft spot for politicians of every variety. They made up the world in which he spent most of his time. His column -- and more recently, his editorials -- reflected his knowledge of the theirir records, their strengths and weaknesses, and , now and then, the skeletons in their closets. If there was something newsworthy to know in the State House, Rawson more often than not was the first to know it and write it.
He was the undisputed dean of Maine political writers -- never mind that it was a title he emphatically declined.
But change takes place for everyone, and Dave Rawson eventually left the News to write editorials for the PORTLAND - Newspapers. Then came a stint on the news side as managing editor of the Morning Sentinel in Waterville before returning to Augusta, the place where he was most comfortable, to oversee the editorial pages of the Sentinel and the Kennebec Journal. And to keep a close eye on the Legislature.
His return to the capital was convenient, too, since he had married Nancy Perry, the Augusta-based State House reporter for the PORTLAND - Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, whose knowledge of state politics came close to matching his. But while it is true that politics usually dominated the talk at their home in Oakland that wasn"t always the case -- especially in the winter.
If Rawson was into anything more than politics, it was skiing. He skied at the expert level and for many years had spent most of his non-political weekends at his camp near Sugarloaf Mountain. This was the place where he could spend quality time with his two daughters from a previous marriage (also expert skiers), where he and Perry could relax or party with close friends and, more important, where he could get away from that journalist"s bane, the pressure of deadlines.
But, as he told a friend, he could stay away only so long. The draw of the political world was always powerful enough to pull him back, even in his last days, when he installed a computer connected to the newspapers so, even though homebound, he could impart his knowledge to copy written by others and even to do some writing himself.. Now nobody will benefit from that knowledge. Politicians will not have to yearn for mention in a Rawson column even though fearing the verdict he might render.
Sadly, the Rawson standard will no longer be a measure of legislative success.
Sara Beth Raymond
1998-04-09
SOUTH PARIS - Sara Beth Raymond, 23, of South Paris died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, April 1, 1998.
She was born in Lewiston, June 5,1974 the daughter of Dennis and Beth Newton Heino and John and Noella Craig.
She attended Lewiston schools and had served in the Army National Guard. Sara was employed at Copp Motors in Cumberland. She was a member of St. Catherine of Sienna Church and a candidate in the RCIA process.
She is survived by her two daughters, Stasha Beth and Samantha Beth, both of South Paris, mother and stepfather of South Paris, father and stepmother of Masardis, two step-sisters, Tricia Goulet, of Auburn and Tracy Labbe, of Lewiston; a half brother, John E. Craig; maternal grandmother Hazel Newton of South Paris and her paternal grandparents Ellsmore (Bud) and Martell Craig of Auburn.
Funeral services for her were held Saturday at St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway, following prayers at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, South Paris. Fr. Lawrence Conley celebrated the mass. Interment will be later in the spring at Riverside Annex Cemetery, South Paris. Bearers were Michael Clark, Dennis Sampson, Jon Tibbetts and Donald Turmenne.
Those who wish may make memorial gifts to an Educational Fund for Stasha and Samantha Raymond, c/o NoPar Credit Union, Main Street, South Paris. Weston-Chandler Funeral Home,South Paris was in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. John W. Raymond
1998-09-10
SOUTH PARIS - John W. Raymond, 91, of Norway, died Saturday, September 5, 1998 afternoon at the Market Square Health Care Center, South Paris following a long illness.
He was born in Dayton, Maine, April 14, 1907, the son of the late Dr. W. Bradford and Ethaleen (Harriman) Raymond. He graduated from South Paris High School with the class of 1925 and from Colliers School of Mortuary Science in New York City in 1929. He married the former Constance Smith on May 9, 1929.
Mr. Raymond founded the J. W. Raymond and Son Funeral Home which grew to include seven locations and was operated in turn by his son W. Bradford Raymond and his grandson Jeffrey H. Raymond. He founded the business in 1940 and retired in 1967.
A 50-year member and Past Master of Oxford Masonic Lodge #18, he was a life-member and Past Worthy Patron of Oxford Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, a former member of Norway Methodist Church, a member of the Norway Lodge of Odd Fellows and had been a member of the Norway Country Club.
Besides his wife of 69 years who resides in NOrway, he is survived by a son W. Bradford and wife Carol Ann of Norway, a grandson Jeffrey H. and wife Lorri of Harrison; two granddaughters, Audrey Sue and Stacey Ann Raymond, five great grandchildren, Tyler, Coralee, Devon, Danielle, and Jeffery and several nieces and nephews, including Virginia Goodwin of Sun City, AZ, who was like a daughter.
Graveside funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 9 at the Riverside Annex Cemetery, South Paris . Memorial donations may be made in Mr. Raymond's memory to the Norway Memorial Library,Main St., Norway. Arrangements under the care of the J. W. Raymond and Son Funeral Home Group, South Woodstock.
Elsie E. Raymond
1999-05-20
Lewiston - Elsie E. Raymond, 79, of Water Street, Mechanic Falls died Monday evening, May 17, at d'Youville Pavillion.
She was born in Gorham, December 23, 1919 the daughter of Percy and Lena Glover Whittier.
She attended school in Mechanic Falls and graduated from Mechanic Falls High School in 1937.
She had worked in the banking industry and enjoyed crocheting and crossword puzzles.
She was married to William L. Bickford who died in 1973. In 1994 she married Donald Raymond.
Survivors include her husband of Mechanic Falls; a daughter, Jane Cantral of Mechanic Falls; a stepson, Ron of Monmouth; two sisters, Thelma Fitzsimmons of Columbia, SC, and Alice Verrill of Biddeford; three grandsons, William, Daniel and Charles Cantral; and three great-grandchildren, Neil, Stephanie and Kyle Cantral.
At her request there are no services.
Interment will be in the Maine Veterans Cemetery, Augusta.
In lieu of flowers those wishing may make memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society, 52 Federal St, Brunswick, ME.
Arrangements are under the direction of Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, Mechanic Falls.
Zilla Redding
1998-11-05
CANTON - Zilla (Cleaves-Wakem) Redding, 90, of Canton, widow of Aiden E. Redding, died Sunday, October 25, 1998, at Victorian Villa Nursing Home, after an extended illness.
Mrs. Redding was born in Boothbay Harbor October 20, 1908, the daughter of the late Wilmot and Emolyn (Wormell) Cleaves. She graduated from Pine Tree Academy, in 1926, and the New England Sanitarium and Hospital in 1929, with a degree in nursing. A nurse by profession she had been associated with institutions in both Florida, and Massachusetts, prior to returning to Maine in 1962, and work as a home health nurse.
After her marriage to Aiden Redding, on June 30, 1963, she was active in the operation of Victorian Villa's nursing home and boarding home, as an administrator. Mr. Redding died in 1997. Mrs. Redding also found time to be a member of the Walt Bradley Chorale of Portland. She was a member of the Dixfield Seventh Day Adventist Church, and was a former long-time member of the South Woodstock Seventh Day Adventist Church, and a member of the church's Adventist Self-Supporting Instructions.
She is survived by a son, Bertrand and his wife, Mari Wakem, of Riverdale, GA; a daughter, Anita and her husband Frank Jacobs, of Williamsport, MD; two step-daughters, Joyce Redding Karosi, of Ada, MI, and Ruth and her husband Robert Brand, of Lancaster, MA; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-granddaughter, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Redding was predeceased by a son, Donald Wakem; two sisters, Emma Cleaves, and Hilda Anderson and three brothers, Arthur, Lloyd, and Gene.
Funeral services were held at the Dixfield Seventh Day Adventist Church, Weld St., Dixfield, Friday, October 30. Interment was in Pleasant Pond Cemetery, West Sumner. Andrews Funeral Home, South Woodstock was in charge of the arrangements. Friends who wish may make donations in Mrs. Redding's memory to: Youth Department, Jay 7th Day Adventist Church, Rt. 4, Jay, ME 04239.
