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Frances Mae Vezina
1999-06-24
NORWAY - Frances Mae (Bean) Vezina, 73, of Fore Street in Oxford, died Monday morning, June 21, at Stephens Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Vezina was born in Lewiston on August 23, 1925, the daughter of the late William H. and Edith (Hoff) Bean.
She attended Oxford schools and was a lifelong resident of that community. A homemaker, she married Robert Vezina on April 11, 1947.
She enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends. buying, selling and collecting antiques, and doing jigsaw and crossword puzzles.
Mrs. Vezina was a member of the Second Congregational Church in Norway, the Oxford Chapter of the O.E.S. the Legion Auxiliary, Oxford Post 112, and a life member of the D.A.V.
Besides her husband of 52 years, she is survived by a daughter, Edythe (DeeDee) Estes, and her husband, Greg, of South Paris; a son, Robert Vezina, and his wife, Christina, of Clayton, CA; two sisters, Marion Brown of Norway and Ruth Stanfield of Half Moon Bay, CA; a brother, Milton Bean of Oxford; eight grandchildren, Jill, Karley, and Josey Estes; Kevin Troy, and Cassandra Vezina; and Maren and Nicola Padilla; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Vezina was predeceased by a brother, William Bean.
Memorial graveside services will be held Thursday, June 24, at 11 a.m., at the Fore Street Cemetery, Oxford, to which friends and relatives are invited.
Friends who wish may make memorial donations in her memory to American Cancer Society, 52 Federal Street, Brunswick, ME 04011.
Arrangements are under the care of the Andrews Funeral Home, South Woodstock.
George Everett Vierling
2000-09-07
George Everett Vierling, 86, Damariscotta, died early on the morning of Aug. 31, at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta.
A son of Lester and Lucie (Macgowan) Vierling, he was born March 25, 1914 in Brooklin, NY.
He married Helen Fell April 17, 1937 and for many years lived with his family in South Salem, NY. He worked for 21 years as a photo engraver for Graphic Colorplate in Stamford, CT. He was actively involved with the South Salem Volunteer Fire Department serving as President of the South Salem Lion’s Club and was an honorary life member of the Professional Photographers Association of New England.
He and his wife came to Damariscotta in 1973 where he established Vierling Photo-Graphics, working in photography and engraving. He was also an active member of the Damariscotta-Newcastle Lion’s Club.
George leaves his wife of 63 years, of Damariscotta, his children David Fell Vierling of Colorado Springs, Col., Christine Beach of Gorham, Marion Mullinder of Damariscotta, a sister Ruth Heald of Sarasota, Fla., a brother Frank Richard Vierling of Oradell, NJ, four grandchildren and his great-granddaughter.
Services: Sept. 1, 2 p.m., Chapel of Strong Funeral Home, Damariscotta.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Carpenter’s Boat Shop, c/o Robert Ives, New Harbor, 04554
Edward R. Vanacore
2001-11-15
Edward Raymond Vanacore, CFA, was born April 15, 1972, and died on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center in New York. He lived in Jersey City, N.J. for the past six years.
Mr. Vanacore, the youngest of six children was the son of Thomas R. and Joan E. Vanacore of North Haven Conn. and West Boothbay Harbor.
Mr. Vanacore grew up in North Haven and graduated from North Haven High School in 1990. He attended Boston College and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1994. An accomplished pianist and tenor saxophone player, he played in BC Bop Jazz ensemble for four years while at Boston College.
He earned his Masters of Science in finance from Boston College and was awarded a Graduate Assistant-ship position. In 1996 he received membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, Boston College Chapter in 1996.
Mr. Vanacore worked in the field of finance as a financial analyst for six years earning the title Chartered Financial Analyst. At the time of his death, he was a vice president at Fiduciary Trust Company Interna-tional in Investment Research in health care.
Survivors include his sister, Pat-ricia Gensicki, her husband Law-rence and son Drew of Hamden, Conn.; four brothers, Thomas J., his wife Cindy, and their daughters Margaret and Teena of North Ha-ven, Conn., Michael, his wife Cindy, and sons Michael and Billy of North Haven, Conn., Brian, his wife, Kristen, daughter Amy-Lynn, and sons, Brian and Thomas of North Branford, Conn., and John and his wife Christina, son Patrick and daughter Sarah of North Haven, Conn.
He was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Orange and Wall Streets in New Haven where a memorial service will be held Saturday, November 17, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Doris "Dory" C. Vander
2001-08-09
Doris "Dory" C. Vander died Tuesday, August 7 at her home in Boothbay.
Born April 2, 1914, in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Leslie B. and Jessie Vincent Corey. She grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from the University of Vermont in the Class of 1936.
In 1940, she married Dr. John B. Vander in Boothbay Harbor; they bought their summer home here in 1946 and moved to Boothbay Harbor permanently in 1978. She was a lifelong summer resident of Maine.
Mrs. Vander was a very active member of the Boothbay Region Garden Club and was on the Board of Directors of the Garden Club for many years and had a tremendous interest and was a supporter of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. She studied Japanese flower arranging and enjoyed reading and the arts.
She was predeceased by her husband who died in 1995.
Survivors include her son, John L. Vander and his wife Karen Swartsberg of Boothbay Harbor; and one granddaughter, Jessie Vander, also of Boothbay Harbor.
At her request, there will be no services.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, P.O. Box 234, Boothbay, ME 04537.
Arrangements were by Simmons, Harrington & Hall funeral Home in Boothbay.
John S. Vansant
2002-07-11
John Shortridge Vansant, 89, died at Chase Point in Damariscotta on Wednesday, July 3.
Born on April 22, 1913, in New York City, he was the son of Doris Fidelia Johnson and Stephen Stanley Vansant, and grew up in nearby New Rochelle. In 1936, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. In completing his senior thesis there, he became the first person to measure the speed of light inside a laboratory.
In that same year, Mr. Vansant joined Philco Corporation's Television Research Laboratory as an electronic research engineer. There he helped to design the cathode ray tube, bringing the art of television into a commercial reality.
On July 3, 1937, he married Marion Louise Fisher, also of New Rochelle. They made their home in Huntingdon Valley, Penn., where they lived for many years and raised their family.
Mr. Vansant's career at Philco (later Philco-Ford) spanned 30 years. During this time he administered and managed both factory and lab research, as well as radar and semiconductor production. His work also led to the development and manufacture of early color television tubes.
After settling in Pennsylvania, he and his family would return weekends to New York and the City Island Yacht Club, where he was a 30-year member and served as Rear Commodore. An avid sailor and skilled skipper, his racing career on Long Island sound earned him recognition in "Sports Illustrated" in 1959. With his family he also enjoyed many decades of cruising on not only the Sound, but also Chesapeake Bay, and in later years, the coast of Maine.
Upon his retirement, the Vansants moved to Sheepscot, where they lived until 1997. During that time they were active members of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, where he served on the Vestry and as Senior Warden. He also served on the board of the Lincoln County Historical Association at which time he co-authored and published a booklet, "Sheepscot; Three Hundred Years of Transition." Involving many members of the community, this project helped to place Sheepscot Village on the National Register of Historic Places.
Throughout his life, Mr. Vansant maintained an active interest in astronomy and telescope design -- a hobby he enjoyed sharing especially with young people in the community. In the early 1950s he began building a 10-inch reflecting telescope with a mirror he shaped and polished by hand. Both Lincoln Academy and the Central Maine Astronomical Society have been recipients of his equipment and expertise. He also enjoyed playing piano and tennis, and working with wood and metal.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years; two daughters, Katharine Vansant Thompson of Sheepscot, and Susan Vansant Bartz of Santa Barbara, Calif.; one sister, Elizabeth Vansant MacDonald of Exeter, N.H.; and six grandchildren.
A private celebration of his life is planned. In lieu of flowers, friends may remember the Lincoln County Historical Association, P.O. Box 61, Wiscasset, ME 04578
Myrtle Andresen Verrill, 83
2000-06-02
Myrtle Andresen Verrill, 83, died May 26 at a Lewiston Hospital.
She was born in Durham, a daughter of John and Melinda Andresen, and graduated from Gray's Business School.
Mrs. Verrill worked at Pineland Hospital as a medical transcriber from 1963 to 1988.
She was a member of the First Congregational Christian Church of Gray.
Her pastimes included knitting, sewing, reading and eating at Cole Farms.
She raised her granddaughter, Heather Verrill.
Her husband, Leroy E. Verrill, died in 1981, and a daughter, Constance A. Verrill, died in 1997.
Mrs. Verrill is survived by a son, David Verrill, of Charlotte, NC; two daughters, Margaret Messinger, of Gray, and Elizabeth Cobb, of North New Portland; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service was held at First Congregational Church of Gray, with the Rev. Douglas Hedstrom officiating. Burial will be in Gray Village Cemetery.
Randall Verrill dies at 75
2001-08-10
Randall Bryant Verrill, born November 8, 1925, in Cumberland, died last week. He had lived in Gray since 1982.
He was the son of Chester R. and Veartrice Berry Verrill, and attended Cumberland schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944, and served in World War II.
Randall was a cattle dealer by trade, and worked many years with his father, trading horses and cattle and raising turkeys.
He moved to North Yarmouth in 1948, where he continued in the cattle trade. He built a big chicken house, and raised broilers for the Lipman Poultry Company for 21 years. He was co-owner of the Cumberland Grain Company in Yarmouth. Prior to his retirement, he raised black angus beef cattle with the Anderson farm.
In the 1950s, Randall supervised the building of five houses to sell, and built three duplex houses in North Yarmouth, which he was renting.
He was active in Town affairs, having served on the SAD 51 Board of Directors in 1970-71. He was plumbing inspector for a short time. He was chairman of the North Yarmouth Water District, and was instrumental in the laying of a new pipeline. He served as a volunteer fireman in the North Yarmouth Fire Department, and was a lifetime member. He helped organize the Town's first Rescue Unit, and was Captain of it. He served on the committee to purchase the first new tank truck in 1960.
In 1982, he moved to Gray. He spent his winters in St. Cloud, FL, which he dearly loved. He set out 30 fruit trees, and enjoyed giving his friends fresh fruit. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and helping others. He was always there to lend a helping hand.
Randall is survived by his wife of 53 years, Shirley Thurber Verrill; a son, William Verrill, of North Yarmouth; a daughter, Susan Copp, of North Yarmouth; two brothers, Richard Verrill, of Yarmouth, and Dwight Verrill, of North Yarmouth; two sisters, Norma Smith, of North Yarmouth, and Gloria Sanborn, of Cumberland; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Marion T. Van Aken
2003-10-30
Marion Trimble Van Aken, 98, of Ocean Point, passed away on Thursday, October 23 in the Gregory Wing of St. Andrews Village after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Leslie S. Van Aken of Dover-Foxcroft.
Born April 21, 1905, she was the daughter of Clarence and Frances (Haycock) Trimble. She attended Calais Public Schools, Bradford Academy and was a graduate of Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass. She started her elementary teaching career in Livermore Falls and later taught in Calais and Dover-Foxcroft.
After her husband's death in 1948, she owned and operated the Riverside Greenhouse in Dover-Foxcroft and then returned briefly to teach. Mrs. Van Aken was active in many women's service clubs including the Cosmopolitan, Percolator, and the Women's Fellowship of the Congregational Church. She also served on the Joint Board of Education for Dover-Foxcroft.
After her retirement, she moved to her home in Ocean Point. She was active in, and President of, the Wilson Memorial Chapel Association, and also served on the Board of Directors of the Ocean Point Association. Her special love was her seaside garden which attracted wide acclaim including being featured in several Anne Killian designs and on the cover of the L.L. Bean Catalog.
Mrs. Van Aken wintered in Winchester, Mass. with her son Peter, his late wife Carol, and her grandchildren Christina and David, with whom she spent many pleasant afternoons teaching them how to bake sweets. She was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont, Mass. and was active in their Circle Five Women's group.
Survivors include a son, Peter. T. Van Aken of Winchester, Mass. and his wife Candace, granddaughter, Christina of El Cerrito, Calif.; a grandson, David of Cambridge, Mass.; her extended Tremble family including the Hilton and Reynolds clans of Southport and the Willis clan in Canada
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Funeral services will be at the United Church of Christ/Congre-gational Church in Dover-Foxcroft at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 with Rev. Kenneth Dale officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Dover Cemetery. A memorial service will be celebrated next summer at the Wilson Memorial Chapel in Ocean Point.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Wilson Memorial Chapel, P.O. Box 291, East Boothbay, ME 04544. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home.
