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Edward Robertson
BELFAST - Edward Robertson passed away Oct. 4, 2005, of natural causes. He was born in 1939, and raised in Belfast.
He is survived by his wife, Kippy Robertson.
He will be remembered for his great sense of humor, his laughter and his big heart. He will be missed very much.
Charles A. Stone Sr.
WALDOBORO - Charles A. Stone Sr., 63, died Oct. 4, 2005 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.
Mr. Stone was born April 10, 1942 in Masardis and was the son of Lyman and Catherine Burns Stone. He attended local schools.
He was a self-employed carpenter and janitor in the Maynard, Mass. schools.
He resided in Maynard for many years, caring for his parents. He recently returned to Waldoboro to spend time with his children and grandchildren.
He was known as a cribbage champ and pool shark, was easy to talk to, and gave good advice when asked.
He is survived by two sons, Charles and Jodie Stone Jr. of Waldoboro and their son Chase Lyman Stone, and Jeff and Nicole Stone of Waldoboro and their daughter Catherine Jean Stone; a daughter, Charlene Sanborn and her husband David of Waldoboro and their son David and daughter Mina Jean; his stepchildren, Deborah Nichols and David Morse of Waldoboro; three brothers, Robert Stone of Florida, and Rodney Stone and Gerald Stone of Maynard, Mass.; and nine stepgrandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Hall Funeral Home at 949 Main St. in Waldoboro.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, Maine Affiliate, 343 Gorham Road, South Portland, ME 04106.
Arrangements are with the Hall Funeral Home in Waldoboro.
Winfield Stanley Moulton
SEARSPORT - Winfield Stanley Moulton, 67, of Searsport, passed away at home Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005. He was born in Belfast on March 8, 1938, the son of Frank Wallace Moulton Sr. and Gertrude (Dunbar) Moulton. He served as an M.P. for the United States Marine Corps.
Winfield worked for Stinson Seafood as a foreman before becoming a state food inspector for the Department of Agriculture.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by three brothers, Richard, Roger and Robert; and a sister, Rebecca Pendleton.
He is survived by two children, Rita Murphy and husband, Kenneth, and Stephen Moulton Sr. and wife, Annie; special friends, Pearl Moulton, Roy Young Sr., and Steve Morin; seven grandchildren, Kevin Moulton, Stephen Moulton Jr., Tina Adame, Andy Guaydacan, Jennifer Guaydacan, and Charlie and Anita Murphy; two great-grandchildren, Mateo Guaydacan and Norah Belden; four brothers, Bradford and Linda Moulton, Timothy and Pam Moulton, Frank Moulton Jr., Dawson Moulton and Susan; and two sisters, Rose Perkins and Linda and George Mallock.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Mt. Solitude Cemetery, Dickey Hill Road, in Monroe, with Rev. David Abbott officiating.
Those wishing to make memorial donations may do so to the American Heart Association, 343 Gorham Rd., South Portland, ME 04106.
Arrangements are under the care of Crabiel-Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast.
Ruth L. Osgood
ROCKLAND - Ruth L. Osgood, 82, died Oct. 6, 2005 at the Knox Center for Long-Term Care following a long illness.
There will be no services.
Arrangements are with the Burpee, Carpenter and Hutchins Funeral Home at 110 Limerock St. in Rockland.
Lawrence John Mills
SOUTH THOMASTON - Lawrence John "Larry" Mills, 74, died Oct. 5, 2005 at his home with his family by his side.
He was born in Rockland on May 7, 1931 and was the only child of Lawrence E. and Artinse Moulaison Mills. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Rockland High School in 1950.
Upon graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. From 1950 to 1953 he served as a flight engineer on a B29 bomber.
Following discharge from the service, he was employed at Smith's Garage in Rockport. He later worked as an industrial and marine steel fabricator. He then moved, working in both Connecticut and Vermont and assisting in the building of nuclear power plants. After returning to Rockland he was employed at Spruce Head Marine for many years. His family remembers him as a "brilliantly clever marine fabricator." During his semiretirement he established Larry's Welding and Fabrication. Along with his son Gary, he designed and built his own steel lobsterboat in 1976. The boat was later sold, and is still fishing today under the name Zephyr.
In 1977 Larry once again left his home town, making a cross-culture leap to Saudi Arabia. There he ran a maintenance garage, keeping equipment that was part of road development running.
In 1979 he built his home in South Thomaston.
He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 1 in Rockland for more than 20 years. He was a former member of the Rockland B.P.O.E Lodge of Elks. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, shooting sports, gardening, camping and the outdoors. His family said his greatest loves were his wife and sons.
He is survived by his wife Ellie Mills of South Thomaston; three sons, Gary Mills and his companion Laurie Bateman of South Thomaston, and Glen Mills and Kenneth Mills of Rockland; two grandchildren, Whitney Kilton and Jamie Mills; and two great-grandchildren.
No services will be held.
Arrangements are with the Burpee, Carpenter and Hutchins Funeral Home at 110 Limerock St. in Rockland.
Lee B. Oxton
ROCKLAND - Lee B. Oxton, 86, died Friday, October 7, 2005, after a long illness at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Rockport.
Lee was the husband of Glendolyn D. Cochran Oxton.
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
Imogene Catlin Grocock Johnson
NEWCASTLE - Imogene Johnson, 92, of Newcastle died Oct. 6, 2005 while a resident of Cove's Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.
She graduated from Torrington [Conn.] High School, and the University of Connecticut in 1934. She was married to Thomas Jason Johnson in 1937.
Imogene taught home economics in day school, and evening classes at Torrington High School.
While living in Connecticut she was a member of the Center Congregational Church of Torrington. She belonged to the Ladies Aid Extension and was a DAR member in the Marana Norton Brooks Chapter in Torrington. She and her husband retired to Maine in 1972 and were active in the Edgecomb Congregational Church.
Sewing and cooking, knitting and crafts, woodland flowers, houseplants, and writing letters to friends were her joys. She cared for the little things in life. She always attended to details. Her gentleness of spirit won her many friends who loved and respected her.
While residing at Hodgdon Green Assisted Living of Eldercare Family Network, she won the "Remember Me" program sponsored by the state of Maine.
She is survived by two daughters, Evelyn Jean Robinson of Stonington, Conn. and Joyce Ruth St. Pierre of New Harbor; five grandchildren, Faith, Wayne, Jennifer, Cynthia and Clifford; and nine great-grandchildren, Dana, Katelyn, Travis, Breana, Jacob, Jolene, Dylan, Kathryn and Moorea.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Cross Point Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Cove's Edge Activities Fund, c/o Jenelle Cummings, 26 Schooner St., Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are with the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center at 612 Main St. in Damariscotta.
Charles J. Cronin
BELFAST - Charles J. Cronin died quietly at home Oct. 4, 2005, in Belfast, surrounded by family after living for many years with the challenges of Parkinson’s disease.
Born in Woburn, Mass., on Dec. 7, 1924, Chuck was one of four children of Charles Jerome and Mary (Shea) Cronin. His youth was spent in Stoneham, Mass., where he played on hockey and baseball teams, including semi-pro ball, and began a lifetime passion for golf, playing in dozens of tournaments and patiently teaching family and friends.
Chuck enlisted and served for three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II as Radioman 3rd Class, receiving several medals for service in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.
Chuck graduated from the four-year program at Cambridge School of Design in Cambridge, Mass., and began his 45-year career in art and graphic design, beginning in Boston and continuing in Bangor. Included in his significant portfolio of advertising and trademarks are Dead River Corporation, Bar Harbor Banking and Trust, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Mathews Brothers and Darling’s automotive company.
Dozens of community organizations or institutions have benefited by the artwork created by Chuck and his wife, Anne, also a graduate of the design school. These include Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Colby College’s Lancaster Course, Bangor YWCA, Unitarian Church and the Bangor Community Chorus. His fine-art work, including watercolors and pen-and-ink drawings, warms and inspires and is cherished and loved for its simplicity of line and color.
Chuck was a singer and actor, and will be remembered for his rich baritone voice and handsome stage presence. He began performing with a few Boston buddies singing for radio shows in the 1940s, and when he moved to Maine with his young family in 1958, he joined the Savoyards, later the Bangor Community Theater, performing lead roles in “South Pacific,” “Camelot,” “Oklahoma” and dozens more.
With the Penobscot Theater, Chuck performed in Noises Off, King Lear, Sabrina Fair and several other productions. He was also regularly seen in television ads as the Tall Man for Sleepers clothing store, among other ads. Chuck performed in the Keith, Cronin, and Hall trio and the Bangor Community Chorus for delighted audiences at well over 100 community functions. As a soloist, Chuck sang for the Christian Science Church and the Unitarian Church in Bangor, and enthralled family and friends singing at many of his children’s and other family weddings.
Chuck’s great passion for life, his keen wit and lively stories will be missed by all who knew him.
Chuck is loved by his wife of 52 years, Anne Littlefield Cronin, and their five children, Deanna Carson, her husband, H. Stanley and son, Dan of Dedham, Catherine Cronin, her husband, Peter Webb, and children, Lee and Caroline of Rockport, Barry, and his wife, Monica of Ellsworth, Kevin, and his wife, Jamie, and children, Kyle and Julianne of Bangor, and son, John, of Portland. Chuck is lovingly remembered by his sister, Anne Therese “Nancy” Saunders of Ocala, Fla., wife of the late Robert E. Saunders, and their family; his brother, William F., and his wife, Mary Alice of Waltham, Mass. and their family; his nieces and nephews, the children of his late sister and brother-in-law, Colleen Mary and Paul F. Kirby of Shrewsbury, Mass.; and several cousins. His Maine family also includes Anne’s sister, Jeanne Hammond, of Albion, wife of the late Earle M. Hammond, and their family.
A memorial service to honor and remember Chuck will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Boathouse, on Commercial and Front streets in Belfast. Contributions in his memory may be made to Penobscot Theater Company, 131 Main St., Bangor, ME 04401.
Alison J. Pitman
BELFAST - Alison J. Pitman, 95, of Penobscot Shores in Belfast, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, at her home.
Alison was born Dec. 5, 1909, in Greene, Maine, and grew up in East Douglas, Mass. She became a fine pianist with the guidance of her beloved mother, Methyl Jenckes, an outstanding pianist and piano teacher. Alison helped her aunts, Mielma and Helen, run the Jenckes Country Store. Her favorite job was cutting ribbon. Allison attended Northfield Seminary and Boston University, where she majored in German. She was awarded a scholarship to Marburg, Germany. While Alison was teaching English at Waynflete School in Portland, she met the assistant pastor of the Congregational Church, Frank Pitman. He invited her to direct the children's choir. Alison accepted. They were married Nov. 4, 1942.
Alison and Frank served the Congregational Church in Nahant, Mass., Portland, Castine, Waterville and Belfast. Alison's husband died Sept. 26, 1992, on the threshold of their Golden Anniversary.
Alison's life was filled with countless deeds of helping others. At the end of her 95 years she asked repeatedly, "What shall I do? How can I help?"
Alison is survived by her sister-in-law, Delora Pitman, of Belfast. Donations in her memory are preferred to The First Church in Belfast, 8 Court St., Belfast, ME 04915.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at The First Church in Belfast. Burial will follow at Grove cemetery in Belfast.
Arrangements are with Rackliffe Funeral Home, 54 Church St., Belfast.
Ruth M. Dow
THOMASTON - Ruth M. Dow, 87, formerly of Rockland, died Oct. 2, 2005 at her granddaughter's home in Houghton Lake, Mich. following a brief illness.
She was born in Lawrence, Mass. on July 4, 1918 and was the daughter of James P. and Gertrude Benton Gentner. At an early age she moved to the Waldoboro area where she was educated in local schools.
For many years she resided in Rockland. She then lived in Thomaston until moving to Michigan one month ago to live with her granddaughter Kay T. Perry and her husband Vern.
From 1957 to 1980, she worked at National Sea Products in Rockland.
She was a member of the Winslow-Holbrook-Merritt American Legion Post No. 1 Auxiliary in Rockland.
Her greatest joy was her family. An accomplished cook, she enjoyed preparing food for anyone visiting her home and was always concerned that they felt welcome. She shared her love for the beauty in nature with her children and grandchildren.
She was married to Walter Dow, who died in 1988.
She is survived by one son, James S. Dow and his wife Jackie of Merrimack, N.H.; one daughter, Genie K. Hilton and her husband Terry of Spruce Head; six grandchildren, Kay T. Perry and her husband Vern, Marie Kaler, Billy Colby, Cheri Johnson, Aimee Chase, and Jamie Dow; and eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of Ruth's life will be held Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Burpee, Carpenter and Hutchins Funeral Home at 110 Limerock St. in Rockland. Pastor Douglas Anderson will officiate. Interment will follow in Sea View cemetery in Rockland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.
