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Dorothy Robertson
PORTSMOUTH - Dorothy (Brown) Robertson, 96, formerly of 591 Long John Road, Rye, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, at the Edgewood Centre.
She was born July 31, 1905, in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Harry C. and Corrine R. (Nelson) Brown. She was the widow of the late James A. Robertson.
She came to this country in 1925, settled in Portsmouth and was the proprietor of Robertson's Market on Woodbury Avenue during the 1940s and 1950s.
She was a longtime member of the North Congregational Church, and had been a resident of Rye since 1960.
Survivors include one daughter, Evangeline "Vanny" Brawn of Newington; three sons, James Robertson and his wife, Marge, of Rye, Burton Robertson and his wife, Florence, of Arizona, and Paul Robertson and his wife, Martha, of Greenland; a daughter-in-law, Bella Robertson of Portsmouth; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Gwendolyn Kehoe, Lillian Forest and Mildred Burgess, all of Nova Scotia; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a son, Ralph Robertson; four brothers, Burt, Frank, Manard and Owen; and two sisters, Alice and Hazel.
ROBERTSON - Dorothy N. Robertson, 96, of Portsmouth, formerly of Rye, died Aug. 19, 2001. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., Portsmouth. Visiting hours will 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Rye Congregational Church Youth Ministries, P.O. Box 862, Rye, NH 03870.
Gerald G. Grover
CAPE NEDDICK, Maine - Gerald G. Grover, 81, of 755 Shore Road, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at the Maine Veterans Home of Scarborough.
He as born on Dec. 30, 1919, in York, the son of Maurice and Sadie (Perkins) Grover. He was a 1938 graduate of York High School and attended the Wentworth Institute. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He had been employed as a sales representative for Decodex, a manufacturer of microfilm for the health care profession.
He attended the First Parish Church of York. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Ogunquit, St. Aspinquid Masonic Lodge No. 198 of York, and the Maine Royal Arch Chapter No. 73.
He enjoyed traveling throughout the world and caring for and raising his dog, Chelsea.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Roger and Phillip Grover, and a sister, Beatrice Brown.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara (Weare) Grover of Cape Neddick; one daughter, Patricia J. Donnell of Cape Neddick; one stepson, Richard S. "Rick" Knight Jr. of Cape Neddick; and four grandsons, Richard Knight III, John Knight, and Joel and Zachary Donnell.
GROVER - Gerald G. Grover, of Shore Road, Cape Neddick, Maine, died Aug. 18, 2001, in Scarborough. Private services will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the Animal Welfare Society, P.O. Box 43, West Kennebunk, ME 04094. Arrangements by Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, York, Maine.
MUNROE - Leonard Munroe of Ridge Road, York, Maine, died Aug. 14, 2001, at York Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, in First Parish Congregational Church, York Street, York. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. in Forest City Cemetery, South Portland, Maine. Visiting hours are 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. Masonic services will be conducted at 6 p.m. and American Legion services at 7 p.m. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made either to the Pine Tree Society for Handicapped Children and Adults, P.O. Box 518, Bath ME 04530; or the York Volunteer Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 238, York, ME 03909.
Lawrence F. Cafarella
BAREFOOT BAY, Fla. - Lawrence F. Cafarella, 87, died on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, at his residence. He was born in Malden, Mass., and moved to Florida in 1978 from North Hampton, N.H. He worked as a painter for the U.S. government and was a past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus and a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. He was an avid bowler and golfer.
He is survived by his children, Mildred Sinor of Broadalbin, N.Y., Linda Keith of Barefoot Bay, John Cafarella of North Hampton, N.H., and Alyce Greitzer of Knoxville, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
CAFARELLA - Lawrence F. Cafarella, 87, of Barefoot Bay, Fla., died Aug. 17, 2001. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Micco, Fla. Donations may be made to Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice, 8060 Spyglass Hill Road, Melbourne, FL 32940.
Paul C. Tobey
KITTERY, Maine - Paul C. Tobey, 79, of 21 Manson Ave., Foxwell, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, at the Harbor Home in York Harbor.
Born on April 16, 1922, in Kittery, he was a son of Harry and Valentine Tobey and attended local schools.
He was an avid horseshoe player, winning many tournaments in Maine and the Seacoast area.
He is survived by his sister, Ruth Morse of York, Maine; four brothers, Lawrence Tobey of Eliot, Maine, Gardner S. Tobey of Eliot, Robert Tobey of Florida, and Ralph Tobey of Kittery Point, Maine; and many nieces and nephews.
TOBEY - Paul C. Tobey, 79, of 21 Manson Ave., Kittery, Maine, died Aug. 19, 2001, at the Harbor Home in York Harbor. A funeral will be held at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 22, from the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road/U.S. Route 1 Bypass, Kittery. Friends and family are invited to call from 11 a.m. to noon before the service. Family flowers only. Donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329. Arrangements are by the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, Kittery.
Charles R. Dolan
WARWICK, R.I. - Charles R. "Dick" Dolan, 87, of West Bay Manor, professor emeritus of counseling education at the University of Bridgeport, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, in Kent County Memorial Hospital.
He was the husband of Jeannette M. (Flynn) Dolan. Born in Bangor, Maine, he was a son of the late Hugh F. and Helen C. (Donworth) Dolan. He had lived in Portsmouth, N.H., before moving to Warwick three months ago.
He was a professor at the University of Bridgeport for 13 years, retiring in 1970 as department chair, and had previously worked at the University of Rhode Island; for the state of New Hampshire; at Adams High School, Adams, Mass.; at Orono High School, Orono, Maine; and for the Veterans Administration in Bangor, Maine.
He was a graduate of Colby College, Class of 1938, and received a master's degree from the University of Maine and a doctorate in education from Boston University. He also attended UCLA.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and served in the Army Reserve for 20 years. He later served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary as a flotilla commander.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Sharon A. Dolan, of New Mexico, and two granddaughters. He was the brother of the late Clement D., Hugh F. and Hal E. Dolan.
Barbara M. Heal
HAMPTON FALLS - Barbara M. Heal, 73, of 116 Kensington Road, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at the Partridge House in Hampton.
Born in Boston, Mass., on Jan. 6, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Gordon and Evelyn (Pressey) Baker. A longtime resident of Hampton Falls, she was a 1947 graduate of the former Robinson Female Seminary in Exeter.
She worked for several years as a bookkeeper for the former Exeter Banking Company.
She was a member of the Hampton American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 35 and the Hampton Falls Fire Department Auxiliary. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Hampton Falls.
She was the wife of Eugene A. Heal Jr.
In addition to her husband of 49 years, family members include two sons, Gordon E. "Skip" Heal of Kensington and Gregory A. Heal of Hampton Falls; three grandchildren, Jamie, Christopher and Krystal; and a great-granddaughter, Marissa.
HEAL - Barbara M. Heal, of 116 Kensington Road, Hampton Falls, died on Aug. 20, 2001. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. The family requests that flowers please be omitted. Burial will be held privately in the West View Cemetery, Hampton Falls. If desired, donations may be made to either the Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833, or to the Hampton Falls Volunteer Fire Department, 3 Drinkwater Road, Hampton Falls, NH 03844.
HARMON - Beatrice M. Harmon, 76, of Newmarket, died Aug. 16, 2001. A visiting hour will be held 1-2 p.m. Monday at the Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home, 77 Exeter St., Newmarket, followed by a 2 p.m. funeral service at the funeral home.
Elizabeth W. Coolidge
YORK, Maine - Elizabeth Winsor (Smith) Coolidge died peacefully Aug. 19, 2001, at York Hospital of complications from a stroke. She was 75.
Born Aug. 29, 1925, at Phillips House in Boston, to Robert Winsor and Susan Baker Winsor, she was raised in Weston, Mass. Her grandfather, Robert Winsor, was a partner at Kidder Peabody in Boston; her aunt, Mary P. Winsor founded the Winsor School; her uncle, Frederick Winsor, founded the Middlesex School. She attended Winsor School; Sandia School in Albuquerque, N.M.; Radcliffe College; and Vesper George Art School. She was known as "Diddy".
She married Thomas Learning Smith Jr., an advertising copywriter from Philadelphia, in 1945; they had four daughters, Susan Revere Smith, Natalie Brinton Smith, Elizabeth Winsor Smith and Lydia Leaming Smith. The family lived in Belvedere, Calif., until the death of Mr. Smith in 1959 of multiple sclerosis.
She married Hallowell Vaughan Morgan III, an insurance executive from Manchester, Mass., in 1961; this marriage ended in divorce in 1969. She married Arthur William Coolidge, a sculptor and woodworker, in 1981, and they made their home in York.
She leaves her husband, William; her sister and brother-in-law, Faith Winsor Goldfinger and Peter Goldfinger of London, England; her children, Susan S. Talbot of Essex, Mass., Natalie B. Smith of White River Junction, Vt., Elizabeth S. Sterling and her husband, James A. Sterling of South Freeport, Maine, and Lydia S. Perkins and her husband, Thomas H. Perkins, of Ipswich, Mass.; eight grandchildren, Samantha Lowell Talbot and Charles Meredith Talbot III of Essex, Mass., Peter Avery Sterling, Thomas Archer Sterling, James Bull Sterling and Henry Winsor Sterling of South Freeport, Maine, and Thomas Leaming Perkins and Robert Handasyd Perkins of Ipswich, Mass.; nine nieces and nephews, Pippa Goldfinger and Antonia Goldfinger of England, Robert Winsor Coxe of Atlanta, Louis Osborne Coxe of Boston, Charles Shearman Coxe of Brunswick, Maine, Helen Coxe Cheney of Cumberland, Maine, Robert Winsor of Wilton, Conn., Pamela Winsor Brindamour of Rockport, Mass., and Deborah Winsor Conley of Bedford, Mass.; and many great-nieces and -nephews.
She was predeceased by her brother, Robert Winsor of Marion, Mass., and her sister, Edith Winsor Coxe of Brunswick, Maine.
A life-long artist, she was a board member of the York Art Association. Her watercolors of the seacoast were well known; she also operated a business designing house portraits and notecards for hundreds of customers. She was a member of the Junior League and the Vincent Club.
COOLIDGE - Elizabeth Winsor Coolidge of York, Maine, died Aug. 19, 2001, at York Hospital. A memorial service in her honor will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001, in the First Parish Congregational Church, York Street, York. Arrangements are by Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, York.
Charlotte McMahon
PORTSMOUTH - Charlotte (Rhodes) McMahon, 92, widow of Frank M. McMahon, of 188 Jones Ave., died Aug. 21, 2001, at the SunBridge Nursing Home in Portsmouth.
She was born in Lowell, Mass., on Oct. 15, 1908, the daughter of Frank Andrew and Helen (Cummins) Rhodes, and was a graduate of Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine.
Survivors include two brothers, Cecil Rhodes of Kittery, Maine, and Wilbur Rhodes of Kittery, Maine; and several nieces and nephews.
McMAHON - Charlotte (Rhodes) McMahon, 92, of 188 Jones Ave., Portsmouth, died Aug. 21, 2001. Private graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no visiting hours. Donations in her memory may be made to the charity of one's choice. Arrangements are by J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel.
Gertrude C. Taylor
KITTERY, Maine - Gertrude C. Taylor, 98, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at the Harbor Home in York.
She was born June 8, 1903, in Providence, R.I., daughter of the late James and Hulda (Olsen) Lindgren, and attended local schools. She married Henry M. Taylor Sr. in 1922, and they settled in Kittery, where they raised a family.
She was active in the Kittery Point Baptist Church and was a longtime member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She was a loving wife, mother and homemaker who took pride in her home. She loved to sew and knit and over the years created very decorative afghans. She enjoyed working in her vegetable garden and loved to cook. She especially loved to bake such goodies as toll house cookies and zucchini bread, and because of her generosity and caring heart she would give them to friends and neighbors.
She is survived by two sons, James Taylor of Kittery and Fredrick Taylor of York, Maine; two daughters, Eleanor Davis and Virginia Goodwin, both of York; 25 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Her husband predeceased her, as did two sons, Henry M. Taylor Jr. and Albert Taylor; a daughter, Dorothy Gherson; six sisters; and one grandchild.
TAYLOR - Gertrude Taylor, 98, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at the Harbor Home in York. There will be no funeral service or visitation hours. A memorial service to celebrate her life will take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2001, at the Kittery Point Baptist Church. The Rev. George Wardwell, pastor, will conduct the service. Burial will follow in Orchard Grove Cemetery, Kittery. It was the wish of Gertrude and her family that, in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Kittery Point Baptist Church Building Fund, 636 Haley Road, Kittery Point, ME 03905. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson-Cooper Funeral Home of Kittery.
John P. Dymer
BETHEL PARK, Pa. - John P. Dymer, 86, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, August 16, 2001, at his home.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 26, 1915, he was a son of Peter and Hedwig (Szymanowcz) Dymerski.
He was a former usher and communicant of St. Valentine's Church in Bethel Park, as well as a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree. He attended Sacred Heart Mission Seminary in Girard, Pa. Prior to his retirement, he was the owner of Stepjohn Company, a television repair shop in Bethel Park.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Stephanie (Grad) Dymer; a daughter, Judith Young, of York, Maine; a son, John Dymer, of Topanga, Calif.; a brother, Edward Dymer, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; a sister, Clara Teitsworth, of Mesa, Ariz.; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Jane L. Ward
RYE - Jane L. Maynard Ward, the only child of Ralph ("Duke") Maynard and Florence Marion Merrill Maynard, died at age 74 at the Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester on Aug. 20, 2001.
She was an educator, a writer and a tireless advocate for the rights of women, minorities and the deaf.
She was born July 10, 1927, in Nashua, N.H. Brought up by her maternal grandmother, Alice Jane Philbrick Merrill, she lived in Nashua until she was 14 years old. Her grandmother influenced her life toward religion and education.
She graduated from Portsmouth High School, Class of 1945. In 1950, she received her B.A. from the University of New Hampshire. She majored in English and minored in history.
In 1957 she was elected to Pi Lambda Theta, the national women's honorary and professional society for academic excellence, leadership and promise in the field of education, whose membership included Shirley Chisholm, a leading advocate for civil rights for both African Americans and for women. That year she also received her master's degree with high honors from Boston University in English education. Her field of specialization was linguistics. Her teaching area was the language arts - reading, writing, speaking and listening. Her thesis was a workbook to teach critical listening, reading and thinking.
During the subsequent 23 years, she taught in Massachusetts, in the towns of Gloucester, Beverly, Worcester and Lexington. She was a dedicated teacher, working 16 hours a day, seven days a week, and serving on curriculum committees and with school boards. Her life was one of giving and of service.
After her two children were born, she was active in Girl Scouts, teaching swimming at Girl Scout camp in the summers; she was also a Brownie Troop leader. She taught Sunday School in Billerica and Andover, Mass., and was vice president and publicity director of the P.T.A. Her church activities included serving as chairman of the Free (Congregational) Church fair every year, belonging to three women's groups, and visiting nursing homes. She was a substitute teacher in the towns around Andover.
In December 1974, the drugs and high fevers of a severe case of pneumonia rendered her deaf. At 47 she went totally deaf; doctors said she'd never teach or work again. In 1976 she returned to Portsmouth and worked as a clerk-typist at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. She was awarded an Outstanding Achievement award for service above and beyond her regular duties. While there, she did personality sketches of the workers.
Her loss of nine family members during the following 10 years only reinforced her will to overcome total deafness. In June 1986, she became the second person in the state of New Hampshire to have a then-experimental cochlear implant operation. She spent a year rehabilitating her speech and hearing. In the meantime, her articles on deafness were being snatched up by magazines and newspapers. Two years later, Quota International, District 29, chose her as Deaf Woman of the Year. She pioneered the Deaf Services Program for police departments, the first of its kind in the country. Her videotapes on the problems and the world of the deaf are used by the N.H. State Police for training officers. She gave talks on the problems of deafness and advocated for the rights of the deaf.
Her interest in education never diminished, however. She managed to find time to tutor hard-of-hearing and disadvantaged adults in the Adult Tutorial Program and on her own. She also tutored college freshmen who needed extra help to keep up with their college peers. Additionally, she counseled and tutored college seniors and recent graduates in careers in writing and helped them polish their work to prepare it for publication.
Her passion for writing also remained strong. In the late 1950s, her master's thesis caught the attention of editors at Houghton Mifflin. She worked there as an editor and writer. Her nonfiction appeared in several newspapers and magazines, including the now defunct New Hampshire Profiles. She wrote for the Red Cross and Theater-By-The-Sea. At the time of her death, she was working on a novel about deafness.
Several articles were written about her and published in newspapers and trade journals, contributing to her stature as a community advocate. Her fight to keep her cat, Agatha, set a precedent in Portsmouth elderly housing. UNH rallied behind her, and she and Agatha made the radio as well as the AP news all over the country.
She was a participant in the N.H. State Council on the Arts, a member of Pi Lambda Theta, Senior Friends, AARP, Self-Help for the Hard-of-Hearing, the N.H. Writers and Publishers Project, the Seacoast Writers Association, Boston University Women's Club, the North Church of Portsmouth, and the Unitarian-Universalist Church.
She leaves close friends Brenda Malloy, Karen Alexander, Robert Dunn and Darrell Fife; and two children, John H. Ward Jr. and Amy H. Ward.
WARD - Jane L. (Maynard) Ward, 74, of 795 Washington Road, Rye, died Aug. 20, 2001. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Parkinson's Disease Association Inc., 1250 Hylan Blvd., Suite 4B, Staten Island, NY 10305-1946, or to the University of New Hampshire Jane Maynard Ward Senior Prize in Linguistics and Ethics. Contact the John Elliott Center, Dick Brouilliard, Durham, N.H. Arrangements are under the direction of J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, Portsmouth.
