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Hunter, Deborah
July 7, 1930 - Nov. 14, 2004
Deborah Scribner Hunter, 74, of Wiscasset, died Nov. 14 at her residence.
She was born in Brunswick on July 7, 1930 and grew up in Topsham with her mother, Doris (Lucretia) Scribner and stepfather, Ray G. Hanson. She graduated from Brunswick High School in 1948 and attended Gorham State Teachers College. On April 29, 1950 she married Donald T. Hunter. She taught as a substitute teacher in Camden. She was then employed by George Freeman at his Vegetable Stand in Damariscotta. For many years, she was employed as an information specialist at the Damariscotta Region & Information Bureau.
She was on the Board of Directors for the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, a Trustee of Old Walpole Meetinghouse in South Bristol, co-founder of the Dirigo Horse & Pony Club in Edgecomb, member of the Pine Tree Quilters, member of the Wiscasset Community Center and attended the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset.
She enjoyed quilting, camping, raising Maine, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick, ME 04011.
Arrangements are by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal St., Wiscasset.
Pierce, Winship B.
July 24, 1913 - Nov. 17, 2004
Winship B. Pierce, 91, of Wiscasset, died Nov. 17 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick after a long illness.
He was born in Malden, Mass. on July 24, 1913, the son of Frank and Eliza (Stretton) Pierce.
He attended Malden schools and Northeastern University. In 1931, he joined the laboratory staff at Norfolk Paint and Varnish Co. in Quincy, Mass. In 1936 he was promoted to a development chemist and left in 1948 as Vice President and Technical Director. On Dec. 9, 1934 he married Glenis A. Hall. During the years 1941 through 1944, Mr. Pierce worked on the New England Defense Project in Cambridge, Mass. This was a civilian scientific group and reported to all branches of the military. Their responsibility was the development of camouflage for aircraft and airports. In the early 1940’s he assisted with the development of an accelerated laboratory method for the testing of copper-based antifouling paints used on ship bottoms for the Navy and maritime vessels. This work was co-coordinated with the N.H. and Darryl A. Beliveau of Manchester, Maine Medical Center on Nov. 20. He was born June 6, 1920, the oldest son of John Lowell and Addie Kennedy Howard of Union.
Mr. Howard graduated from Union High School, joined the U.S. Army in 1939 serving in the European theater during WWII. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge under General George Patten. He received the Purple Heart for wounds in battle. He continued his military career after World War II in the U.S. Army Reserves for a total of 32 years service, retiring with the rank of full Colonel.
He was a rural mail carrier for 28 years with the Union Post Office. He was a licensed electrician operating his own business for many years. He was the first fire chief of the Town of Union Volunteer Fire Department; he served on the Union Board of Education, was a town constable, served as a volunteer at the Owls Head Museum of Transportation and was a member of the Rockland Elks Club.
He is predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice (Betty) Rich Howard; parents; sons, James Alan Howard and Jerome Adrian Howard; daughter-in-law, Joan Verrill Howard; and sisters, Edith Levensaler and Norma Holden.
Survivors include his special friend, Marion Hall and her family, of Rockland; brother, Warner Howard of Jefferson; daughter, Judith Grinnell of Union; grandchildren, Jennifer Grinnell of Raleigh, N.C., James Howard, Jr., of Rockland, Jason Howard of El Cerrito, Cal., and Jay Howard of Goose Creek, N.C.
Visiting hours will be held from 4-7 p.m., Wed., Nov. 24 at the Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro.
A committal service will be held at 11 a.m., Wed., Dec. 1 at the original Maine to work for Pine Tree Legal Services. He has practiced law in Hallowell, and, over the past 17 years, in Damariscotta with his partner Jim Gallagher at the firm of Gallagher and Stein.
Spike’s passion for life and the wonder of existence was not contained within him. It flowed freely, was shared widely, and found expression in everything he did. Whether building a walking path through the woods, growing immense vegetables, surf-kayaking big waves in Hawaii, riding a water-ski bike straight to the bottom of a lake, or building a bridge to nowhere, Spike saw grand potential in every idea and seized each project with zeal and his own special brand of grace. The story of his life is filled with unexpected twists and surprises. Throughout his journey Spike greeted every challenge as an opportunity and faced each morning with eternal optimism.
Spike enriched our world with his love and energy. He will be deeply missed and always remembered.
He is survived by his wife Freda Bernotavicz; his son, Andrew Stein of N.Y.; his daughter, Hilary Stamp and husband Tom of Dayton, Ohio; his sister, Melinda and husband Robert Laverty of Wooster, N.H. and Jarad Bernotavicz of Portland.
He is predeceased by his first wife Anne Murnane.
A celebration of his life at Maple Hill Farm in Hallowell, on Sat., Dec. 11 from 2-4 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Donations may be made in Gordon’s name to the New York) in 1949.
Dr. Pauline Tompkins was the first woman President of Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Penn. She served as President for 11 years. Starting in 1959, Dr. Tompkins was named General Director of the American Association of University Women and the AAUW Educational Foundation for eight years.
In 1964, President Johnson appointed Dr. Tompkins to the United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs. She was the only woman on the nine-member commission. Dr. Tompkins also served as a member of the Committee for Education, part of President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Dr. Tompkins has been a Member of the Board, and Vice Chairman, of the American Council on Education; the Association of American Colleges; the Pension Funds of the United Church of Christ; and she was President of the California; five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews.
Private family intermenty will be held at Milbridge Evergreen Cemetery, Milbridge. The Reverend Joyce Ingrisano will officiate.
Orff, Edith W.
May 10, 1905 - Dec. 5, 2004
Edith White Orff, 99, of Waldoboro, died Dec. 5 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. She was born May 10, 1905 in Jonesboro, a daughter of Calmon and Mary Davis White. She grew up in Jonesboro and attended local schools. Her parents sent her to work at the VA Hospital at the age of 16. She also worked at AMHI in Augusta. She moved to North Waldoboro with her husband, Ruel Orff, in 1923.
She worked for Port Clyde Packing Company for many years retiring at the age of 75. She was a member of the Waldoboro First Baptist Church. Edith was a direct descendent of the first baby born on the Mayflower, Peregrine White. Edith made mittens for her family and for the public schools for many years. Edith was known as “Gram” to many of the neighborhood kids in North Waldoboro. She enjoyed spending time with her family and traveling all over the world.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ruel Orff; daughters, Elaine Orff and Mary Bowman; sons, Kenneth Orff and Richard Orff.
She is survived by six daughters, Leona Esancy of Thorndike, Charlotte Noyes of Waldoboro, Rayetta Simmons and her husband Neil of Waldoboro, Pat Cross and her husband Francis of Waldoboro, Judy Westman and her husband Ron of Garland,
Darlene Hale and her husband Tom of Washington, D.C. and later in Baltimore, Md. with their two children, Karen and Christopher. After separating from Ranald, Katie eventually relocated to Wiscasset as a single mother. She worked at the law office of David Soule and enhanced her creative side with macramé artistry and craft projects, hereby establishing herself in the arts and crafts community.
Katie was introduced to William M. Thompson, an architect practicing in Princeton, N.J., who joined her in Thompson (Gillian) of Golden, Col., and Joanna C. Maine Cremation and Funeral Service, Waldoboro.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Katie’s name may be made to the Sheepscot Valley Children’s House, c/o Ethel Stansfield, P.O. Box 449, Wiscasset, ME 04578, or the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, 624 Sheepscot Rd., Newcastle, ME 04553.
Stover, John R.
Apr. 16, 1931 - Jan. 18, 2005
John R. Stover, 73, of Jefferson, died on Jan. 18 at his daughter’s home in Georgetown, after trying to overcome the irreversible effects and complications of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was attended in his final days by his daughter Candice, with the support of her sisters and the wonderful services of CHANS Home Health and Hospice of Brunswick.
Jack was the youngest son of Eugene C., Sr. and Margaret E. ( Mullaney ) Stover. Born April 16, 1931 in Bath, he spent his earliest years in the shadow of Fort Popham while his father was assigned to the US Coast Guard station there. The family moved to West Southport where he began his school days. He joined his brothers in the marching band of Boothbay Region High and graduated with the class of 1948.
The sea water ran through his veins and in answer to that he joined the US Navy shortly after high school. His basic training in Great Lakes was just the beginning of his Naval career that spanned three decades and every continent on the globe. He had Mediterranean tour duties and several assignments with the Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, N.C. In the early sixties he shipped out as a medical corpsman from Boston, Mass. aboard the USS Edisto on an assignment that took him down the East Coast, through the Panama Canal and to many ports of call on the western coast of South America. He also served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was stationed in Orlando, Fla. and was part of the commissioning of the Naval Training Center there. After his final assignment at Camp Lejeune, he concluded his career as a Sr. Chief Petty Officer at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1978. He returned to school to qualify for his second career as an X-ray technician in the Orlando area.
John recently received his fifty-year recognition for his membership in the Grand Lodge of Maine Veterans Cemetery, Augusta.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Simmons Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay.
Swetland, Jean Thomas
unknown - Jan. 31, 2005
Jean Thomas (Tommy) Swetland, 83, born in Landsdown, Penn., died Jan. 31, in her home in Alna. Tommy acquired the Moses Carleton House in Alna in 1973 and lived there as a permanent resident in recent years. Her well appointed home was on the Miles Memorial house tour in 1998 and is remembered by many for her gracious reception of all guests and the luncheon that was offered beneath the trees next to the barn.
She had four children, Christine, a violinist, living in Italy; Dane, a luthier and cellist, in Philadelphia, Penn.; Carol, a homemaker in Ohio. Her husband, David W. Swetland, since 1971, has three children, David S., a landscape architect and planner, in Miami, Fla.; Ruth, a civic leader in Cleveland, Maine, it was her gardens, herb and flower, and it is where she lavished her talent in later years. Earlier she gardened in her home in Washington. On Oct. 5, 1943 she married Walter H. Donnell in Newcastle. Over the years she worked at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle and the Medomak Canning Factory in Waldoboro. For many years she, along with her husband, operated the family hen farm in Nobleboro. She continued to run the farm by herself following her husband’s death in 1966. Ruey was a member of the North Nobleboro Baptist Church. She enjoyed knitting, cooking, dancing and caring for her family.
Ruey is survived by a son, Roger W. Donnell of Carmel; a daughter, Maxine D. Lane and her husband Lawrence E. of Nobleboro; two step-daughters Lois Vannah of Waldoboro and Helen Pietila of Nobleboro; four grandsons, Lawrence Lane, Jr. and his wife Myra of Nobleboro, Tony Donnell and his wife Basma of Ocean Springs, Miss., Paul Donnell and his wife Jessica of Tinker A.F.B., Maine Cremation and Funeral Service, Waldoboro. Interment will be in the Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro.
Should friends so desire donations may be made in Ruey’s memory to the North Nobleboro Baptist Church, c/o Norma Dion, Treasurer, 561 East Pond Rd., Nobleboro, ME 04555.
Purney, Eleanor F.
Oct. 19, 1910 - Jan. 30, 2005
Eleanor F. Purney, 94, of Nobleboro, died after a brief illness on Jan. 30 at Fieldcrest Nursing Home, Waldoboro. Born on Oct. 19, 1910, she was the daughter of Frank Newhall and Ethel (Kelly) Newhall of Lynnfield, Mass.
Eleanor was a graduate of Medford High School Class of 1928. In 1938, she was married to Roger John Purney and they celebrated 51 years together before his death in 1989.
Eleanor was employed as a food broker for Ferguson-Bedell, a N.H., and New Harbor. She graduated cum laude in biology from Radcliffe College in 1940, married Thomas H.E. Quimby, and studied public health at Michigan State University. She taught at the American School in Monrovia, Liberia, where her husband was Peace Corps Country Representative. Later she taught biology at Spingarn, a public high school in N.Y.; her niece, Daphne Warren, of Saco, and Daphne’s husband Bill; her nephews, Roger Williams of Bremen and his wife Jacqueline, and Hugh D. Williams of Pemaquid and his wife Jane Benner; three grandchildren; four grand-nieces and nephews, and one great-grandchild.
Her family is deeply appreciative of the excellent care she received at Westgate Manor. A memorial service will be held in the spring.
Donations in her name may be made to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, 1225 Eye St., NW, Ste 1100, New Hampshire, where he helped to build a large plaza in Boca Raton, Fla. for three and a half years. He later moved to Nashua, Bradford where his boyhood memories and love of nature treasured throughout his life were replenished by his frequent visits to the area to reminisce with friends and relatives.
A professional barber for 58 years, "Paul`s Barber Shop" was a well known social center in town. Paul`s was no place for anyone in too much of a hurry to enjoy pleasant conversation or make a friend. The barber shop was indeed a gathering place for friends where the news, local high school sports, and baseball were the main topics of discussion.
Today, without a doubt, baseball has lost its most devoted fan. Paul was an accomplished baseball player and was his happiest when on the field. His love of the game was demonstrated daily when his every thought and deed was
in some way captured in a parallelism to the game of baseball. He tirelessly managed the "Millinocket Pills" for many years, traveling throughout the state to play a baseball game. He was a lifelong New York Yankees fan who easily could cite and compare the statistics of players like Ruth, Gehrig, and DiMaggio from memory.As Paul often said"In a perfect world we would all be Yankees."
In his later years he redirected his skills to "pocket billiards" at the Millinocket Retirees Center where he played daily with his friends. His eye was sharp, his hand was steady, his spirit was as competitive as ever as Paul`s opponents realized when they went home to lunch in friendly defeat.
His love for baseball and life itself was exceeded only by his love and devotion for his wife, children and grandchildren. He was predeceased by his loving wife Rama (Moscone)in 1997 after 66 years of marriage. His
children will always remember him as a devoted husband and father, a quiet unassuming man with a love for the simplest things in life.
Paul was a unique man of few words, profound thought , and a deep love, he will be sadly missed by his devoted family.
Paul is survived by his children, Dr. James Noyes of Pinellas Park,Fl..,Pauline Foley of Somerville,Mass,Dorothy Woughter of Center
Barnstead, NH & Elizabeth Griffin of Yarmouth, Me and a sister Geraldine Puglia of Salem, NH, 12 Grandchildren,6 Great Grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was a graduate of Stearns High School Class of 1926 and was an attendee of the Millinocket Senior Citizens Retirement Center.
Friends may call at R. L. Bouchard Funeral Home, 11 Tamarack St., Millinocket from 2-4 and 7-9 PM Wednesday, November 28, 2001. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday at the funeral home with The Rev. Richard Noyes ,(Paul`s nephew) officiating. Burial will be in Millinocket Cemetery. If friends wish, memorial contributions may be made to the Millinocket Senior Citizen`s Retirement Center, Penobscot Ave. in care of President,Jack Picard. Contributions forms will be available at the
funeral home.
