Dow, Dr. George F.
07/22/1905 - 06/09/2006
George Farrington Dow, 100, of Nobleboro, died June 9 at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta. At the time of his death he held the Boston Post Cane for Nobleboro, its 19th recipient since 1910.
He was born July 22, 1905, in South Portland, the son of J. Henry Dow and Abbie (Farrington) Dow. He grew up on a small dairy farm in Fayette.
After attending Kents Hill Seminary, he obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Maine at Orono, and his doctorate from Cornell University.
In 1930, he married Myrtle Walker of Alna, who was also a University of Maine graduate.
He spent a career of 42 years, from 1927 to 1969, at the University of Maine, involved in research, and some teaching. He specialized in researching the costs and returns, and efficiencies in milk production and milk distribution. His research was widely used at public hearings of the Maine Milk Commission and the Boston Milk Shed Marketing Orders in establishing milk prices for producers and dealers. His information expedited major industry changes such as the shift from farms emphasizing the selling of cream to delivering milk; the change in WWII from daily home delivery of milk to home delivery three times a week; and then the complete shift from home delivery to store sales.
Starting in 1947, Dow became Assistant Director, then Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, responsible for research programs in agriculture, forestry, wildlife, and home economics. Research was conducted on a statewide basis at Orono, Monmouth (apples), Presque Isle (potatoes), Jonesboro (blueberries), and many local experimental plots.
Dow was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, for which he served 20 years as Faculty Advisory. He was also a member of the honor societies of Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi. He was active in the University of Maine Alumni Association, the local church, and the state YMCA, receiving their highest awards.
Upon retirement in 1969, he was designated “Director Emeritus,” and awarded the honorary degree of “Doctor of Science.” He then retired in Nobleboro, where he made his home with his wife, Myrtle, and his sister, Ruth Dow. He taught a course in Nobleboro History for four years, helped to organize the Nobleboro Historical Society, which he served as President and Curator, and aided in restoring an 1818 schoolhouse for the town’s Historical Center.
He became active in the local Baptist Church, served as its treasurer for many years, helped construct the educational wing, served on the state board, and in 1993, authored Bicentennial History of the First Baptist Church of Nobleboro.
For several years, he was director and secretary for Skidompha Library’s Board of Trustees. He provided active leadership for the town’s program in the restoration and care of Nobleboro cemeteries.
He served as Town Historian, was a member of the 1988 Bicentennial Committee, and was co-author of Nobleboro, Maine – A History. He wrote over 760 history articles for publication in The Lincoln County News. His Nobleboro’s War Time Involvements was published in 2005.
The town’s George Dow Scholarship Fund, created in 1995 and enriched by celebratory donations in 2005 in honor of his 90th and 100th birthdays, awarded its first scholarship this past May.
He was predeceased by his wife, Myrtle (Walker) Dow in 1992; and sister, Ruth Dow, in 2005.
He is survived by three daughters, Margaret Ricker and husband George of Windham, Barbara Turner and husband James of Cary, N.C., and Elizabeth Scott and companion Maurice Furbush of Bangor; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call 5-7 p.m., Thurs., June 15 at Strong Funeral Home in Damariscotta. “Farewell Celebration” 2 p.m., Fri., June 16 at the First Baptist Church in Nobleboro, with Pastor Bob Wyand officiating, followed by a reception at the church and interment
in the Dow/Walker family plot in the Alna Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations for scholarships may be made to The Nobleboro Historical Society, P.O. Box 122, Nobleboro, ME 04555; Dow Scholarship, Town of Nobleboro, 192 U.S. Highway 1, Nobleboro, ME 04555; or Cove’s Edge Care Fund, Cove’s Edge, 26 Schooner St., Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to care and direction of Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 612 Main St., Damariscotta.
Dow, Jr., Robert E.
02/10/1934 - 05/31/2006
Robert E. "Sonny" Dow Jr., 72, of Waldoboro, died May 31 at the Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro after a long illness.
Sonny was born Feb. 10, 1934, in Rockland, the son of Robert E. and Doris Williamson Dow Sr.. He grew up in Bath and attended Bath schools.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served during the Korean War.
Sonny was employed as an auto mechanic all his life, residing in California from 1974 to 1996, when he moved to Gettysburg, Penn. for a couple of years before returning to his home state of Maine in 1999.
He was a member of the Bath Elks Club.
Sonny is predeceased by his parents, and stepfather, Frank Borski, who raised him.
Survivors include two daughters, Vickie L. Miller, and Becky Mills, both of Gettysburg, Penn.; and four grandchildren.
Graveside service noon, Fri., June 16 at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Rd., Augusta.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.
Howard, Myles S.
Unknown - 06/05/2006
Myles S. (Mike) Howard died on June 5, going to eternal peace at his home in East Boothbay after a long illness.
He was predeceased by his parents, Harry and Elizabeth (Bruce) Howard of West Gardiner; brothers, Harry, Hazen and Earl of Connecticut, Paul of Augusta, and George of West Gardiner; and a sister, Mona Campbell of Pittston.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Janet (Perkins); children, Kim LaPointe and husband Wilhem of Vermont, and Tim and wife Patty of Massachusetts; grandchildren, Ellyn, Julia, and Timothy; sisters, Margaret Firlotte of West Gardiner, and Elizabeth Gravel of Windham; and brother, Richard of Connecticut; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Mile was a Korean War veteran. He retired from Central Maine Power Co. after 34 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and spending time with his family.
Private family viewing June 7 at Staples Funeral Home in Gardiner, with a committal service in Litchfield Plains Cemetery on June 9 by Graceland of Auburn.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Miles Memorial Hospice, 35 Miles St., Damariscotta, ME 04543, and/or Heart to Heart of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
Chapman, Charles A.
Unknown - 05/28/2006
Charles A. Chapman, 67, of Allentown, Penn., died May 28 in his home.
He was the husband of Jean C. Chapman. They were married for 46 years in January.
He was a professor at Cedar Crest College, retiring in 2000. He was an enthusiastic teacher of mathematics and received the Cedar Crest College Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1997.
Charles was born in East Boothbay, a son of the late Wilbur S. and Florence (Estabrooke) Chapman.
He received his M.A. degree in mathematics from the University of Maine and furthered his advanced studies at Lehigh University.
He was a volunteer coach for the Union Terrace Athletic Association from 1970 to 1980 and a volunteer for the American Heart Association.
He enjoyed fishing and boating, and followed most sports.
Surviving are his wife; sons, Peter and wife Christina of Charlottesville, Va., and David of Pittsburgh, Penn.; daughter, Judith, wife of Richard Morgan of Waterford, Ireland; sister, Martha E., wife of Robert Chellis of Girham; brother, Philip S. and wife Laura Chapman of Boothbay Harbor; and grandchildren, Mary Ann, David, Carolyn, Elizabeth, and Angela.
Services were held in Allentown, Penn.
In Lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his memory to Cedar Crest College, 100 College Dr., Allentown, PA 18104.
Blamey, William H.
05/07/1915 - 05/16/2006
William Blamey passed away May 16 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Born May 7, 1915, in Duluth, Minn., William left school in the eighth grade to help his family by working as a teamster in the lumber camps around Tower, Minn. As the depression began to ease, he moved back to Duluth, Minn. and worked for the Kelvinator Company. In 1941, he moved to Long Beach, Cal. to work for Douglas Aircraft Company.
In August of 1941, William married his childhood sweetheart, Kathryn Jean Pfeiffer. In 1942, they moved back to Duluth and William enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He became an engine mechanic on P-47’s and was assigned to the 64th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, and the 12th Air Force in Africa. He remained with this unit throughout the war, including campaigns in Africa, Sicily, Corsica, and Italy.
In late 1945, he was discharged. In 1947, he reenlisted in the Air Corps, soon to be Air Force, and completed a 28-year career, retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant. William earned numerous individual and unit awards in the Air Force, including the Bronze Star for his work with the 56th Special Operations Wing, at Nakom Phnom Royal Thai Air Base, assisting the wing in rescuing many airmen shot down over North Vietnam and Laos.
Returning to civilian life, William moved to Hawaii and began a career in sales with a number of companies, including Economic Laboratory, where he retired as Salesman of Year for Hawaii in 1990.
William is survived by a son, John and wife Pamella (Krah) Blamey of Waldoboro; granddaughter, Courtney of Boston, Mass.; brother, Gerald and wife Lorraine of Minneapolis, Minn.; sisters, Jules Garatz of Duluth, Minn., and Agnes and husband Glenn Benneviese of Little Rock, Ark.; along with a number of beloved nieces and nephews.
William was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn.
On May 30, a funeral with full military honors was held at the Hawaii State Veterans’ Cemetery at Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Arrangements were by Hawaii Memorial Park Mortuary, and the Hawaii State Veterans’ Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Roth, Charles Paul
08/05/1921 - 06/14/2006
Charles Paul Roth, 85, of Pittston, passed away June 14 at his home. Born in Bedford, Mass., on Aug. 5, 1921, he was the son of Charles Henry and Jennie (Bosworth) Roth.
Charlie moved to Pittston in 1924 and attended Pittston and Whitefield schools. He spent the rest of his life in Pittston with his family, with the exception of his service as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII.
He was a committed and vocal town citizen, serving on the Town of Pittston’s Planning Board for many years. Many remarked upon his bountiful gardens and immaculately lush lawn as they passed his longtime house on Route 27.
Charlie worked as a shop steward for IBEW Local 1253 from the late 1950s until his retirement in 1986.
He was a great teacher of the values and ethics of hard work and responsibility to both family and friends. He was always at the ready with a piece of advice or sarcastic comment, which you knew was meant with the care that was omnipresent in his eyes.
After a good day of hard work, Charlie liked nothing more than to pursue one of several pastimes he favored: good poker games, walks in the woods, trips to capture the ever-elusive “brookie,” or hunting for deer or ducks.
Charlie is survived by his wife of sixty years, Rosalie Edwards Roth; daughter, Lila; two granddaughters, Jacqueline Roth Geis of Washington, D.C., and Stephanie Roth Geis of Phoenix, Ariz.; sister, Lila Baker of Augusta; and his beloved constant companion, the family’s golden retriever, Peaches.
He was pre-deceased by his stepsiblings, Nel Kruman Redheffer and Alfred Kruman.
Visiting hours 6-8 p.m., Sat., June 17 at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner.
Graveside service 1 p.m., Sun., June 18 at the family lot in Whitefield Cemetery.
Jackson, Dorothy H.
01/31/1929 - 06/14/2006
Dorothy H. Jackson, 77, passed away June 14 at her home in Waldoboro, surrounded by her family.
Dorothy was born Jan. 31, 1929 in Wiscasset. She was a daughter of John and Beatrice D’Argis Reay, and attended Lincoln Academy.
She was a floor supervisor for GTE/Sylvania for 17 years and most recently owned and operated the Friendly Stop Store and Redemption Center in Waldoboro for 15 years.
She enjoyed sewing, writing poetry, making quilts and listening and dancing to country music.
She was predeceased by her husband, Merrill A. Jackson, in 1978; sons, Rodney J. Jackson, Michael A. Jackson and Richard T. Jackson; daughter, Sally J. Jackson; sisters, Virginia Watson, Shirley Blake, and Phylis Peaslee; and brothers, Leroy Reay, Sherwood Reay, and Linwood Reay.
Survivors include her sons, Ronald M. Jackson and wife Donna of Washington, and James W. Jackson of Waldoboro; daughters, Joyce M. Jackson and husband Donald Prior of Cushing, Marilyn L. Teele and husband Burton of Boothbay, and Suzanne F. Hawkins and husband Bryan of Mebane, N.C.; companion, Dana Gilman of Waldoboro; sister, Barbara Jenness and husband Charles of Lyman; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Celebration of Dorothy’s life 3 p.m., Fri., June 16 at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro, with Dana Dow officiating.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Waldoboro.
Johnson, PhD, Sven Justus
09/02/1921 - 05/04/2006
Sven Justus Johnson, PhD, of Damariscotta, past away peacefully on May 4 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, following a bout of pneumonia.
Dr. Johnson was born in Sundavall, Sweden, on Sept. 2, 1921. His family immigrated to the United States in the mid 1920’s, settling in New Jersey. Following high school, while employed as a chemist at Bell Laboratories, he met Marie Bauer. They were married in June of 1943.
Dr. Johnson served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII as a radio technician, and the airwaves changed his future course of studies, from chemistry to physics. While in the Coast Guard, he completed some of his college studies, thanks to the copious notes taken by Marie during her studies at Barnard College.
After the war, he attended the University of Connecticut. In 1959, he returned with his family to Sweden to pursue his doctorate degree in physics at the University of Sweden, in Uppsala. The Johnson family returned to the United States in 1969, settled in Southold, N.Y. and established Johnson Laboratories, a research and developmental company. Dr. Johnson was internationally recognized in fields of ultrasonic, medical and oceanographic research.
In the late 1980’s, Sven and Marie Johnson moved their home and business to Maine.
Dr. Johnson was predeceased by his wife, Marie.
He is survived by a sister, Nancy of Massachusetts; daughters, Susan Johnson Orton of Roxbury, N.Y., and Barbara Anlér of Knivsta, Sweden; grandchildren, Jessica Anlér of Knivsta, Sweden, Theresa Anlér of Uppsala, Sweden, Erica Pivko of Kingston, N.Y., Karen (Kajsa) Pivko of Everett, Wash., and Sven Edward Johnson of Damariscotta
Solomon III, Louie
07/20/1946 - 06/13/2006
Louie (Joe) Solomon, III, 59, of Chelsea, passed away June 13 at his home. He was born in Gardiner on July 20, 1946, a son of Louie J. II and Gladys Mae McLaughlin Solomon.
Joe was a worm digger. He loved the outdoors, was very giving and always looking out for others. He was never a complainer. He loved children, always had a stash of candy nearby.
He was predeceased by his father; two brothers, Matthew and Stephen; and one sister, Anna.
He is survived by his mother, of Whitefield; his companion, Esther Peaslee of Chelsea; four children, First Sergeant Joel C. Peaslee, U.S. Army Iraq, William Peaslee, Daniel Peaslee, Joshua Peaslee, all of Winthrop; eight brothers and sisters, Nancy Ripley of Whitefield, Lorna Peaslee of Windsor, Michael Solomon of Augusta, James Solomon of Whitefield, Christine Solomon of Gardiner, Andrew Solomon of Alaska, Annette Webber of Florida, and Anita Newell of Whitefield; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visiting hours 6-8 p.m., Sun., June 18 at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner where a funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Mon. Burial will follow in the Chelsea Heights Cemetery.
Farnsworth, Marie "Lucy"
Unknown - 06/03/2006
Marie “Lucy” Farnsworth passed away peacefully in her sleep at age 92 at Harris Hill Nursing Home in Concord, N.H. on June 3, after leading a fulfilling and rewarding life enriched by family and the many friends she made along her journey.
Born the youngest of 13 children in New Brunswick, Canada, she moved to Waltham, Mass. where she met and married her husband, Charles. The moved first to Bath then to Damariscotta where she worked at Bath Iron Works until she became a mother devoting her time and unending energy to her children and the farm on which they lived for over 20 years. After the children grew and moved on, she worked at the Maine Guide Shirt Factory in Bath, then she and her husband moved back to Waltham, Mass.
After Charles died in 1972, she spent many years traveling the world with her sister and other special friends, having many funny and exciting adventures. She often expressed how rich, fulfilling and happy her life had been.
She lived seven years with her daughter and son-in-law in Webster, N.H. where she enjoyed the tranquility of country life. At her request, the last year of her life was spent at Harris Hill where she became well loved for her sense of humor and easy disposition.
She had expressly requested no wake or funeral be held but that she be interred quietly by her family with her husband in Damariscotta.
Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Gaye and Rich Marrotte of Webster, N.H.; and family residing in the Damariscotta vicinity: son, Earl Farnsworth and companion Cindy; grandchildren, Keith and Pam Farnsworth, Karen Farnsworth, Amber and Richard Tonry, Mona Buffum, and Jeff Templeton; and great grandchildren, Torry, Mary, Gregory, Lydia, Christina, John, Annie, and Hollis.
Those of us she has left behind will remember her with love for her love and kindness, good humor and mischievousness. She was a remarkable lady who made this world a special place by being part of our lives – you mattered, Mum!
Hallowell, Ettamay W.
01/14/1924 - 06/15/2006
Ettamay W. Hallowell, 82, of Nobleboro, died June 15 at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta, following a long illness.
Ettamay was born Jan. 14, 1924, in Nobleboro, the daughter of Winfield Edmund and Grace Mae Cunningham Winslow, and attended Nobleboro schools.
On Sept. 2, 1945, she married Bernard “Buster” Hallowell Jr.
During the 1940’s, she was employed at the former button factory and the Medomak Canning Factory, both in Waldoboro.
Ettamay enjoyed playing Beano and putting puzzles together, and loved to crochet and knit.
She is predeceased by her husband; daughter, Wanda M. Mank; brother, Clarence Winslow; and sister, Blanche Skinner.
Survivors include her grandson, Mitchell Mank and wife Leigh of Waldoboro; son-in-law, David Mank and companion Fran of Bremen; stepson, Norman Hallowell and wife Theresa of Augusta; two step-grandchildren, Val and Laura; two step great-grandchildren, Devon Sproul and Richie Sproul, both of Waldoboro; two sisters, Mary Feyler of Nobleboro, and Ethel Benner of Waldoboro; and many nieces and a nephew.
Graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.
