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Bernice Poulin
MARSTONS MILLS, Mass. Bernice Poulin, 91, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002, at Falmouth Hospital in Falmouth, Mass. She was the wife of Calvin Poulin, who died in 1969.
She was born Sept. 9, 1910, in Madison, Maine, one of 11 children born to Earl and Elvira Green. A 1928 graduate of Solon High School in Solon, Maine, she obtained her degree as a registered nurse at the Kennebec Hospital School of Nursing in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1931.
She was employed for many years as a nurse, first at the Central Maine Sanatorium and later at Sisters Hospital (later Seton Hospital) in Waterville, Maine, as well as many years in private duty nursing. During the 1950s and early 1960s, she and her husband owned and operated a poultry farm by China Lake in China, Maine.
She operated an elderly boarding care home in Waterville for seven years, retiring in 1972. After retiring, she volunteered for many years at Togus Veterans Hospital at Togus, Maine. In 1988, she moved to Marstons Mills to live with her daughter, Cynthia Chamberlain and her family.
Survivors include her brother, Clyde Green of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Embden, Maine; sister, Laura Dickinson of Clinton, Maine; her daughter, Cynthia Chamberlain of Marstons Mills; her son, Richard Poulin of Aberdeen, Wash.; her grandchildren, Casey Chamberlain of Jersey City, N.J., Abram Chamberlain of Tuskegee, Ala., Nicholas Chamberlain of Marstons Mills, Pierre Poulin of Boston, Daniel Poulin of York, Maine, and Edmund Poulin of Aberdeen, Wash.
Visiting hours will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, with a funeral at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Redington Funeral Home, 5 Park St., Waterville. Contributions in her name can be made to the Maine Adoption Placement Services, PO Box 772, Houlton ME 04730.
Ruth T. Weymouth
AUGUSTA Ruth Turner Weymouth, 99, passed away at Heritage Manor in Winthrop, Friday, Feb. 1, 2002.
She was born in Augusta, Dec. 15, 1902, the daughter of John Franklin and Grace (Lougee) Turner. Ruth graduated from Colby College of Waterville in 1926 where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
She taught in public schools in Connecticut and Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. In 1928 she was married to Dr. Raymond Weymouth and lived in Bar Harbor where Dr. Weymouth practiced medicine. In 1944 she returned to Augusta, where she worked for the Maine Department of Human Services as a social worker until her retirement in 1972.
Ruth was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Augusta, and she also belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Her interests included ceramics; her pets, including her cat, Sammy; sewing and reading.
Ruth was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Florence Fowler, in 1972. She is survived by her nephew, John Turner Fowler and his wife, Sandra, of Wayne. Ruth also leaves her goddaughter, Emily Schroeder, and her cousin's wife, Sarah Turner, of Florida. Ruth will be missed by her friend and caregiver of four-and-a-half years, Beverly Adams, and Beverly's children, by Tim and Christy Adams, and Carol Sturtevant, as well as her neighbors, Priscilla and Austin Wilkins.
Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home, One Church St., Augusta. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Augusta with the Rev. John Keggi officiating. Spring burial will be at Forest Grove Cemetery
in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Ruth's memory to the Kennebec Valley Humane Society, Pet Haven Lane, Augusta ME 04330.
Roger J. Bourassa, D.M.D.
1914-2002
WINSLOW Roger J. Bourassa, D.M.D., 88, of 4 Frawly St., Winslow, died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 2002, at a local hospital following a very brief illness.
He was born in Winslow, Sept. 4, 1914. The second-youngest of 11 children of Louis and Emma (Hallee) Bourassa, he was the last surviving member of the family.
He was educated at local schools, including Winslow High and Colby College. He received his degree in dentistry from the University of Louisville, Ky., in 1939, graduating third in his class.
During World War II, Dr. Bourassa was on active duty from October 1942 to March 1946, serving as a lieutenant aboard the escort carrier Kadashan Bay. The ship was hit and nearly sunk by a Japanese kamikaze plane in the South Pacific during the retaking of the Philippines.
Dr. Bourassa located his dental practice on Main Street in Waterville and saw patients there for 38 years. He was especially appreciated for his gentle approach and his enormous stock of stories and jokes.
A parishioner of St. John the Baptist Parish in Winslow ever since its foundation, he served in many capacities. He was on the Parish Council and the fund-raising committee, and was a Eucharistic minister, an acolyte and a member of the Rosary Crusade. He was also in the first group of people to sign up for weekly prayer at the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel established by the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.
Dr. Bourassa was an avid gardener especially known for his plot of high-bush blueberries, planted 39 years ago and still producing (90 quarts this year). He enjoyed the outdoors and had a deep love for all aspects of God's creation, from the smallest flower to the Milky Way. Family members say he never met a tree he didn't like.
Dr. Bourassa had a lifelong love of woodworking, a skill he learned by watching his contractor father and by trying out tools with his brother, Henry, in the family barn. After his retirement in 1979, he became a dedicated wood carver and produced numerous relief carvings and statues.
Dr. Bourassa was a member of the American Dental Association, the Maine Dental Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 08835, the American Legion Post 5, and the National Wood Carvers Association.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Roma (Richard) Bourassa of Winslow; two daughters, Louise and her husband, Kevin Perrotta, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Jeanne Locke of Bethel Park, Pa.; a son, Paul of Winslow; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours are 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 at Veilleux Funeral Home, 8 Elm St., Waterville. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7 at St. John the Baptist Church, 47 Monument St., Winslow, with the Rev. Georges Plante officiating. Burial will follow at St. Francis Cemetery.
Family and friends are invited to a buffet lunch at the VFW Hall in Winslow after the graveside ceremony.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist Church or the Sisters Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, 101 Silver St., Waterville.
Vincent Hartgen
BANGOR Vincent Hartgen, the painter who established the University of Maine art department and was responsible for acquiring more than 5,000 works for the school's art collection, has died at the age of 88.
Hartgen died Wednesday in Bangor after a long illness.
Hartgen's association with Maine began when university President Arthur Hauck hired him to build an art department and museum at the Orono campus. Hartgen arrived in 1946, beginning a university career that spanned more than 30 years.
A passionate believer in art education, Hartgen was known for his unconventional classroom style. He once taught a class while lying on a table to emphasize the difficulty Michelangelo faced while painting the Sistine Chapel.
For years, he hosted summer art shows for students in the Japanese-style gardens in the back yard of his daffodil-yellow, architect-designed home in Orono. While some artists would refuse to teach introductory courses, Hartgen did not shy away from taking on entry-level art students.
Almost single-handedly, he was responsible for acquisitions by the UM Museum of Art.
"More than 90 percent of what I see here was brought into the collection during Vincent's watch," Wally Mason, the museum's current director, said Friday from the new UM gallery wing that opens Dec. 6 in downtown Bangor. "That speaks volumes in and of itself.
As head of the department, Hartgen made sure the artworks including pieces by Berenice Abbott, Jasper Johns, Diego Rivera, Giovanni Piranesi, Kathe Kollwitz, Andrew Wyeth and John Marin were hung in offices around campus and that they traveled to schoolchildren statewide.
"I was trying to create a revolution here," Hartgen said in a recent interview. "I wanted to teach and encourage people to enjoy art, particularly modern art."
A prolific painter who produced 3,500 works, Hartgen was known for abstract watercolor interpretations of Maine landscapes and seascapes.
The New York-based art critic Herbert J. Seligmann, responding to a show in the 1960s, wrote that Hartgen had "become the voice of all seasons in Maine, a great virtuoso of watercolor he is in the direct line of the great American poets who have celebrated the native abundance of America."
Born in 1914 in Reading, Pa., Hartgen studied architecture and fine arts at the University of Pennsylvania, where he went on to earn a master's degree in fine arts. During World War II, he served in the Army Camouflage Corps.
He is survived by his wife Frances and their twin sons, David, a professor in North Carolina, and Stephen, a newspaper publisher in Idaho.
Charles Edmund Dickinson Jr.
1966-2003
PITTSFIELD Charles Edmund Dickinson Jr., 36, died Jan. 23, 2003, of injuries susffered in an automobile accident.
He was born in Hartland, Sept. 30, 1966, the son of Charles and Sandra (O'Connor) Dickinson.
Charles was a 1985 graduate of MCI and was employed by Ireland's Rubbish Service in Lincoln.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Pittsfied. He was an eagle scout, a member of the church choir, and belonged to the Alfa group.
Survivors include his mother, Sandra Dickinson, his brother, Shawn Dickinson and his fiancee, Lisa Dunphy, all of Pittsfield; two uncles, Mike and Paula O'Connor of Pittsfield, and Tim O'Connor of Winthrop; two aunts, Ann Smith of St. Albans, and Carolyn Dickinson of Lincoln; several cousins; and his wife, Bonny Shaw Dickinson of Millinocket.
He was predeceased by his father, Charles E. Dickinson Sr.
Visiting hours are 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Donald H. Shorey Funeral Chapel in Pittsfield. A funeral service will be held at noon Monday, at the First Baptist Church in Pittsfield, with the Rev. Felipe Arias officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held following the service at the church. Interment will be in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Boy Scouts of America or the First Baptist Church of Pittsfield.
Arrangments are in the care of D.H. Shorey Funeral Chapel, Pittsfield.
Forrest W. Farley Jr.
1918-2003
NORRIDGEWOCK Forrest W. Farley Jr., 84, of Norridgewock, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan.
He was born in Larone, Nov. 2, 1918, son of Forrest W. Farley Sr. and Serene (Stackpole) Farley. He attended schools in Skowhegan, Fairfield and Portland.
He married Ella Moody in 1937; she died in 1992.
Forrest was a dairy farmer and lumberman, who also enjoyed real estate.
Survivors include six children, Donna Toppenberg and her husband, Glenn, of Vacaville, Calif., Mary Gebhard and her husband, Dan, of Apison, Tenn., Barbara Cadavero and her husband, Richard, of Collegedale, Tenn., Bette Luther and her husband, Richard, of Norridgewock, Robert Farley and wife, Cheri, of Portland, Richard Farley and wife, Jennifer, of Norridgewock; 19 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Upper Main Street, Norridgewock, with his son Pastor Robert Farley officiating with the eulogy given by Forrest's nephew, Donald Barry DMD. Spring burial will be at East Ridge Cemetery
in Cornville.
Those who wish may make donations in Forrest's memory to the Riverview Memorial School Seventh Day Adventist, Mercer Road, Norridgwock, 04957, c/o principal Susan Strickland.
Carroll F. "Scott" McAllister
1939-2003
SOLON Carroll Francis "Scott" McAllister, 63, died Wednesday, April 4, 2003, at Inland Hospital in Waterville.
He was born Sept. 23, 1939, in Solon, the son of Scott and Mabel (Cross) McAllister. He graduated from Solon High School with the class of 1957 and earned an Associate's Degree in Accounting from Thomas College in Waterville.
Scott worked in sales and management for several years prior to his retirement. He had a great love of woodworking and creative writing, hobbies which he spent a great deal of time pursuing.
He is survived by two daughters, Stacy Nachman of Bow, N.H., and Andrea McAllister of Wilmington, N.C., and six grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery
in Solon later in the spring at a date and time to be announced.
Arrangements are by Giberson Funeral Home, 40 Maple St., Madison.
