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Date: Wednesday, 13 January 2016, at 6:00 p.m.

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Beatrice D’Alfonso

Beatrice (Postill) D’Alfonso of Organug Road, York died peacefully Nov. 28, 2002, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital after a long illness.

She was born in Manchester, England on May 4, 1930, daughter of Bert and Mary (Madden) Postill. She attended school at the monastery of St. Francis in Gorton, Manchester, England.

She and her husband, R. Leo D’Alfonso were married for 52 years. They traveled extensively while in the U.S. Air Force including England, France and many areas of the United States. Of all the places she had been, she wanted to retire in York, which they did in 1975.

She was a past president and longtime member of the York VFW Post #6977 Women’s Auxiliary.

She also worked at the Dinner Bell on Route 1.

She was well-known for her large annual yard sale plus going and enjoying her Saturday morning yard-sale outings. During her many stays at Portsmouth Hospital, she made many friends. Their thoughtful, loving care is greatly appreciated.

She will be remembered for being a loving, caring and giving person. Her top priorities were family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, R. Leo D’Alfonso of York; two sons, Damian and wife Loretta of Tucson, Ariz., and Tony and wife Donna of Acton; two daughters, Marie and husband Tom Winslow of Lebanon, and Katy Sarters of Berwick; three grandsons, Christopher and Brian D’Alfonso of Colorado, and David Sarters of New Hampshire; two granddaughters, Shannon and husband Randy Saucier of New Hampshire and Erika Sarters of New Hampshire; and a brother Phillip and his wife Ethel Postill of Manchester, England; her pride and joy great-granddaughter, Caitlin Carignan of New Hampshire and several nieces and nephews in England.

Visiting hours were held Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by a funeral service at the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road. Ritualistic services by the VFW Women’s Auxiliary were conducted before the funeral service. Interment was conducted at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the First Parish Cemetery, York.

Algit K. Verbasius

Algit K. Verbasius, of York, formerly of Millbury, Mass., husband of Rosalie Verbasius, died Nov. 26 in York.

Private services will be held.

Arrangements by Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, York.

Frederick J. Mattox Sr.

Frederick J. Mattox Sr., 69, of 200 Chases Pond Road, York, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at York Hospital.

He was born in Scotch Plains, N.J. on Sept. 9, 1933, the son of Herbert and Betsy (Herder) Mattox. He was a 1951 graduate of Scotch Plains High School and attended Rutgers University.

Mr. Mattox had served in the U.S. Army National Guard for 42 years, stationed in New Jersey and Nevada, retiring as first sergeant.

He had been employed by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company for 25 years, retiring as a manager.

He formerly resided in Clinton, N.J. for more than 40 years and then moved to Carson City, Nev. He moved to York 20 years ago and owned and operated the McKenna Construction Company in York for 10 years.

Mr. Mattox served as the York animal control officer for 10 years.

He was active in community activities, serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the United Way of Phillipsburg, N.J. He was a former president of the Mt. Bethel (N.J.) Fire Department and was a mentor for the York School Department for seven years. He was also a member of St. Aspinquid Masonic Lodge of York and American Legion Post 56.

He was predeceased by a brother, Herbert Mattox, and a sister, Bessie Smith.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Bernice (Rotola) Mattox of York; two sons, Frederick J. Mattox Jr. and his wife, Pamela, of York, and Portland Police Sgt. Scot H. Mattox and his wife, Anastazya, of Buxton; two sisters, Audrey Martinek of Forked River, N.J., and Mildred Dilonardo of Carson City, Nev.; and three grandchildren.

A funeral was held Saturday, Jan. 25, in the York Street Baptist Church, York St., York. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to the York Police Association, 36 Main St., York, ME 03909.

Allen I. Renner

Allen I. Renner, 58, of Cape Neddick, died unexpectedly on Jan. 14, 2003, in Naples, Fla.

Born in Methuen, Mass., he graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 with a master’s degree in pharmacy. He served in the United States Army as a captain for two years (1970-71) at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.

Returning to New England, Allen’s business ventures began in 1972 with the opening of five Care Pharmacies in the Seacoast area. After selling Care Pharmacy he retained South Berwick Pharmacy, and bought the Ogunquit Pharmacy in Ogunquit, and re-developed the Main Street Ogunquit block of retail stores after the fire of May 15, 1982, destroyed seven businesses. His many professional titles included pharmacist, real estate broker and developer, including Field Farm Townhouses in South Berwick, Moody Meadows RV Park in Wells, and apartment and commercial buildings in Ogunquit. For the past 20 years he and his wife, Becky, were partners in their clothing retail store This Is It in Ogunquit.

Allen served as chairman of the York Zoning Board of Appeals for four years, and was an active member of the First Parish Congregational Church in York.

Survived and adored by his wife of 35 years, Becky (Rhawn); two daughters, Lindsay and Kristen (Swann); a son-in-law, Kyle Swann, and a sister, Linda (Schertel). The suddenness of his departure contrasts sadly with the vitality and enthusiasm he shared with those he knew. Devoted to his family, his generosity and kindness was felt by all who enjoyed his friendship. May all find comfort in the wonderful memories and laughter he treasured. In this way he will always be with us. We love you, Daddy, you will be missed.

A private family ceremony was held Jan. 18 in Naples, Fla. A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held in the spring at First Parish Congregational Church in York. Memorial donations in his name may be given to Make-a-Wish Foundation of Maine, 87 Elm St., Suite 203, Camden, ME 04843 (www.wish.org/maine or (800) 491-3171).

Theodore R. Johns

Theodore R. "Ted" "Butch" Johns, 57, of 75 Elmere Road, Wells, died unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003, at his residence.

He was born on Nov. 6, 1945, in Belfast, the son of Theodore R. and Helena (Riley) Johns and was a 1964 graduate of York High School.

Mr. Johns had been an Iron Worker for Local 496 for 20 years. From 1988 until 1990 he was employed as an electrician’s helper at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

In 1991 he began college and received an associate degree in accounting from Hesser College in 1993. He continued his studies and graduated from New Hampshire College in 1995 with a bachelor of science in accounting.

Mr. Johns was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Sanford. He enjoyed antiquing and collecting banks and was a member of the Still Bank Collector Club of America.

Survivors include his wife whom he married in 1974, Lucille (LeBlanc) Johns; two sons, Brian Raymond Johns of Wells and a son from a previous marriage, Theodore R. Libby of Naples, Fla.; two daughters, Amy Katherine Theriault and Rebecca Elizabeth Johns, both of Wells; his parents, Theodore R. and Helena M. Johns of Wells; four brothers, Kenneth John and his wife, Jean of York, Philip Johns of Wells, Stephen Johns of Kittery and Thomas Johns and his wife, Diane of South Berwick; his mother-in-law, Juliette LeBlanc of Wells; two grandchildren, Emily Theresa Theriault and Michael Joshua Libby; one nephew and two nieces.

The family will conduct private services. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, 386 Park Ave South, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Arrangements by the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, York.

Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

One of America’s most colorful and generous women, Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, 97, of York, Washington, D.C., and St. Leonard, Md., died at her home in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 11, 2002.

The widow of the late Ambassador Jefferson Patterson, she had been honored frequently for her career as a cinematographer, journalist, photographer, and broadcaster before their marriage in 1940. After marriage she served with her husband who had foreign service assignments in Berlin, Belgium, Egypt, the U.N. Special Committee on the Balkans, Greece, and in Uruguay, where he served as United States ambassador.

While in Berlin before America entered World War II, and until forbidden by the Germans, she and her husband, under the auspices of the Red Cross, visited German camps holding Allied prisoners of war. The Germans knew of her journalistic skills because for seven months after the outbreak of war she had made standard setting radio broadcasts from various European capitals for CBS "News of the World" with Edward R. Murrow in London, Tom Grandin in Amsterdam, with Eric Sevareid in Paris and William L. Shirer in Berlin. Twice she was on the last train out of a nation as World War II developed; Amsterdam to Paris as the Netherlands fell and Paris to Genoa as France fell.

Her career began in 1930 as a cinematographer making a film on her cousin Mary Breckinridge’s Frontier Nursing Service as it brought medical care by horseback to poverty-stricken areas of Kentucky. Her black-and-white silent film, "The Forgotten Frontier" has been cited as a classic by the American Film Institute. After studying still photography under Clarence White in New York City she was established as a professional photographer with photographs and illustrated articles appearing in Life, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Town and Country, Junior League and many other magazines and metropolitan newspapers. Many of them published her pictures of a 1932 trip from Capetown to Cairo which she and her friend, Olivia Stokes had taken with Canon and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes.

Assignments to cover the Lucerne Music Festival for Town and Country and a Nazi rally in Nuremberg for Life took her to Europe where she renewed her friendship with Murrow. Each had served as president of the National Student Federation of America, which Mrs. Patterson had helped found while still a student at Vassar. Before graduating in 1927, she had her debut in New York and had been presented at the Court of St. James in London. Following her graduation, she spent a year at her family homes in New York City; York; and Santa Barbara, Calif., studying multiple flash photography and history at the New School for Social Research and learning to play polo, herd cattle and fly airplanes. In 1929 she became the first female pilot licensed in Maine.

Her first years in Washington, 1930-32, were spent as an intern for her godmother and cousin, Congresswoman Isabella Selmes Greenway (D-Ariz.), and as secretarial assistant to Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee. But being paid for pictures of the trip through Africa and the following weeks she and Olivia spent alone touring Palestine, Turkey and France convinced her to make a career of photography and writing. With her marriage, that professional career ended at the specific request of the U.S. State Department. She continued, however, to write articles for the benefit of United States interests where she and her husband served and to provide advice to the wives of diplomats and the State Department, an unusual role for a diplomat’s wife in those days.

After her husband’s death in 1977, she began what she called "decollecting" and what her friends knew as "quiet philanthropy." She served on the boards of several institutions including the Frontier Nursing Service, the Textile Museum, National Symphony Orchestra, Meridian House International, International Student House and the Women’s Committees of the Smithsonian Institution and the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the International Committee of the Folger Shakespeare Library. She was a major financial supporter and donor of art and her photography work to these organizations and to the Library of Congress, American News Women’s Club, Dayton Art Institute, English Speaking Union, IONA Senior Services, Kennedy Center, St. Albans School, Society of Woman Geographers, U.S. Capital Historical Society, University of Kentucky, Vassar College, WETA, several pro-choice organizations and many other organizations. In 1985 she created The MARPAT Foundation which continues to make grants within the greater Washington Metropolitan area.

In 1974 she gave to Bowdoin College for use as the Breckinridge Public Affairs Center her family estate in York, which has been built in 1905 by her grandmother. In 1983 she donated her and her husband’s 550-acre farm on the Patuxent River in Calvert County to the state of Maryland to be known as the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. It is a rich environmental and archeological site, which includes artifacts of native American life over 9,000 years, the first European settlers, a battle of the War of 1812 and early-American agriculture. The MARPAT Foundation founded more recently by Mrs. Patterson has been the source of gifts to many Washington area museums, galleries, environmental and historical organizations, and cultural and social service groups.

Born in New York City in 1905 she was the daughter of Isabella Goodrich and attorney John Cabell Breckinridge. Her maternal grandfather was inventor / industrialist Benjamin Franklin (B.F.) Goodrich. Her paternal great-grandfather was John Caball Breckinridge (D-Ky.), vice president of the United States (1856-’60), presidential candidate opposing Abraham Lincoln in 1860, a general in the Confederate States Army, and Secretary of War of the Confederacy.

She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Marvin Patterson of Kingston, N.H.; one grandson, Ian C. Patterson of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; one niece, Isabella Goodrich Breckinridge of Washington, D.C.; and one nephew, Dr. John C. Breckinridge of Lakewood, Colo.

Her son, Mark Julian Patterson and three brothers, Cabell, Chad and Robert Breckinridge, predeceased her.

Memorial services will be held at the Washington National Cathedral at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, and in the summer in York. Interment will be in the Diplomatic section of Rock Creek cemetery and will be private. The family suggests gifts be made to the donor’s favorite charity.

Theresa M. Peloquin

Theresa M. Peloquin, 93, of High Street, Hampton, N.H., formerly of 279 York St., York, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, at the Seacoast Health Center in Hampton.

She was born in Springfield, Vt., April 28, 1909, the daughter of Arthur and Mary (Dashner) Lemire. She attended Greenfield (Mass.) High School.

Mrs. Peloquin and her husband Hormisdas "Misdas" owned and operated the Village Bootery and Cliff’s Taxi Service in York for many years. During World War II, Mrs. Peloquin worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

She was a communicant of St. Christopher Church and a member of the York Bridge Club for many years.

Mrs. Peloquin was predeceased by her husband, who died in 1988.

She is survived by her son, Clifford H. Peloquin of Morrow, Ohio; two sisters, Cele Wood of North Hatfield, Mass. and Florence Hagen of Weathersfield, Vt.; four grandsons, Randy and his wife Pam Peloquin of Morrow, Ohio, Kirk Peloquin and Joel Peloquin and fiancée, Sandy, all of Somersworth, N.H., Marcel and his wife, Jennifer Peloquin of Chorcorua, N.H.; three great-grandchildren, Andrew, Jessica and Jacob Peloquin; a nephew, David and Elaine Hagen with whom she resided in Hampton, N.H.; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 in St. Christopher Church, York Street, York. Visiting hours will be from 9:30 to 10 :30 a.m. at the Lucas and Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to the York Volunteer Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 238, York, ME 03909.

Charles E. ‘Ted’ Waitt Jr.

Charles E. "Ted" Waitt Jr., 72, of 14 Winterbrook Drive, York,. died unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 3, 2003, at York Hospital.

He was born on May 30, 1930, in Melrose, Mass., the son of Charles E. Sr. and Genevieve E. (Sexton) Waitt and attended Melrose High School. He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy during the Korean War.

Mr. Waitt had been a self-employed mason in the Melrose area for many years.

He had resided in Melrose and Malden, Mass., for most of his life, moving to York in 1998. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He was an avid gardener and football fan.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Eva (Webber) Waitt of York; one daughter, Karen M. Moulton and her husband, Mike, of Cape Neddick; two sons, Charles N. Waitt and his wife, Lise, of Cape Neddick, and Thomas Waitt and his wife, Linda, of Melrose, Mass.; one brother, Richard E. Waitt of Rexford, N.Y.; two sisters, Marguerite R. Coughlin of Beverly, Mass., and Genevieve E. Pastorello of Saugus, Mass.; seven grandchildren, Michelle Moulton, Michael Moulton, Joshua Moulton, Noelle Moulton, Jennifer Waitt, Thomas Waitt and Joseph Waitt.

Visiting hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lucas and Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. Graveside services will be held in the spring in the First Parish Cemetery, York. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, N.E. Affiliate, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

Linwood G. Adjutant

Linwood G. Adjutant, 90, of 2 Victoria Court, York, formerly of School Street, Ogunquit, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at the York Harbor Health Care at Sentry Hill.

He was born in York on Feb. 18, 1912, the son of George A. and Harriet (Norton) Adjutant. He was a 1930 graduate of York High School and graduated from Coyne Electrical and Radio School of Chicago.

Mr. Adjutant was a planner and estimator in Shop 90 of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for many years.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church of York-Ogunquit. Mr. Adjutant was a 65-year member and past master of St. Aspinquid Masonic Lodge of York, and was a member of the York Rites and Scottish Rites.

He was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and enjoyed traveling the country and abroad.

He was predeceased by his wife, Thelma (Perkins) Adjutant, who died on Oct. 5, 2002; a brother, Vincent, and two sisters, Elaine Budd and Shirley Whitney.

He is survived by one brother, Clayton Adjutant of York Beach; two sisters, Mavis Wilson of Portland, and Patricia Langille of York, and several nieces and nephews.

Private family services were held, with a public graveside service next spring in Ocean View Cemetery, Wells. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Lucas and Eaton Funeral Home, York.

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