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Arch C. Roll
YORK - Lt. Cmdr. Arch C. Roll, U.S. Naval Reserve, 81, of 1 Sheru Lane died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at his residence after a long illness.
He was born Aug. 19, 1922, in Johnson City, Ill., the son of Arch C. and Frances Roll. He was a 1940 graduate of Johnson City High School.
Mr. Roll served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following his naval service he attended Southern Illinois College and received a bachelor’s degree of education in 1949.
After graduating from college, Arch re-entered the Navy, where he served until his retirement as a lieutenant commander in 1968. After retiring from the Navy he worked as a systems analyst at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, retiring in 1984. He later returned to his desire of teaching as a substitute teacher in local schools in York, Eliot and Kittery.
Mr. Roll was very active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of VFW Post 6977 of Cape Neddick, where he served as a commander, chaplain and most recently as quartermaster. He was also a commander of the state VFW from 1978 to 1979. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 56 of York and the York Elks. Arch enjoyed music, especially big band music.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Nadine Roll, who died in 1983.
Survivors include his wife, Emilia L. "Mimi" (Ciardiello) Roll of York; one son, Keith Roll of Wells; two daughters, Joan Chisholm of York, and Sheila Roll of Dover, N.H.; two stepdaughters, Diane Dense of Wells, and Shirley Belhumeur of Dover, N.H.; and five grandchildren.
A funeral was held Friday in the First Parish Congregational Church of York, 180 York St., York. A reception followed the funeral at the VFW Hall in Cape Neddick. Interment was Monday, March 8, in the Maine Veterans Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of York, 1A York St., York, ME 03909.
Arrangements by Lucas & Eaton.
Lillian Sotiropoulos
OGUNQUIT - Lillian Sotiropoulos, 96, of Haverhill, died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at The Oxford nursing center in Haverhill, Mass.
She was born in Gastouni Greece, on Feb. 14, 1908, daughter of the late Andrew and Eva (Intiohou) Andrews, and moved to Haverhill shortly after her birth.
Educated in the Haverhill public schools, she had been employed in the local shoe industry, and also at local department stores. Later she was the co-founder of the Harbor Candy Store in Ogunquit, Maine.
Mrs. Sotiropoulos was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, the Greek Ladies Society Elpis and the Women’s City Club.
Married to the late George A. Sotiropoulos, her survivors include three daughters, Eugenie Sotiropoulos-Foss of Wells, Beverly Sotiropoulos of Boston, Marilyn Bess and her husband Fred of Waldoboro; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours at the funeral home were held Sunday.
Funeral services were held Monday at the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home, 106 Summer St., Haverhill, followed by a funeral service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul.
Burial was in the Linwood Cemetery.
Condolences to her family may be made at: www.farmerfuneralhomes.com. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, 154-156 Winter St., Haverhill, MA 01830.
Celina Ann (Couture) Jodrey
Celina Ann Jodrey went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 6, 2004. Celina was born in Rumford to Clement and Ruth (Vickie) Couture on July 27, 1961. She grew up in Hanover and graduated from Rumford High School in 1979. She graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a bachelor’s degree in early-childhood education. While attending UMO she was a majorette.
Celina owned and operated Bethel Daycare for 15 years. Many children in the Bethel area were nurtured and loved under her care.
For the last two years she was employed in SAD 43 as an ed tech. She worked for the past two years to obtain her teaching certificate and was looking forward to getting a full-time position as a teacher. She was enrolled in a master’s program at the University of Maine. Celina devoted her time to a majorette program for high school and elementary school girls.
She was an avid reader and gardener and a hard worker, often working her day job and working as a waitress on weekends.
Celina was a loving mother to her two sons Danny and Austin. They were her greatest pleasure.
She was married to Michael Arlan Jodrey on Aug. 1, 1992, and together they built their dream home on Vernon Street in Bethel.
She had a love of life and an infectious laugh and touched the hearts of everyone who knew her.
Survivors include her mother of Hanover, her husband Michael, of Bethel; her two sons, Danny Koris and Austin Jodrey; one brother and his wife Spencer and Linda Couture, of Rumford Point; two sisters and their husbands Claudia and Angelo Nardone of Springfield, Va.; Adrianne and David Gallant, of Rumford; a sister-in-law and her husband Becky and Ross Swan, of Bethel; her loving in-laws Arlan and Eleanor Jodrey, of Bethel, and many nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Celina Jodrey Children’s Education Fund Norway Savings Bank, PO Box 916, Bethel, Maine 04217 Attn: Jane Ryerson
Robert Nelson Smith
Robert Nelson Smith, retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force, died of heart failure Friday, April 8, 2004, at the age of 88. For 24 years he has been a resident of Litchfield Park, Ariz.
Smith was born the second of eight children to George Sr. and Lottie Smith in Burlington, Mass., on Sept. 12, 1915.
From stout Norwegian stock, Smith excelled as a two-sport athlete in track and football at Fryeburg Academy in Maine, which earned him a partial scholarship to Bowdoin College in Brunswick. He graduated in 1938, with a Bachelor of Science degree in government.
As an undergraduate at Bowdoin, Smith was a member of the student council and the student council disciplinary committee. He was also secretary-treasurer of the Class of 1938, and was president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
In athletics, Smith was the starting quarterback on three state championship football teams. Also a member of the varsity track squad for three years, he excelled in sprinting and held the school record in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Unfortunately, his bid for the 1936 Olympic team was cut short by a leg injury. Even 25 years later, his athletic skill was honored as he was nominated by Bowdoin for Sports Illustrated’s Silver Anniversary All American team in 1962.
After graduation he was employed as a salesman by Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., and later as a district manager for the General Tire and Rubber Co. His tenure there ended with the beginning of World War II.
Robert enlisted in the Army, but upon the advice of his brother-in-law he volunteered for the Army Air Corps. He began his military career in April 1941, as an
aviation
cadet at Gunter Field, Ala., and was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1941.
From July 1942 to February 1944, he was a B-26 pilot in the 408th Bombardment Squadron in the Southwest Pacific Area, and became assistant director of operations, V Bomber Command in New Guinea. While stationed in New Guinea, a young Texas congressman, Lyndon Johnson, was visiting the base during an enemy attack. A B-26 bomber with landing gear inoperable, belly-landed on a nearby grass field as to not impede the takeoffs of U.S. warplanes. After witnessing this act, Johnson cited in his memoirs that it was "one of the bravest and selfless feats" he ever had witnessed.
In July 1952, he was assigned to the headquarters of Strategic Air Command, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as deputy chief of the Target Analysis Division, directorate of intelligence, and became chief of the division in July 1953. He was later promoted to the office of director of intelligence in June 1955.
During his service as director of intelligence for SAC, Smith was appointed the Air Force coordinator on the secretary of defense Technical Advisory Group in 1958. In August 1965 Smith was assigned to the office of the deputy chief of staff, Plans and Operations, headquarters U.S. Air Force to the position of director of plans, and in September 1966 became the assistant deputy chief of staff. On May 29, 1968, he was was confirmed by the Senate to the rank of lieutenant general and assigned as vice commander in chief of the USAF Europe, stationed in Germany. He held this position until hostilities in Korea required his appointment as chief of staff of the U.N. Command U.S. forces in Korea in May 1969 until his retirement in October 1973.
In addition to his military responsibilities, Smith was also a member of the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College and has donated generously to his alma mater. In 1965, he was selected as Fryeburg Academy’s distinguished alumnus, and in October 1966 he was appointed a trustee of the academy.
His military decorations include the Army and Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier’s Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the National Order of Honor and Merit Medal of Haiti.
After retirement from the Air Force he became Pacific Region vice president for E Systems. Shortly thereafter he started Trans-Pacific Consultants. He had a wide range of skills and interests and throughout his life he was an active craftsman. He was a scratch golfer, as well as being adept at restoring vintage automobiles, gardening, building boats, and remodeling homes.
Smith was also a summer resident of York Beach and worked summers at the Goldenrod. He was predeceased by a sister, Lilyan Smith, and is survived by Sheau-Mei, his wife of 28 years; daughters Terri Ravetti of San Mateo, Calif., and Bobbe Smith of Tustin, Calif. He is also survived by three brothers, George Smith of York Beach, Conrad Smith of Woburn, Mass., and Kenneth Smith of Carolina, Puerto Rico; and three sisters: Edna Murray of Derry, N.H. (formerly of Woburn), Nancy DeRosa of Cape Neddick and Martha Smith of Kennebunk; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He is also survived by countless friends touched by the life of this extraordinary man.
William P. Ruger Sr.
YORK BEACH - William P. "Popeye" Ruger Sr., 72, of 12 Atlantic Ave., died Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
He was born April 21, 1931, in Kittery, a son of Bernard G. and Edna (O’Brien) Ruger. He attended Traip Academy and was a graduate of the New Hampshire Technical School apprentice program.
He worked as a carpenter for Local 921 at Davison Construction in Manchester, N.H., for 35 years. After retiring from Davison Construction, he worked at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and the York Recreational Department, and most recently was a driver for the York Hospital Transportation Department.
He was a communicant of St. Christopher-by-the-Sea Church of York and a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 140 of Portsmouth.
He was active for many years as a baseball coach and served as the president of the Southern York County Babe Ruth League. He was a basketball coach at the Star-of-the-Sea Recreational Hall. He also served as chairman of the committee for the York Senior Center. He was also an avid flower and vegetable gardener.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine (Eldridge) Ruger, of York Beach; his mother, Edna Ruger, of York; two sons, William P. Ruger Jr. and his wife, Diane, of Portsmouth, and Peter G. Ruger of York; three daughters, Diane E. Caron of Portsmouth, Laurie J. Robinson and her husband, Michael, of New Port Richey, Fla., and Brandta M. Talley and her husband, Lee, of York Beach; two sisters, Mrs. Beryl (Marilyn) Hoyt of Kittery Point, and Mrs. Jack (Gloria) Yates of York; one brother, Donald G. Ruger and his wife, Anita, of Berwick; a dear friend, Tammy Trafton, mother to three of his grandchildren; 15 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass was offered Friday in St. Christopher Church, York Street, York. Interment was in the First Parish Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Hospice of York, 1A York St., York, ME 03909; or to St. Christopher Church, 1 Lilac Lane, York ME 03909.
The Rev. Stanley Ernest Mugridge
YORK - The Rev. Stanley Ernest Mugridge, 86, retired American Baptist minister, died peacefully May 6 at home after a lengthy illness. He resided with Phyllis Holmes Mugridge, his wife of 63 years, in York.
He was born on April 10, 1918, in Fitchburg, Mass., the son of Ernest and Mary Mugridge. The Rev. Mugridge graduated from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1941. He was a well-loved and respected pastor who served American Baptist churches in Akron, Ohio; Alexandria and Columbus, Ind.; Red Bank, N.J.; Mansfield, Ohio; and Freehold, N.J.
From their honeymoon in York through each summer until retirement, The Rev. and Mrs. Mugridge spent family vacations in York Beach. After his retirement to York in 1983, the Rev. Mugridge enjoyed interim pastorates for several churches in southern Maine and was interim area minister for The American Baptist Churches of Maine. He expressed gratitude that God’s light was allowed to shine through his pastoral ministry.
He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by daughter Susan E. Gough and husband, Donald, of New Castle, N.H.; daughter Mary E. Nicol and husband, David, of Phoenixville, Pa.; son Philip E. Mugridge and wife, Michele, of Malvern, Pa.; grandchildren Brandon Gough, Matthew Gough, Jeremy Gough, Gwendolyn Citarella, Michelle DeRemer, Jonathan Nicol, Sara Mugridge, and Michael Mugridge; and great-grandchildren Mattea Citarella and Adam Gough.
In addition to faithfully serving many years in Christian ministry, the Rev. Mugridge enjoyed cooking, saltwater fishing with his children and grandchildren, family gatherings of all kinds, and tending his vegetable garden.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 10 in the Cape Neddick Baptist Church, River Road, Cape Neddick. Interment was in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass., on Tuesday, May 11 at 11 a.m. Visiting hours were Sunday, May 9 at the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York.
The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to The Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 6 Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096; or The Home Health Visiting Nurses of Southern Maine\ Hospice of York, 15 Industrial Park Road, Saco Maine, 04072.
Anthony G. Fiocco, Jr.
Anthony G. Fiocco, Jr. 68, of Southampton, N. J. died Saturday, May 8, 2004, at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, N.J.
Born Aug. 1, 1935 in Atlantic City, N.J., Tony was educated at Richmond Avenue School, Central Junior High School, and Atlantic City High School, graduating in 1954. After graduation he continued his education, graduating from Rider College in 1959. He joined the Army National Guard and was honorably discharged.
Tony retired from teaching in 1993 after 33 years as an educator. He taught at Mainland Regional High School, Cherry Hill High Schools East and West.
After leaving Atlantic City, Tony resided in Somers Point, N.J., Pennsauken N.J., York Harbor, and most recently, Leisuretown, Southampton, N.J.
Tony was a loving and caring person who thought the world of his neighbors at Leisuretown and they cared deeply about him, he will be missed by all his friends. He loved the years he spent living in Maine and the friendships he made.
Tony was a member of the Church of the Holy Eucharist, Tabernacle, N.J.
Tony was predeceased by his mother Jean (Pantalena) in 1988 and his father, Anthony Sr. in 1991. He is survived by his brother, Robert and sister-in-law, Diane Fiocco of Toms River, N.J. and Stone Harbor, N.J.; his niece Nicole and her husband Ralph Kohlhepp and their daughter Samantha of Toms River, N.J.; and his niece Bridget and her husband Kevin Kuhn of Toms River, N.J.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Joanna Anni
Joanna Anni of York was 85 years old when she passed away June 2, 2004, of a short illness.
Formerly of Roanoke Avenue, Rye Brook, N.Y., Joanna was the beloved wife of Dominick Anni; daughter of John and Margaret Vasillo Colandro; loving mother of Anthony Anni and Linda Anni; and daughter-in-law Dorothy Anni of York. She is also survived by three grandchildren and two great grandchildren; one brother, Frank Colandro of Stamford, Conn.; one sister, Margaret McGinnis of Monroe, Conn.; a brother-in-law, Joseph Lovallo, husband of her predeceased sister, Marie Lovallo of Port Chester, N.Y.
A funeral Mass was held, Monday, June 2, at Corpus Christi Church and Interment at Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to York Community Service at P.O. Box 85, Cape Neddick, Maine 03902 or the Alzheimer’s Foundation, 919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago, Ill., 60611-1676.
