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Mr. Claude Samuel Chittick
1999-12-02
GREENWOOD - Claude Samuel Chittick, of Rowe Hill Road in Greenwood, died November 24, at home following a courageous battle with cancer for many years.
Mr. Chittick was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
on April 10, 1924, the son of Christopher and Glenora Chittick.
He graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, MA, Dean Academy, and the University of Maine in 1948.
He served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator during World War II.
He was a member of ATO Fraternity, Grand Lodge #66 of Maine Masons, Blue Lodge in Dover, NH, and HOPE group in South Paris.
He was active in churches where he lived and attended Bethel Alliance Church.
On December 30, 1976, he married Patricia Sheehan.
He worked in Boston as district manager for Mass. Mutual Life Insurance, and then had his own insurance agency in Orono.
He later joined Kendall Insurance Company in Rochester, NH.
Then he started numerous businesses and retired after selling Sam's Colonial Oil in 1987, moving to Lehigh Acres, FL and then relocated in Maine in 1992.
He enjoyed golf and was a member of the Norway Country Club.
Being an avid outdoors man, his interests also included fishing,
hunting
, as well as gardening and wood working.
Survivors include his wife Patricia of Greenwood; three daughters, Jan Chittick of Rye, NH, Mrs. Steve (Kathleen) Hutchings of Belfast, and Lynn Chittick of Ithaca, NY; a step daughter, Mrs. Michael (Kim) Silverman of Lee, NH; 11 grandchildren and three sisters, Pauline Geishecker and her husband John of Duxbury, MA, Esther Scanlon and her husband Jack of Tucson, AZ, and Marjorie Zona and her husband Sal of Hampton, NH.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 28, at Bethel Alliance Church in Bethel with Pastor Rick Mowery officiating.
Arrangements were under the care of Pine State Cremation Service, Greenville Jct.
Any who wish, may make donations to Bethel Alliance Church, C/O Reverend Richard Mowery, P.O. Box 806, Bethel, ME 04217, or to HOPE Group, P.O. Box 276, South Paris, ME 04281.
Donald Melvin Christie
1998-10-02
First superintendent of Gray-New Gloucester School District
Gray resident Donald Melvin Christie, 90, a retired science teacher and superintendent of schools in Bethel and Gray, died Sunday, September 27, in Norway, after a brief illness.
Born in Orneville, Maine, on August 26, 1908, one of four children of Warren Southard and Eva (Morgan) Christie, Mr. Christie grew up on the family farm and in Milo, where he attended high school. He received his degree in Chemistry from Colby College in 1933, thereafter embarking on a professional career as science teacher and school administrator.
He did graduate study at Harvard University and the University of Maine, from which he received his master's degree in Education.
For many summers, beginning in his high school years, he worked at the Atlantic House in Scarborough Beach; during World War II, he did summer work in the South Portland shipyard. He taught in schools in Bradford and Liberty, Maine, and was principal of Buckfield High School before he moved, in 1946, to Bethel, to become Superintendent of Schools.
He married Dorothy Doble, of Milo, on September 2, 1937. They had two children: a daughter, Dawne Frances, who became a classical pianist and was elected Miss Maine of 1963, and a son, Donald M., Jr., a physician.
In 1960, Mr. Christie moved to Gray, where he became the first superintendent of the newly-formed Gray-New Gloucester School District. Even after his retirement, he continued to serve as District Business Manager for many years.
Throughout his life, Mr. Christie was an avid sportsman. He learned to hunt and fish with his father and brother, and played high school football and baseball, sports he later coached at schools where he taught. At Colby, he was a middle-distance runner, and, in 1929, he was one of six runners in Portland's first Patriots' Day race. The news photo of the start of that race clearly showed him poised, immediately to the starter's right, wearing black dress shoes, because in those days before Nike and New Balance, `they were the only pair of shoes that really fit me!' Later, he officiated at local track meets, and led friends and family on many hikes over Maine's mountain trails.
Once retired, he continued to tend his large garden, and, at his children's suggestion, enthusiastically took up golf, laying down his clubs only when illness prevented him from venturing out on the links and planting his garden. He was a Boy Scout leader in Buckfield and Bethel, and an active member of the Gray Kiwanis, from which he received the `Kiwanian of the Year' award in 1988 and 1991.
In addition to his very active outdoor life, Mr. Christie was a great reader, preferring biographies and works of history and poetry. A sometime poet himself, his greatest accomplishment was the fulfillment of his long-time desire to explore the Christie family tree 10 generations back to the birth of Jesse Christie in Scotland. Beginning in October of 1979, and continuing for five years, this quest was his passion, as he taught himself the rudiments of genealogical research and embarked upon travels throughout New Brunswick and the Northeast and Midwest, spending countless hours poring over deeds and other public records, visiting graveyards and talking and corresponding with hundreds of people who might reveal a previously lost family tie.
This labor of love culminated in the publication in 1985 of A Christie Family History and Genealogical Record Covering Thirteen Generations (1672 to the present), followed in 1991 by a second volume, A Genealogy of Jesse Christy (Christie) (1672-1739). He alone wrote and revised, typed, printed and assembled both of these volumes in his home, before sending copies out to far-flung family members and to libraries and historical societies in their communities. Correspondence with many grateful and interested family members, some newly discovered, some coming from far way to visit in person, continued until his death.
Mr. Christie is survived by his wife of 61 years; his son, Donald M., Jr., of Poughkeepsie, NY; two sisters, Warena Farnham, of Brownville Junction, and Edna Dunfee, of Orange City, FL; and two grandchildren. His older brother, Lindon, and his daughter, Dawne Shisler, had died before him.
A memorial service will be held at the Gray Congregational Church at 2 P.M. on Saturday, October 3.
Contributions can be made in his memory to Stephens Memorial Hospital, 181 Main Street, Norway, ME 04268.
Donald M. Christie
1998-10-01
NORWAY - Gray resident, Donald Melvin Christie, 90, a retired science teacher and superintendent of schools in Bethel and Gray, who, upon retirement researched, wrote and published a two-volume genealogy of his family, the descendants of Jesse Christie, died Sunday, September 27 in Norway, after a brief illness.
Born in Orneville, Maine, August 26, 1908, one of four children of Warren Southard and Eva (Morgan) Christie. he grew up on the family farm and in Milo, where he attended High School. He received his degree in chemistry from Colby College in 1933, thereafter embarking on a career as a science teacher and school administrator. He did graduate study at Harvard University and the University of Maine from which he received a master's degree in education. For many summers, beginning in his high school years, he worked at the Scarborough House and during World War Two he did summer work in the South Portland shipyard. He taught in schools in Bradford and Liberty, Maine and was principal of Buckfield High School before he moved, in 1946, to Bethel to become superintendent of schools.
He married Dorothy Doble of Milo on September 2, 1937. They had two children, a daughter, Dawne Frances, who became a classical pianist and Miss Maine of 1961, and a son, Donald M., Jr., a physician. In 1960 Mr. Christie moved to Gray, where he became the first superintendent of the newly-formed Gray-New Glouchester School district. Even upon his retirement, he continued to serve as district business manager for several years.
Throughout his life, Mr. Christie was an avid sportsman. He learned to hunt and fish with his father and brother and played high school football and baseball, sports he later coached at the school where he taught. At Colby, he was a middle-distance runner and in 1929, was one of six runners in Portland's day Race, the news photo of the start of that race clearly showing him poised, immediately to the starter's right, wearing black dress shoes, because in those days before Nike, and New Balance, `They were the only pair of shoes that really fit me.' Later, he officiated at local track meets and led friends and family on many hikes over Maine's mountain trails.
Once retired, he continued to tend his large garden and, at his children's suggestion, enthusiastically took up golf, laying down his clubs only when recovering from illness in the spring of 1997, preventing him from venturing out on the links and planting his garden. He was a boy scout leader in Buckfield and Bethel and an active member of the Gray Kiwanis, from which he received the Kiwanian of the Year award in 1988 and 1991. He was a member of the Gray Congregational Church.
In addition to a very active outdoor life, Mr. Christie was a great reader, preferring biographies and works of history and poetry. A sometime poet himself, his greatest accomplishment was the fulfillment of a life-long desire to explore the Christie family tree 10 generations back top the birth of Jesse Christie in Scotland.
Beginning in October, 1979, and continuing for five years, this quest was his passion, as he taught himself the rudiments of genealogical research and embarked upon travels throughout New Brunswick and the Northeast and Midwest, spending countless hours pouring over deeds and other public records, visiting graveyards and talking and corresponding with hundreds of people who might reveal a previously lost family tie.
This labor of love culminated in the publication, in 1985, of a `Christie Family History and Genealogical Record Covering Thirteen Generations (1672 to the present), followed in 1991 by a second volume, `A genealogy of Jesse Christy (Christie), (1672 - 1739), both of which he wrote and revised, typed. printed and assembled in his home before sending copies out to far-flung family members and to libraries and historical societies in their communities. Correspondence with many grateful and interested family members, some newly-discovered, some coming from far away to visit in person, continued up until his death.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years; his son, Donald Jr. of Poughkeepsie, NY; two sisters, Warena Farnham of Brownville Junction and Edna Dunfee of Orange City, FL and two grandchildren. His older brother, Lindon and his daughter, Dawne Shisler, had died before him.
A memorial service is being held at the Gray Congregational Church on Saturday, October 3. Contributions can be made in his memory to Stephens Memorial Hospital, 181 Main Street, Norway, ME 04268.
John R. Churchill
2000-05-25
John R. Churchill John R. Churchill, 51, of Booth-bay Harbor, formerly of Newington, Conn., died Tuesday, May 16 at the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Togus. born in Hartford, he was the son of Edward C. and the late Janet (Brown) Churchill, who passed away on Wednesday, May 17.
Mr. Churchill was a graduate of Newington High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as Crew Chief of his Artillery Unit in the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with V for Valor. He had been an employee of Frank A. Blesso, Inc., in Hartford for many years and in 1982 moved to Boothbay Harbor, where he became involved in the lobster industry.
He was a member of the V.F.W. in Maine. Mr. Churchill loved life in Boothbay Harbor and it is there that he leaves many good friends as well as in Connecticut. Besides his father, Mr. Churchill is survived by his daughter, Paige Elizabeth Churchill, and her mother, Joan (O'Brien) Churchill, both of Newington.
He was predeceased by a brother, David C. Churchill in 1994. Funeral services and Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Church of Christ Congregational UCC, 1075 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, or Fishermen's Memorial Fund, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538. The Sheehan-Hillborn-Breen Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford is assisting the family.
Mrs. Georgina Ellen Chute
1998-09-03
WEST PARIS - Georgina Ellen (Scribner) Chute, 97, formerly of Western Promenade, South Paris, died Wednesday morning, August 26, 1998, at Ledgeview Nursing Home, where she had been a patient for the last seven years. Mrs. Chute was born in Harrison on January 15, 1901, the daughter of the late Jesse and Birdena (Whitman) Scribner. She attended Harrison schools.
For over 40 years she worked for Lowe Florist. She married W. Windsor Chute, in 1918, who died in 1978. Mrs. Chute was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Norway, a member and Past Matron, of Oxford Chapter, O.E.S., of Norway, and a member of the Stone-Smart American Legion Auxiliary, also of Norway.
She is survived by a daughter, Marion Sturdivant, of South Paris; a daughter-in-law, Lois Chute, of Falmouth; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Chute was predeceased by a son: Robert Chute.
Friends called at the Andrews Funeral Home, South Woodstock, Friday August 28. Funeral services were held at the funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment was at the Stewarts Corner cemetery in Bolsters Mills.
Frederic S. Clark III
1999-11-25
Frederic Simmons Clark III, 79, of Yarmouth died Friday, November 19 at the Brentwood Nursing Home.
He was born in New York City, the son of Frederic and Gertrude Parker Clark, attended St. Andrews School in Noxontown, Del. and served in the U.S. Coast Guard before marrying Lucille Prior Clark, still a Yarmouth resident, with whom he had five children.
Mr. Clark, known to many as Deric, worked for the General Electric Company and enjoyed time with family skiing, sailing, raising Saint Bernards, and summers on Squirrel Island.
He was predeceased by his second wife, Stella Koskela Clark, with whom he lived in Newagen for many years. He was also predeceased by his sister, Ann McIlwain of East Boothbay.
He is survived by a sister, Phebe Miller of Milton, Mass.; a son, Frederic S. Clark IV of Yarmouth; four daughters, Lucie Bolte of Portland, Anni Clark of Old Orchard Beach, and Katie Coughlan and Betsy Shepard, both of Yarmouth; a stepson, Phil Koskela of Southport; a stepdaughter, Nancy Wilson of Albuquerque, N.M.; six grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren.
A memorial service was held Tuesday, November 23 at the Lindquist Funeral Home, 1 Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. The Reverend Mark Monson Alley officiated. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association of Maine, 122 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330.
Mr. Michael P. Clark
1999-12-23
NORWAY - Michael P. Clark, age 49, of Oxford died Saturday, December 18, 1999 at Stephens Memorial Hospital. He was born at Mechanic Falls on January 5, 1950. Mike was educated in Fryeburg schools and the Criminal Justice Academy. He had worked for many years for the Oxford Police Department with the rank of Sergeant.
He was a member of the Oxford Lodge #18 AF & AM in Norway, and was associated with Santa Visits Oxford. He served his country proudly in the United States Army serving in Vietnam. He had lived in the Oxford area with his companion and best friend, Laurie Proctor and her children, Mia and Benjamin. He is survived by his son Michael P. Clark, Jr., three brothers; William Herrick of West Paris, Arthur Herrick of Groveland, MA and Orman Herrick. A sister Mary Richardson. His step-mother Dorothy Clark of Oxford.
He was predeceased by a sister, Ann Thayer and his biological parents Chester and Mary Poule Herrick and his adoptive father Charles Clark.
Funeral Services were held on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 1 p.m. at the Oxford Advent Christian Church on Route 26 in Oxford. Interment was in the Norway Pine Grove cemetery in South Paris. Family and friends attended visiting hours Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway. Public Masonic Services by Oxford Lodge #18 were at 7 p.m. Donations in Mike's memory may be sent to either the Oxford Police Department, Oxford Fire and Rescue or to the American Heart Association, Box 346, Augusta, ME 04330.
Ruth B. Clark
2000-07-14
Ruth B. Clark, 82, of West Gray Road, died July 4 at a Portland hospital after a brief illness.
Born in Gray, she was a daughter of Clifford and Myra Frank Barton. She attended local schools, graduating from Pennell Institute as valedictorian of her class in 1935. She received a degree in home economics from the University of Maine in 1939.
She taught home economics in Machias, where she met her husband, Robert Clark. They were married in 1942. From 1942 to 1946 she taught at Windham High School. She also substituted in schools in Gray and Windham for many years.
Mrs. Clark was an accomplished pianist and organist. Her other interests include sewing, quilting, reading and her cats. She was a contributor to the publication, Images of America: Gray, ME.
She was a member of the Gray Cooperative Extension Group, serving as chairperson for several years, and was also a member and vice president of the Advisory Council of the Cumberland County Extension.
She was a special friend and neighbor of the family of Kevin and Cindy Trinward. Her husband of 57 years, Robert Clark, died in 1999, and a grandson, Adam Clark, died in 1988.
Surviving are a son, James Clark of New Gloucester; two daughters, Joan Fickett of Gorham and Judith Hochstetler of Groveland, Mass; a brother, Erwin Barton of Westbrook; and three grandchildren, Brent Clark, Laurie Hochstetler and Andrew Hochstetler.
Memorial donations may be made to the Maine Children's Cancer Fund, 100 Rt. 1, Scarborough, ME 04074.
