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R. Paul Freed
2004-04-22
R. Paul Freed, of Dade City, Fla. died at his home the morning of April 6, 2004, his 88th birthday. He was in good health and his death was unexpected.
He was born in Guatemala City to missionary parents, and soon moved back to the U.S. He grew up in the midwest and he and Dorothy were married in 1944 and enjoyed 60 years together.
Mr. Freed was educated at Millikin University, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. He was a Presbyterian minister for 35 years and in 1958 was awarded a doctor of divinity degree by Millikin. After he retired from full-time ministry in 1973, Paul and Dorothy moved to Southbury, Conn. where he held interim positions with several churches before fully retiring in 1980.
He had career-long friendships with both Bob Luccock and Walter Eastwood who retired to the Boothbay area.
While at Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City from 1943 to 1948, he was the assistant minister and was impressed with the Brick Church's visions for its nursery school and handbell choirs as well as the importance of great dignity in worship.
At College Hill Presbyterian Church in Easton, Penn. from 1948 to 1958, he led the establishment of its nursery school, handbell choirs and several youth groups as well as the addition of its education building.
Mr. Freed was the first pastor of Pompton Valley Presbyterian Church in Pompton Plains, N.J. from 1958 to 1972, and led the establishment of handbell choirs and a strong youth program. He was instrumental in the organization of many events that added vibrancy to the congregation.
From 1947 to 1975 he and his family loved to vacation at their cabin, Spruce Lodge, on the north end of Barters Island. The family shared this wonderful resource during the 1960s and early 1970s by sponsoring weekly summer church youth camps. Paul appreciated the friendship of people of the Trevett and Boothbay area over the years. Mr. Emerson, Lowell Greenleaf, Jerry Hyson, and Willard McCabe all helped keep the buildings and the generator maintained. Stan Hodgdon and his family of the Trevett store supplied groceries and would often relay messages up river before the cabin had a phone. He had great respect for business people like Charlie Anderson and Earl Gaw, Clayton Dodge, Bob Grover, Fred Blake and Fran Pierce.
His hobbies included antique cars and photography of his personal and church families. Stemming from his and Dorothy's time in New York City, his love of music and theater never waned.
Starting in 1981, Paul and Dorothy spent winters at Travelers Rest Airstream park in Florida and moved there permanently in 1988. They enjoyed traveling around the country with their Airstream trailer visiting their relatives and seeing North America including Alaska, Canada
and Mexico.
His grandchildren, and later his great-grandchildren, looked forward to receiving weekly letters that helped keep him close to the youngest members of the family.
He was a capable speaker, historian and wonderful storyteller. He read actively and wrote regularly for the Travelers Rest weekly newspaper.
In addition to Dorothy and two of his three sisters, he is survived by children, John of Forest Lake, Minn., Martha of Auburn, David of Reading, Mass. and Southport and Debbie of Kaysville, Utah, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at Travelers Rest on April 10 with most of his family and many of his friends in attendance. Memorial contributions may be made to The Paul Freed Memorial Fund, Box 821, Forest Lake, MN 55025.
Jeannette H. French
2002-10-17
Jeannette H. French, 82, died Saturday, October 5 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center.
Born in Wiscasset on May 21, 1920, she was the daughter of Lawrence B. and Helen (Reed) Haggett.
In 1938 she graduated from Oak Grove High School, and from Westbrook College in 1940. On April 20, 1942 she married John French.
Mrs. French and her family traveled and lived all over the world as her husband served in the U.S. Air Force. She lived in Edgecomb with her husband until 1991 and moved to Brunswick where she has been a resident at Thornton Oaks for the past 11 years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Brig. General John French in 1991, and her brother, Harry B. Haggett.
Survivors include two daughters, Judith Keene and her husband, Lt. Col. USMC (ret.) Thomas Keene, of Vista, California and Jane Bachman and her husband, Harry, of Port Richard, Florida; a son, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.) John French II and his wife, Rita, of Derby, Kansas; six grandchildren, Jona Lee, Allen Keene, Trent French, Erik Everson, Bret Everson, Stephen French; six step grandchildren, Dani Noe, Courtney Osmann, Leslie Stilwell, Lois Trenholm, Adrienne Mueller, Anessas Greenwood; and four great-grandchildren, John T. French, Joseph French, Nicole Stilwell and Sydney Stilwell.
A graveside service will be held Friday, November 1 at 10 a.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, Maine 04556.
Arrangements are by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset.
Arthur W. French
2004-07-01
Arthur Willard French, 78, of Sterling, Mass., died at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 3, after a battle with cancer.
Born in Worcester, Mass., he was the son of Willard K. and Louise G. (Morse). He graduated from Classical High School and served in the Army from 1944-1946 in the European Theater. He then attended Farragut College in Idaho and in 1950, graduated from Wentworth Institute.
For 33 years, Mr. French worked for Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Assoc. and was named Vice President of Support Services. He was a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser and a member of the Appraisal Institute. He owned A.W. French and Associates. He was the third generation caretaker of Sagatabscot Apple Orchard in Sterling. He was an avid aviator and part owner of the Sterling Airport. Mr. French owned several antique cars which he enjoyed restoring. He was a member of the Central Mass Model T Club, Worcester County Model A Club, the Down East Model T Club and the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum. He and his wife enjoyed extensive world travel and time at their lake cottage in Maine with family and friends.
Mr. French served on the Sterling Board of Appeals for 40 years and served on several building committees for the Town of Sterling. He was on an advisory board of the Massachusetts School Counselors Association. He was a member of the Morning Star Lodge AF & AM, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the First Church of Sterling and served on the Board of Deacons and taught Sunday school for 20 years.
Two sisters, Carolyn Cameron and Dorothy Kelleher predeceased him.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Dorothy (Crathern) French; four children, Willard K., James M., Penelope A. Sabourin and Melissa M. French all of Sterling; seven grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and one sister, Elizabeth Greeley. A memorial service was held Sunday, June 6 at the First Church in Sterling.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. French's name to Angel Flight Northeast, Lawrence Municipal Airport, 492 Sutton St., North Andover, MA 01845; or to First Church of Sterling, Memorial Fund, 6 Meeting House Hill Road, P.O. Box 40, Sterling, MA 01564.
Jeannette H. French
2002-10-17
Jeannette H. French, 82, died Saturday, October 5 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center.
Born in Wiscasset on May 21, 1920, she was the daughter of Lawrence B. and Helen (Reed) Haggett.
In 1938 she graduated from Oak Grove High School, and from Westbrook College in 1940. On April 20, 1942 she married John French.
Mrs. French and her family traveled and lived all over the world as her husband served in the U.S. Air Force. She lived in Edgecomb with her husband until 1991 and moved to Brunswick where she has been a resident at Thornton Oaks for the past 11 years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Brig. General John French in 1991, and her brother, Harry B. Haggett.
Survivors include two daughters, Judith Keene and her husband, Lt. Col. USMC (ret.) Thomas Keene, of Vista, California and Jane Bachman and her husband, Harry, of Port Richard, Florida; a son, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.) John French II and his wife, Rita, of Derby, Kansas; six grandchildren, Jona Lee, Allen Keene, Trent French, Erik Everson, Bret Everson, Stephen French; six step grandchildren, Dani Noe, Courtney Osmann, Leslie Stilwell, Lois Trenholm, Adrienne Mueller, Anessas Greenwood; and four great-grandchildren, John T. French, Joseph French, Nicole Stilwell and Sydney Stilwell.
A graveside service will be held Friday, November 1 at 10 a.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, Maine 04556.
Arrangements are by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset.
Patricia A. French
2002-02-14
Patricia Alvord French, 83, of Yarmouth, died Monday, February 4 at a Freeport nursing facility.
A summer resident of Southport since 1960, she was secretary of the Southport Yacht Club for eight years before she and husband moved to Yarmouth in 1985.
Born July 25, 1918 in Winsted, Conn., she was a daughter of D. Fletcher and Ellen Cook Alvord.
A 1936 graduate of Gilbert High School in Winsted, Conn., she received a BA degree Phi Beta Kappa from the Connecticut College for Women of New London, Conn. in 1940. Later she was employed as secretary to the director of the advertising department for the Traveler's Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn.
She and William C. French Jr. were married in 1943 and lived in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Springfield, Mass., Hamden, Conn. and in Glastonbury, Conn. for 35 years.
In Glastonbury she was a member of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, Board of Deacons and the choir for 25 years. She served in various capacities for the Glastonbury Girl Scouts, the Woman's Club of Glastonbury and the PTA
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son and his wife, Stephen A. and Diane French of Alexandria, Va.; two daughters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Dr. Gregory VanGundy of Swarthmore, Penn., and Jeanne and Dr. Donald Smith of Livingston, Mont.; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23 at the First Parish Congregational Church of Yarmouth.
Gifts in her memory, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Boothbay Region YMCA, P.O. Box 500, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538-1847, the First Parish Congregational Church of Yarmouth, 116 Main Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096 or the First Church of Christ, Congregational, Glastonbury, CT.
Arrangements are by the Lindquist Funeral Home of Yarmouth.
Howard L. Friant Sr.
2002-02-14
Howard L. Friant Sr. of Boothbay Harbor died Wednesday, February 6 in Boothbay Harbor.
Born in Lockport, New York, he was the son of Olin C. and Daisy Reese Friant. He was the husband of Mary Ev McLaughlin Friant and brother of Olin C. Friant Jr. of Convent Station, New Jersey.
A graduate of New Hampshire Preparatory School, he attended the University of Alabama.
Mr. Friant served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War.
He was a past member of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in Manasquan, New Jersey; member and Past President of the Spring Lake/Brielle Rotary; member and Past President of the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club where he was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a communicant of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church and had served on various commissions and as the Parish Council president and was a Past President of the Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Boothbay Region YMCA in Boothbay Harbor.
Survivors include his wife and nine children; four sons, Joseph C. Friant of Damariscotta, George D. Friant and Howard L. Friant Jr., both of Boothbay Harbor and Mark E. Friant of Raymond; five daughters, Marie Walsh of Newcastle, Joan Barrett of Southport, Angel Davis of Boothbay, Mary Josephine Poitras of East Boothbay and Evie Geanoulis of Yarmouth; and 15 grandchildren.
Visiting hours were held Friday, February 8 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, February 9 with Rev. Raymond Pickard officiating. Private burial will be in the Maine Veterans cemetery in Augusta.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor Scholarship Fund, 58 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538; or the Boothbay Region District Nursing Association, P.O. Box 554, Boothbay, ME 04537.
Earle T. Frisbie
2004-07-08
Earle Teeple Frisbie, 87, of Wiscasset, died Wednesday, June 30, at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick.
Born in Blandford, Mass. on August 17, 1916, he was the son of Joseph B. and Gertrude May (Teeple) Frisbie. He attended Blandford Grammar School and graduated from Huntington High School.
Mr. Frisbie entered the U.S. Army Signal Corps and served in the European Theater during World War II for over four years where he was awarded the Bronze Star.
For 20 years, he was employed as an Office Manager for Western Mass. Sand and Gravel in Westfield, Mass., and for 16 years he was employed at Magna Buick in Holyoke, Mass.
In 1970 he married Emma Louise (Norton). They moved to Maine in 1982. He was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church where he was a member of the choir and the sexton for more than 10 years.He was also a member of the Huntoon Grange, Pamona Grange, Blandford American Legion Post 356, the Odd Fellows Lodge, and the Rebekah Lodge.
He enjoyed spending time with his family, grandchildren, great- grandchildren and was an avid Red Sox Fan.
Mr. Frisbie was predeceased by his wife Emma Louise Frisbie on December 31, 2000, and by two sisters, Rhoda May Frisbie and Grace Velma McCron.
Survivors include three sons, David N. Hall and his wife Judith of Westboro, Mass., Richard H. Hall and his wife Ellen of Brunswick, and Douglas A. Hall and his wife Arlene of Wiscasset; one sister, Ruth Boynton Moglinski of Holyoke, Mass., seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Hodge Street, Wiscasset, with Rev. Ann Lovejoy Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset after which there will be a reception for family and friends at St. Philip's Parish Hall.
Arrangements are by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset.
David L. Frizzell
2002-11-07
David L. Frizzell, 60, of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 1 in Boothbay, due to congestive heart failure.
Born in Boothbay Harbor on July 31, 1942, he was the son of Robert and Wilma Leavitt Frizzell. He was educated in the Boothbay Harbor school system, graduating from Boothbay Region High School in 1962.
For many years he was employed in nursing homes in the Lewiston area as a Certified Activity Director and as a Certified Nurses Aide. After his retirement, he did volunteer work for nursing homes and was a home visiting volunteer for Androscoggin Home Health Services.
Mr. Frizzell enjoyed photography, was a local pageant director for the Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant from 1978 to 1983, and was also an accredited judge for local pageants. Survivors include his parents of Boothbay, a brother, Gordon, of East Boothbay, a sister, Linda DeVaul of New Gloucester and Arizona, seven nieces and nephews, two great-nephews and one great-niece.
A graveside service was held Tuesday, November 5 in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
