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Stoddard, Fabian
Aug. 11, 1971 - Oct. 11, 2003
Fabian B. Stoddard, 32, Boothbay, died suddenly, Oct. 11 from injuries sustained in a
motorcycle
accident.
Fabian was born Aug. 11, 1971 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Lee B. Stoddard and Rebecca L. Stoddard, and attended local schools.
He was self employed as a builder in the Boothbay region.
An avid biker, he was a member of the United Bikers of Maine and was known locally to have crafted his own bikes from parts he purchased throughout the country. He also enjoyed four-wheeling, fishing, boating and golfing.
Survivors include his father, Lee B. Stoddard; his mother, Rebecca Stoddard; longtime companion, Melanie Barter; a daughter, Chanel Stoddard, all of Boothbay; three brothers, Dusty Stoddard of Boothay, Richard Leeman and Leslie Morton both of Boothbay Harbor; two sisters, Caprice Holmes of Boothbay and Susan Hodgton of Sawyers Island.
Graveside service 11 a.m., Wed., Oct. 15, at the Oaklawn Cemetery, Boothbay.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to: Chanel Stoddard College Fund, C/O Bath Savings Institution, Townsend Ave. Boothbay Harbor 04538.
Feyler, Brandon
May 13, 1986 - Oct. 13, 2003
Brandon Joshua Feyler, 17, a crew member of the Candy B II, was officially reported missing at sea around Nantucket on Oct. 13.
He was born on May 13, 1986 in Rockland and is the son of Jay and Cindy Feyler of Union.
Brandon is registered as a Junior at Medomak Valley High School and recently decided to pursue his GED diploma. Brandon is a gifted athlete and played various sports during his school years with special fondness and talent in basketball. He was an avid ice fisherman and enjoyed many other outdoor activities and recently purchased a new ATV for enjoyment.
Brandon’s future plans were to work closer to home either in fishing or another industry in order to be closer to his future daughter who is expected in November.
Brandon is loved by his parents Jay and Cindy Feyler; his brother, James Feyler; girlfriend, Lacey Beal and expected daughter, Brianna Marie-Grace Feyler. Also his grandparents, Kenneth and Joan Feyler, Marianne Kirk and Frederick Eugley; his aunts and uncles William and Deborah Sawyer, Stephen and Deanna Peterson, David and Suzanne Feyler, Richard and Denise Eugley; and several cousins.
Celebration of Brandon’s life Sat., Oct., 18, 1 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Union.
In lieu of flowers it is requested that memorial donations be made to his expected daughter, Brianna Marie-Grace Feyler and may be sent to the: Brianna Marie-Grace Feyler Memorial Fund c/o Damariscotta Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 727 Union, 04862.
Bickford, Roy
July 6, 1926 - Oct. 13, 2003
Roy M. Bickford, 77, of New Harbor, was reported missing from his lobster boat, The Sharon Marie, and presumed drowned at the mouth of the Damariscotta River on Oct. 13. He was born July 6, 1926, in Fairfield Center and moved with his mother, Gladys (Brackett) Bickford and four brothers, to Pemaquid Beach.
Roy attended Bristol Schools. He entered the US Navy, serving as a Seaman 1st Class from Oct. of 1943 to Dec. of 1945. A dedicated fisherman and lobsterman throughout his entire life, he began his career with local lobsterman, Harry McLain, at the age of 10 and was able to save McLain’s life after he became entangled in the anchor line of his boat.
In 1947, Roy was one of the founding members of the Pemaquid Co-Op, and in the early 1980’s was one of the first fishermen to begin experimenting with catching shrimp by trap in otherwise unobtainable areas. Over the years he improved his shrimp trap design, which caught on throughout several communities.
When not on the ocean, he enjoyed spending time with his family at their summer cottage, fishing for trout on the lake. He was a member of the Maine Lobsterman’s Association, the Improved Order of the Redmen, Mavooshan Tribe #10, the Pocahontas Waneta Council #12, the Bristol Lodge of Masons #74, the Ezra B. French Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons #42, and was a life member of the V.F.W. Post #8395.
Roy leaves his wife of 56 years, Marie Bickford of New Harbor; his daughter, and her husband Sharon, and Wayne Chickering of Northampton, Mass.; his grandson and his wife, Troy and Curran Chickering of Watertown, Mass.; his granddaughter and her husband, Stacy and Tom Galko; and great grandsons, Noah and Caleb all of Easthampton, Mass. He also leaves a brother, Carroll (Red) Bickford of Pemaquid Harbor, and his beloved nieces and nephews.
Roy was predeceased by three brothers, Richard Bickford, Wellington (Bussy) Bickford and Kenneth Bickford, the latter two also lost their lives to the sea.
Memorial service 2 p.m., Sat., Oct. 25 at Pemaquid Point Park, with Rev. Ernie Farrar officiating. If desired, the family requests donations be made to the Bristol First Responders, C/O Jeri Pendleton, New Harbor 04554. Arrangements are under the care of Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main St., Damariscotta.
In the event of extremely inclement weather, the service will be moved to the New Harbor Methodist Church.
Bruce, Althea Margaret
unknown - Nov. 21, 2003
Alethea Margaret Yates Bruce, 93, of Waldoboro, died Nov. 21 at Fieldcrest Manor Nursing Home in Waldoboro. She was born in New York, the second of nine children of the Rev. John H. Yates and Alethea Popham Bleecker Yates. While she was growing up, her father had parishes in New York, Colorado, Maine and Massachusetts. The family started summering in South Bristol in 1918. She attended Colby College in 1929 and 1930. In 1931, she married Joseph M. Bruce of Quincy, Mass. They were married for 67 years until his death in 1998. They had three children. Mrs. Bruce finished her college career at Brown University and University of Hartford after her three children were grown. She worked as a social worker in adoption placements for twelve years before retiring to south Bristol in 1971.
Mrs. Bruce was interested in politics and literature from a young age, interest she inherited from her father, who was an Episcopal clergyman and an early crusader for the enactment of child labor laws. She was a supporter of voting rights, women’s rights, and global nuclear disarmament. She was a member of the NAACP, CONA and Peace Action Maine, and at the age of eighty, became a freedom writer for Amnesty International. For many years, she was a volunteer at the South Bristol Elementary School. She was an avid boater, reader, bridge player, and an aficionado of jigsaw and crossword puzzles. She enjoyed spending time with her family in South Bristol, and cruising the coast of New England with her husband. She wrote and published many poems about her hopes for peace and her love of the Maine Coast.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Theodora and John Turner of West Chester, Penn., her daughter Catherine Bruce of San Francisco, Cal.; her daughter Marjorie Yates of Cambridge, Mass.; her siblings David Yates, Phoebe Yates, and Peter Yates of Massachusetts; Theodora Ball of Brunswick; Sherbrooke Rogers of Wayne; and Christopher Yates of South Carolina. She was pre-deceased by her siblings John Yates of Whitefield and Lucy Faber of Virginia. Many of her siblings also had homes in South Bristol. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Elizabeth Turner and Andrea Vassallo of Damariscotta, David Turner of West Chester, Penn., and Michael Vassallo of Somerville, mass., as well as three great grandchildren, Will and Katie Turner of West Chester, Penn. and Isaac Yates Russell of Damariscotta, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service is planned for the spring of 2004. Donations in Mrs. Bruce’s memory may be made to CONA, P.O. Box 7, Walpole, ME 04573; or Amnesty International, 322 8th Ave., New York, 10001.
Arrangements are under the care of Strong Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta.
Cowing, Dr. Donald
July 9, 1927 - Nov. 20, 2003
Dr. Donald Earl Cowing, of Dresden, 76, died Nov. 20 at MaineGeneral Rehabilitation, Gray Birch, in Augusta.
He was born July 9, 1927, in Mount Clemens, Mich., the son of Earl Bixby Cowing of Meredith, N.H., and Elsie Viola Woodward Cowing of Dresden, and attended public schools in Roseville, Mich.
He received his undergraduate degree from Wayne State University in 1951, his master’s in clinical psychology from Wayne State University in 1959, and an educational doctorate in special education from Wayne State University in 1968.
Discharged from the Navy as a combat veteran following World War II, he served for many years in the Air Force Reserve before retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He subsequently served for many years as a staff sergeant with the Maine National Guard in Bangor.
Dr. cowing was a teacher, school psychologist and special education administrator in suburban Detroit school systems, and he served as an adjunct faculty member at several Michigan colleges before going to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., to establish a graduate program in special education in the late 1960s. He was a faculty member of Bowdoin College in the early 1970s, after which he worked for U.S. Veterans Affairs at Togus as a psychologist at the Medical Surgical Hospital, a position he held until he retired.
He enjoyed spending time at his camp on China Lake and was an accomplished woodworker. Those who knew him understood that his greatest enjoyment came from time spent with friends and family, especially his grandchildren, and maintaining and living in his ancestral home in Dresden. He held memberships in the American Legion, and the Masonic Lodge in Dresden; and he was a member of St. Philips Church in Wiscasset as well as numerous professional organizations.
He was married to Betty Lou Boughton in 1948, and they raised a family of five children. In 1978 he married Betty Mayo of Oakland. In addition to his wife and stepson, Chris Mayo of Sidney, survivors include his sons, Donald Cowing, Jr. and his wife, Karren, of Georgetown, David and his wife, Judith Stafford, of Woolwich, and Daniel of Dresden; as well as daughters Pamela Cowing Freeman and her husband, Woody, of Wiscasset, and Beth Cowing Sawyer and her husband John, of Topsham; and his nephew, Tim Cowing and wife Kristen, who lived with him in Dresden. He is also survived by a dozen grandchildren and his two brothers and their wives, Kendall and Della Cowing of Charlotte, N.C., and Joe and Donna Cowing of Dresden; as well as a large extended family that summers in Dresden.
Memorial service, 11 a.m., Sat., Nov. 29, at St. Philips Church, Wiscasset.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to St. Philips Church. Funds received will be used to assist families in need in the local community as a memorial to Dr. Dowing’s generous spirit and lifelong commitment to helping others.
Arrangements are under the care of Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner.
Graf, Alex
Jan. 2, 1971 - Oct. 23, 2003
Alex Rudolf Graf was born on Jan. 2, 1971 in Lausanne, Switerzland. He died on Oct. 23 in a vehicle accident in the Qinghai Province of northwest China, while traveling from the set of a new movie for Columbia Pictures.
Alex spent his early years living in the village of Lutry on the shores of Lake Geneva. His love of the mountains and skiing arose while living in switzerland. He continued to enjoy this passion with his family and friends throughout his life.
Alex’s adolescent years were spent in Westfield, N.J., where he developed hsi love of sports, particularly football, lacrosse, and baseball. Alex loved the Boston Red Sox. He attended three of the five 2003 play-off games against he Oakland A’s. His knowledge of and passion for the game were contagious.
In 1986, the Graf family moved to Maine, where Alex attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle for one year. He graduated from Northfield Mount Herman in Northfield, Mass., where his interest in China began. Before attending college, Alex spent a year in Taiwan studying Mandarin. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1994 with a degree in Economics and East Asian Studies and moved to China to continue to study its language and culture.
For the next nine years, Alex worked in China for U.S. News and World Report, Stonebridge International, the IMAX Company, Warner Brothers, and Columbia Tristar, his most recent employer.
Alex is survived by his parents, Dorothy and Rudy Graf, his brother Andrew Graf and wife Stacey of Bath, his sister Lisa Graff Bortfeldt and husband Peter of Aachen, Germany and the family dog, Rosie. He will be remembered for his wonderful wit, sharp intellect, and most of all, his capacity to touch the lives of so many people on this earth. Alex was given wings to travel the world and roots to stay connected to family and friends. He will rest in one of his most favorite places, Isle au Haut, Maine.
Memorial service is planned for later in November in Newcastle. Plans are also underway to establish the Alex Graf Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Lighthouse Community Charter School, an urban school for low income families in Oakland, Cal. Alex had a very close relationship with the school through his cousin Laura Kretschmar, one of the founding teachers.
MacKenzie, James
1910 - Oct. 15, 2003
James “Mac” MacKenzie, 93, husband, father of five, grandfather and “King of Indian Island” passed away Oct. 15 after an eight-month illness.
Born in 1910 in Holmfirth, England, the son of James and Edith MacKenzie, he emigrated with his family to Windsor, Ontario, Canada
in 1920 and soon thereafter to Dearborn, Mich. He lived most of his early adult life in the Detroit area where he worked in the tire business for Goodyear and B.F. Goodrich.
A decorated veteran of World War II while serving in General George Patton’s 3rd Army cavalry unit “Brave Rifles,” he survived the Battle of the Bulge and the allied invasion of Germany. Returning from the war he attended and was graduated from the Rochester General Hospital School of Medical Photography where he met his future wife, Judith Dennison of Bath. After a two-year stint as a medical photographer in Lafayette, Ind. where their first two sons were born, he and Judi moved the family to South Portland.
Together with Judi he started the Medical Photography Department at Maine Medical Center in 1954 and ran the department until his retirement in 1975. The department still exists today as the Department of Audio/Visual Resources.
Mac was always involved in his family’s activities. He coached and umpired while his two oldest sons were involved in Farm League and Little League baseball.
In 1964 he became an Assistant Scoutmaster in the Boy Scout Troop 24 in South Portland. He became Scoutmaster in 1966 and remained so until 1970. During that period he affected the lives of many young men with a very active outdoor camping program that included winter wilderness survival training. Personally, he achieved Brotherhood rank in the Boy Scout’s Order of the Arrow and on a trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico he climbed 18,000-foot Mt. Baldy at the age of 60.
The whole family was constantly involved in myriad outdoor activities including swimming, diving, downhill and cross-country skiing, and especially, hiking. There were very few mountains in New England that had not seen the MacKenzie clan trooping over their peaks.
A champion diver in his youth he encouraged three of his sons to pursue the sport of gymnastics while in high school. Two of them went on to become State Gymnastics Champions. He spent many years judging high school gymnastics throughout the state.
In 1969 he and Judy purchased a small island in Muscongus Bay on the coast of Maine that became the major focus for the rest of his life. Under his direction Indian Island was transformed from wild, overgrown land to a retreat enjoyed by the entire family and those who became extended family simply by becoming friends. On his birthday every August until he was 90 he treated family and guests to a perfectly executed swan dive from a 20 foot high platform above the island’s pier, and event that took on legendary status with everyone that knew him.
Surviving Mac are his wife, Judith, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; his sons, Douglas and his wife, Diane, of Durham, Bruce and his wife Deborah, of Towson, Md., Stuart of Westbrook, Duncan and his wife, Carol, of Falmouth; his daughter, Jean and her partner Tonie of Bremen; his grandchildren, Jamie and Doria, daughters of Bruce and Deborah, Olivia, daughter of Duncan and Carol, and Malcolm, son of Douglas and Diane.
The MacKenzie family will host a celebration of Mac’s life on Indian Island next summer.
Barker, David S.
Apr. 22, 1961 - Jan. 9, 2004
David S. Barker, 42, of Nobleboro died unexpectedly on the morning of January 9, at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta. born in Beverly, Mass. April 22, 1961, he was the son of Robert A. and Dorothy (Grant) Barker.
Growing up in Hamilton, Mass. David attended local schools and in 1980 was honorably discharged from the U.S.M.C. In 1983 he graduated from Essex Agricultural Institute with a technical certificate in culinary arts.
From an early age David enjoyed the spotlight of performing, consequently after taking drum lessons from teacher Manny Wise, he played drums in several bands throughout the North Shore in Massachusetts. He married Ruth McGrath in 1988, settling in the North Shore. He worked for 12 years as an Electro-Mechanical Assembler at Imtran Industries, in Newburyport, Mass. and later switched careers to become a Customer Service Representative first for Eastern Bank in 1997 and BankNorth in 1999.
He and his wife came to Nobleboro in 2002 and at the time of his death he was employed as a PT Scheduler and patient registrationist at Miles Hospital. A much sought after drummer, David played for Waldo Theater productions, in Waldoboro and enjoyed jamming with other area musicians. After many years of playing, David filled a dream and like his mentor, began giving lessons, which he was also busy with at the time of his death. David greatly enjoyed hiking, fishing and boating. He was one of the Boston Bruins most ardent fans and most enjoyed the eccentricities of his close friends and family.
David leaves his wife of Nobleboro and his parents of Wenham, Mass. He also leaves his daughter Coreen McGrath of Danville, NH; two brothers, Donald G. Barker and his wife Linda of Wenham, Mass; Robert R. and his wife Mary of Rowley, Mass; 2 grandchildren, Amanda McGrath and Lilly Teal. Other survivors include his aunt Sylvia of Benton, Ark., uncles Ralph of Jacksonville, Fla. and Russell of Orange, Cal., and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Calling hours will be 2-4 and 6-8, Jan. 14, at the Lee, Moody and Russell Funeral Home, Beverly, Mass., where his service will be 11 a.m. Jan. 15, with Rev. Ann Abernethy officiating. Arrangements are under the care of the Strong Funeral Home and Memorial Center, 612 Main St., Damariscotta.
Shotzberger, Patricia
Aug. 14, 1934 - July 26, 2004
Patricia Arlene Meeker Shotzberger, 69, of Bremen, passed away July 26 after a courageous battle with COPD, with her loving husband by her side.
Patricia was born on Aug. 14, 1934 in Glendale, W.Va. the daughter of Waldo Emerson and Helen Angle Meeker. After high school, she got a job with the family dentist, Van K. Heely and worked there until she married Rev. Charles E. Shotzberger on Jan. 22, 1977. They moved to New York and made their home there for a few years. While there, she worked for a dentist in Scarsdale, New York.
They later moved to York where she worked for a dentist in Portsmouth, N.H. and then continued migrating north until they moved to Damariscotta, where Patricia worked for a dentist in Wiscasset. After retiring in 1990, they moved one last time to Bremen.
In 1991, Charles took a position as the clergy for the Bremen Union Church and she assisted him in the ministry until her illness forced her to slow down her activities.
She was a former member of the Bremen Union Church, member of the West Waldoboro Community Church and the Patriotic Club of Bremen.
Pat loved to sing and was part of a quartet in Bremen, enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable gardens, and had a love for both life and people.
She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by her loving husband of 27 1/2 years, Rev. Charles Shotzberger; children, Deborah Jean Bowen of Easton, Md., Donna Sue Mays of Virginia Beach, Va., David Russell Bowen of Cicero, N.Y.; step children, Sandra L. Lewis of Old Orchard Beach, Julia A. Dotter of Beacon, N.Y., Thomas C. Shotzberger of Kingston, N.Y.; brother, Richard P. Meeker of Portsmouth, Va.; aunts, Agnes A. Sindlinger of New City, N.Y., Jane A. Brown of Marion, Ohio, Betty Meeker of Ashville, N.C.; 13 grandchildren, two nieces and several cousins
Memorial service at 1 p.m. Wed., Aug. 4 at the West Waldoboro Community Church with Rev. Michael Murphy officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Pat’s name may be made to the American Lung Association of Maine, 128 Sewall St., Augusta, ME 04330 or to the Rhuematoid Arthritis Foundation, 6 Chenell Dr., Concord, NH 03301.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro.
