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Thompson, Katharine
Aug. 7, 1942 - Jan. 9, 2005

Katharine Vansant Thompson, of Sheepscot, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 9 after a valiant battle against breast cancer. Known lovingly to all as Katie, she died surrounded by her family with the support of countless others whose lives were touched by her friendship.
Katie was born on Aug. 7, 1942, to John and Marion Vansant, who resided in Huntingdon Valley, Penn. Throughout her childhood, Katie enjoyed sailing with her family on Long Island Sound and became a skilled and passionate sailor. Her life-long love of sailing took her from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Mediterranean to the Caribbean.
Her education at Abington Friends School taught Katie to uphold the values of peace and world outreach espoused by the Quakers. In 1958, she was selected to represent her school as an exchange student in Selestat, France. She went on to graduate in 1964 from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., earning a Bachelor’s Degree in French.
In 1965, Katie married Ranald Hobbs. They lived together in Washington, D.C. and later in Baltimore, Md. with their two children, Karen and Christopher. After separating from Ranald, Katie eventually relocated to Wiscasset as a single mother. She worked at the law office of David Soule and enhanced her creative side with macramé artistry and craft projects, hereby establishing herself in the arts and crafts community.
Katie was introduced to William M. Thompson, an architect practicing in Princeton, N.J., who joined her in Maine when they married in 1975.They lived together in Wiscasset prior to moving to Sheepscot, where they have lived for the past 18 years with their two daughters, Cammie and Gillian.
In 1981, Katie spent a year with her family in Scotland, where she became inspired by innovative approaches to education.Her convictions about early childhood education and her amazing love of children culminated in the founding of the Sheepscot Valley Children’s House, an alternative pre-school in Wiscasset, where she acted as director until 1992. Her boundless enthusiasm and creativity are still apparent in the spirit that remains the cornerstone of the school today.
Leaving her position as director of the school enabled Katie to focus her energies elsewhere. She was dynamically involved in her community, serving as a member of various organizations, including Lincoln County Historical Association, the Female Charitable Society, the Wiscasset Planning Board, and the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association.
Katie was also a devoted and active member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, where she assisted as Reader, Chalice Bearer, and Lay Eucharistic Minister. She helped initiate the hand bell choir, and participated in the recent Christmas Eve bell-ringing performance.
Katie’s radiant smile was contagious, and her caring manner nurtured many friendships over the years. By all who knew her, Katie will be remembered for her creative generosity, her adventurous spirit, and her passion for life. She lived a full life and lived it abundantly.
Katie is predeceased by her father, John S. Vansant, and an infant son, William Thompson.
She is survived by William M. Thompson, her husband of 29 years; a son Christopher Hobbs (Chris) of Bradenton, Fla.; three daughters, Karen F. Paul of Atlanta, Ga., Katharine M. Thompson (Gillian) of Golden, Col., and Joanna C. Thompson (Cammie) of Boston, Mass.; her mother Marion Fisher Vansant of Damariscotta and a sister, Susan Vansant Bartz of Santa Barbara, Cal.
Memorial service 11 a.m., Sat., Jan. 15 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle.
Arrangements under the direction of Coast of Maine Cremation and Funeral Service, Waldoboro.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Katie’s name may be made to the Sheepscot Valley Children’s House, c/o Ethel Stansfield, P.O. Box 449, Wiscasset, ME 04578, or the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, 624 Sheepscot Rd., Newcastle, ME 04553.

Donnell, Ruey
Feb. 22, 1919 - Feb. 6, 2005

Ruey Ella Hallowell Donnell, 85, of Nobleboro, died the evening of Feb. 6 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
She was born Feb. 22, 1919 in Jefferson, a daughter of Bernard and Laura (Cooper) Hallowell.
Ruey attended school in Washington. On Oct. 5, 1943 she married Walter H. Donnell in Newcastle. Over the years she worked at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle and the Medomak Canning Factory in Waldoboro. For many years she, along with her husband, operated the family hen farm in Nobleboro. She continued to run the farm by herself following her husband’s death in 1966. Ruey was a member of the North Nobleboro Baptist Church. She enjoyed knitting, cooking, dancing and caring for her family.
Ruey is survived by a son, Roger W. Donnell of Carmel; a daughter, Maxine D. Lane and her husband Lawrence E. of Nobleboro; two step-daughters Lois Vannah of Waldoboro and Helen Pietila of Nobleboro; four grandsons, Lawrence Lane, Jr. and his wife Myra of Nobleboro, Tony Donnell and his wife Basma of Ocean Springs, Miss., Paul Donnell and his wife Jessica of Tinker A.F.B., Oklahoma, and David Donnell and his wife Nadine of Charleston, S.C.; granddaughter, Lisa Legere and her husband Randy of Lewiston; 14 step-grandchildren, Harold Moody of Nobleboro, Norma Dion of Nobleboro, Sandy Webster of Waldoboro, Pat Russell of San Augustine, Tex., Pam Glidden of Sand Springs, Okla., Jackie Blanchette of Waldoboro, Jeff Donnell of Houston, Tex., Debra Levensaler of Nobleboro, Robert Spear of Nobleboro, Ronald Spear of Nobleboro, Richard Spear of Nobleboro, Susan Butler of Waldoboro, Sally Fogleman of Port Charolette, Fla., and Carol Jones of Nobleboro; two sisters-in-law, Etta Hallowell of Nobleboro and Thelma Hallowell of Augusta; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of more than 23 years; three brothers, Chauncey Hallowell, Bernard Hallowell, Jr., and Elijah Hallowell; two sisters, Vi Jones and Gladys Henry; a step-son, Chester Donnell; and three step-daughters Thelma Moody, Edna Spear, and Marie Ashworth.
A graveside service will be announced in the spring. Arrangements are under the direction of Coast of Maine Cremation and Funeral Service, Waldoboro. Interment will be in the Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro.
Should friends so desire donations may be made in Ruey’s memory to the North Nobleboro Baptist Church, c/o Norma Dion, Treasurer, 561 East Pond Rd., Nobleboro, ME 04555.

Weston, Joan E.
June 21, 1917 - Feb. 25, 2005

Joan Elizabeth Weston, 87, of Bremen, passed away on Feb. 25, at her home in Bremen.
She was born June 21, 1917 in Waldoboro, the daughter of Victor V. Burnheimer, Sr. and Sarah Groton Burnheimer. She graduated from Kents Hill at age 13, and from Bates College. Later she attended Duke University. She left teaching to run her father’s business, Burnheimer’s Grain, with her brother Victor.
She was a member of the Eastern Star, the Waldoboro Women’s Club, and many other local organizations. Joan was a life long learner, avid reader and bridge player. She loved being with her husband of 62 years, Phil Weston, who died in 2003. They enjoyed traveling, boating and gardening together. Joan was a wonderful and loving mother and wife and will be missed by her friends and family.
She is survived by her daughter, Anne Seifert and her husband, Sigbert of Bremen, and by her brother, Victor V. Burnheimer, Jr. of Waldoboro.
Graveside service will be held in the spring at the German Protestant cemetery in Waldoboro, to be announced.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Joan’s memory to Miles Home Health Hospice, Miles Development Department, 35 Miles St., Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral and Cremation Service, Waldoboro.

Stover, John R.
Apr. 16, 1931 - Jan. 18, 2005

John R. Stover, 73, of Jefferson, died on Jan. 18 at his daughter’s home in Georgetown, after trying to overcome the irreversible effects and complications of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was attended in his final days by his daughter Candice, with the support of her sisters and the wonderful services of CHANS Home Health and Hospice of Brunswick.
Jack was the youngest son of Eugene C., Sr. and Margaret E. ( Mullaney ) Stover. born April 16, 1931 in Bath, he spent his earliest years in the shadow of Fort Popham while his father was assigned to the US Coast Guard station there. The family moved to West Southport where he began his school days. He joined his brothers in the marching band of Boothbay Region High and graduated with the class of 1948.
The sea water ran through his veins and in answer to that he joined the US Navy shortly after high school. His basic training in Great Lakes was just the beginning of his Naval career that spanned three decades and every continent on the globe. He had Mediterranean tour duties and several assignments with the Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, N.C. In the early sixties he shipped out as a medical corpsman from Boston, Mass. aboard the USS Edisto on an assignment that took him down the East Coast, through the Panama Canal and to many ports of call on the western coast of South America. He also served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was stationed in Orlando, Fla. and was part of the commissioning of the Naval Training Center there. After his final assignment at Camp Lejeune, he concluded his career as a Sr. Chief Petty Officer at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1978. He returned to school to qualify for his second career as an X-ray technician in the Orlando area.
John recently received his fifty-year recognition for his membership in the Grand Lodge of Maine. He was a member of the Seaside Lodge of East Boothbay as well as the Riverside Lodge of Jefferson. He enjoyed attending the weekly cribbage games in Jefferson.
Surviving Jack are his three daughters: Candice Dorman and her children Devin and Jonathan of Greenville, S.C.; Robin Anderson, her husband Doug and their children Darcy and Ian of Tenants Harbor; and Katherine Vaillancourt, her husband Michael of Georgetown and their children Melissa Lindley and her husband Max of Bath, Ashley and Katie Vaillancourt of Georgetown; great granddaughter, Ella Reid Lindley of Bath; brothers and their families, Eugene, JR. and his wife Ethel of Wiscasset, and Joe and his wife Peggy of Boothbay Harbor; and many nieces and nephews.
Jack was predeceased by his son, Marc Allen and two step-grandchildren, Kevin and Donald Vaillancourt.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed in his name to CHANS Home Health Care, 50 Baribeau Dr., Brunswick, ME 04011.
Visiting hours, 6-8 p.m., Sat., Jan. 22 at the Simmons Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. Funeral service, 3 p.m., Sun., Jan. 23 at the Boothbay Harbor United Methodist Church with the Rev. Allan Wells-Goodwin officiating. Burial 11 a.m., Mon., Jan. 24 at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, Augusta.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Simmons Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay.

Swetland, Jean Thomas
unknown - Jan. 31, 2005

Jean Thomas (Tommy) Swetland, 83, born in Landsdown, Penn., died Jan. 31, in her home in Alna. Tommy acquired the Moses Carleton House in Alna in 1973 and lived there as a permanent resident in recent years. Her well appointed home was on the Miles Memorial house tour in 1998 and is remembered by many for her gracious reception of all guests and the luncheon that was offered beneath the trees next to the barn.
She had four children, Christine, a violinist, living in Italy; Dane, a luthier and cellist, in Philadelphia, Penn.; Carol, a homemaker in Nevada and Chase, a venture capitalist/investor, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her husband, David W. Swetland, since 1971, has three children, David S., a landscape architect and planner, in Miami, Fla.; Ruth, a civic leader in Cleveland, Ohio; and Polly, a horse breeder in Gloucester, Va.
Tommy gained her college degree from Wellesley, majoring in art, in 1943. She also trained as a classical dancer under Martha Graham and worked one summer with Merce Cunningham. During this period, she acquired the habit of running every serious organization she became part of. After graduation, she was employed by the M.I.T. Radiation Lab and was soon put in charge of a section compiling and printing a parts catalogue of all military radars.
An active feminist all of her life, Tommy joined the League of Women Voters, National Organization of Women and Girl Scouts, early in her career. Girl Scouting was an abiding interest, culminating in six years as President of the Lake Erie Girl Scout Council, of Cleveland. She also served briefly, as head of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Gift Shop. Her knowledge and talent, in art, were carried with her, throughout her life. Sketches and paintings of people and places she encountered in her travels filled her diaries.
Upon her marriage to David, Tommy devoted her energies to her new life, becoming a pilot in 1972 to assist him in flying duties and becoming adept as a sailor, neither of which she cared for, but did because it was a job to be done. She twice made round trips in his plane across the North Atlantic as copilot and radio operator, and once made a rough transatlantic passage from Miami to Palma Majorca, as cook in their 43-foot ketch. She was a superb cook. No one ate as well on a sailboat on a long voyage. Wherever she lived, her food and its presentation were exceptional.
Amidst all these qualities were her home environment where flowers were paramount. Flowers and gardens filled her daily thoughts. In Maine, it was her gardens, herb and flower, and it is where she lavished her talent in later years. Earlier she gardened in her home in Florida and was an outspoken member of the Board of Trustees of the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables. In this and many other ways, the world is better for Tommy Swetland, a vibrant, elegant lady! Vade in pacem.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of the Strong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Damariscotta.

Theriault, Arthur R.
July 7, 1927 - Feb. 18, 2005

Arthur Richard Theriault, 77, of Waldoboro, passed away Feb. 18 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro after a brief illness.
Arthur was born July 7, 1927, a son of Amos and Bernice Guimond Theriault, and was a 1945 graduate of Waldoboro High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre aboard the USS Argonne, and was a stationed in Japan after its surrender.
In 1947 Arthur married Maxine Wallace and returned to Waldoboro, where he worked at several local stores in town.
In 1952 they moved to Medford, Mass. where he was employed by Harmony Supply for ten years. He then worked for many years as a milkman for Gilman’s Dairy in North Reading.
Arthur was employed by Flatly Company Engineering and Construction, in New Hampshire, where he helped to build a large plaza in Boca Raton, Fla. for three and a half years. He later moved to Nashua, N.H., where he was employed by the maintenance department of St. Joseph’s Hospital until his retirement in 1990. He returned to Waldoboro in 1997.
He enjoyed sports, history and talking politics.
He is predeceased by his wife, Maxine Wallace Theriault.
Survivors include his son, Richard Theriault of Rockford, Ill.; brother, Raymond Theriault of Waldoboro; grandson, Scott Theriault of Rockford, Ill.; granddaughters, Kerry Theriault of Northport, Fla., and Jennifer Brown of Attleboro, Mass.; and five great-grandchildren.
A committal service will be held in the spring at the Back Cove cemetery in Waldoboro; a date and time will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.

Bridges, Nancy J.
Nov. 20, 1949 - Feb. 20, 2005

Nancy J. Bridges, 55, of Bremen, died Feb. 20 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center, Brunswick.
She was born in Rahway, N.J., Nov. 20, 1949, the daughter of Paul and Marjorie Miller Pfitzner.
She married her childhood sweetheart, William G. Bridges April 28, 1989 in Plainfield, N.J.
In 1973, Mrs. Bridges started her career at Merck Corporation as corporate secretary and held positions of International Personnel Administrator, Manager of International Compensation, Director of Payroll Services, retiring in 2003 as Corporate Director of Human Resources.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridges retired to Bremen June 2004.
She was a collector of Longaberger baskets, a certified scuba diver and was active in the Bremen Women’s League. She was an avid reader particularly enjoying all of The Lord of the Rings books as well as crosswords and jigsaw puzzles and was a good cribbage player.
Besides her husband of Bremen, she is survived by two brothers, Robert Pfitzner and his wife, Mary Lou of Watchung, N.J. and Richard Pfitzner and his wife, Joyce of Lakeside, Cal.; brother-in-law Donald Bridges of New Milford, Penn.; and several nieces and nephews.
At the request of Mrs. Bridges, there will be no services. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1 Main St., Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086.
Arrangements by Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick.

Jarvin, Tauno
Nov. 14, 1916 - March 3, 2005

Tauno (Don) Taisto Jarvin, 88, of Whitefield, died March 3 at the Augusta Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Monongahela, Penn. on Nov. 14, 1916, a son of Uuno and Ellen Sunderlin Jarvin. Don attended Fitch High School in Groton, Conn. where he was a member of the track team. He was employed at Electric Boat Company as a naval architect in Grotton, Conn. for 30 years. After retiring he and his wife Helen moved to North Palm Beach, Fla. They bought a small mobile home park and ran it for seven years. While living in Florida he worked at Hargreaves Boat Builders in West Palm Beach, Fla. After selling their mobile home park they moved to North Whitefield and built their log home, which they lived in for 30 years.
He was predeceased by his wife Helen in 2002 and a sister Toini Milikin.
Don is survived by his daughter Patricia D. Sweet and her husband Thomas of Whitefield; a son Donald C. Jarvin and his wife Agnes of Palm City, Fla.; his sisters, Tuuli Nahas and Thelma Burnett of Grotton, Conn.; grandchildren, Curtis, Cameron, Laura, Donna, Patty, Kim, Dennis and Debbie; several great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
There will be no services.
Contributions may be made to the Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St., Gardiner, ME 04345.
Arrangements are under the care of Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner.

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