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Mona M. Howe
2000-06-01
Mona M. Howe, 90, of Woodstock, Georgia, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died in her sleep on Sunday, May 28 after an extended illness.
She was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, H.G. "Bob" Howe, also of Woodstock and Boothbay Harbor.
She was born in Waldo, Maine, the oldest daughter of William and Madeleine MacDonald.
Mrs. Howe was active in the Boothbay Region Garden Club and the Wawenock Power Squadron while living in Boothbay Harbor.
While living in Georgia, she was active as a volunteer in several regional hospitals and received numerous awards for her volunteer work and fund-raising efforts.
Mrs. Howe enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles and her music.
She is survived by her sister, Georgiana Curto of California; her daughter, Georgia Howe MacRae; Ms. MacRae's son Ian, his wife, Kathy, and their daughter, Montana, of Woodstock, Connecticut; Ms. MacRae's daughter Heather Neal Goff, her husband, Dr. Nathan Goff, and their two children, Lindsay and Cameron, all of Portland; her son, Rory Howe and his wife, Dorinda (Hodgdon) Howe; Rory's three children, Ethan Rory and his wife, Katherine, of Worcester, Mass., Shanna Herrick and her husband, Jason, of Providence, R.I. and their infant daughter, Abby, and Brittany Hubbard of Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Howe is also survived by several nieces and nephews and two step-great-grandchildren.
She will be interred at Evergreen cemetery in Portland and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kidney Foundation or the American Cancer Society.
Donald P. Hutchins
2000-03-23
Donald P. Hutchins, 70, of Scarborough, died Tuesday, March 14 at New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Portland. born April 15, 1929 in Boothbay Harbor, he was the son of Earl and Myra Sherman Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins grew up and attended local schools in Boothbay Harbor. He worked for Porter's Drug Store and the First National store in Boothbay Harbor, and was a veteran serving in the U.S. Navy. Before retiring in the late 1980s, he was a produce and dairy manager for ACME supermarkets in Philadelphia for 27 years. He retired to Scarborough to live with his sister. Mr. Hutchins enjoyed vegetable and flower gardens, and canned his grown vegetables. He was an avid reader and loved coming back to Boothbay Harbor. Survivors include three sisters, Ethel Melcher of Scarborough, Doris DeWitt of Bath and Roberta Davis of Mystic, Conn.; one brother, Bradford Hutchins of Portland; and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, March 22 at the Oaklawn cemetery in Boothbay Harbor, with Reverend Allan Wells-Goodwin officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service Building Fund, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538. Arrangements were under the direction of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Marjorie F. Hagen
2001-09-06
Marjorie F. Hagen, 89, of East Boothbay, a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank, died Friday, August 31, at St. Andrews Hospital, after a stroke.
Born October 2, 1911, in Prince Edward Island, Canada
, she was the daughter of Ella B. and John T. Hagen.
She lived in the Dorchester and Jamaica Plain areas of Boston for most of her adult life and was a member of the Greenwood Memorial Methodist Church in Dorchester for 78 years. At Greenwood Memorial she served as a Sunday school teacher, a financial officer, and sang in the choir. She was also involved in church youth groups and taught Chinese Sunday school.
Ms. Hagen loved gardening and was a long-time member of the Wollaston Garden Club. She was noted for painting still life and scenery and was a member of the Boston Museum of Fine Art.
Recently she moved in with her sister Ruth Hagen of East Boothbay, to be nearer her sister Jean Meggison and niece Martha Barker.
She was pre-deceased by brothers John P. and Edward C. Hagen, and sister Dorothy E. Danforth.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 8 at the United Methodist Church in Boothbay Harbor and Interment on a date yet to be set at Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter
Katherine Lowe Hall
2003-07-10
Katherine Lowe Hall, 97, of Wiscasset, died Wednesday, July 2.
A native of Fitchburg, Mass., she was the daughter of Grace Doten Lowe and David Lowe.
Mrs. Hall graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) and taught school in Franklin, Mass.
For 54 years she was married to her high school sweetheart, W. Bigelow Hall. They settled in Needham, Mass. where she became the "Welcome Wagon Hostess" for 20 years, greeting newcomers to town with her big baskets of gifts from local merchants and businesses.
She belonged to numerous clubs and organizations including The Florence Crittendon League, The Friendly Society, and several church groups.
Upon retirement in 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Hall moved to Redington Beach, Fla. for the winter months and came back to their summer home on Lake Monomonac in Winchendon, Mass.
One of her favorite pastimes was playing the piano.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Hall Baird of Etowah, N.C. and Eleanor Hall Yesmentes of East Boothbay; seven grandchildren, John and David Baird of Wis., Katherine (Baird) Chavez of N.C., and Mary Lee (Baird) Morkved of Minn., Peter Yesmentes of Winchendon, Mass., Katherine (Yesmentes) Daley of Mendon, Mass., and Sarah (Yes-mentes) Plummer of Boothbay; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Richard A. Hall
2003-01-02
Richard A. "Skyking" Hall, 83, founder of the Hall Funeral Home in Waldoboro, died Sunday, December 22, 2002 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Born December 13, 1919 in Three Rivers, Canada, he was the son of Henry L. and Katharine Allen Hall. He grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison High School. He graduated from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield and Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vermont where he was a fullback on the 1940 Vermont championship football team.
He attended Colby College until Word War II began and he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. He rose from private to Captain in the Chemical Corps, serving in the European Theatre and during the Korean War.
Mr. Hall was responsible for the training of the entire 8th Infantry Division in individual and collective protection against chemical, biological and radiological (atomic and hydrogen) warfare. He made a formal presentation to Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery on a simulated atomic bomb explosion as a demonstration for the British government at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.
In 1953 he designed equipment for a new method of laying smoke screens. The new device allowed an L-19 light observation plane to lay 1,000-yard strips of smoke 80 feet in diameter in 20 seconds.
He graduated as president of his class from The New England Institute in Boston, Mass. where he received his Funeral Service degree. He served his apprenticeship with J.S. Waterman & Sons in Boston and the Nelson J. Smart Funeral Homes in Skowhegan and Norridgewock.
In 1958 he purchased the Flanders Funeral Home in Waldoboro and changed its name to the Hall Funeral Home. He also purchased the Waltz Funeral Home in Waldoboro and Bond Funeral Home in Jefferson, and for many years provided the community with ambulance service until he transferred the responsibility, along with the ambulance, to the town.
Mr. Hall was a member of the Waldoboro United Methodist Church and past president of the Methodist Men. He was also a past president of the Maine Funeral Directors Association serving in 1969, a member of the Selected Independent Funeral Homes, National Funeral Directors Association, and sat on the State Board of Funeral Service from 1989 to 1998, also serving as chairman of the board.
In December, 2000 he was honored by the members of the Maine Funeral Directors Association at its annual meeting with a lifetime membership award for his dedicated service to the funeral profession and the association.
In 1992 he received the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice for his dedication to the highest professional standards in providing quality funeral service. He always strived to positively impact his community and its needs. He helped many local causes throughout the years.
Mr. Hall was a 50-year member of King Solomon's Lodge #61, serving in 1963 and 1964 as past Master, a life member of Lakeview Chapter #179 O.E.S., Scottish Rite and York Rite Bodies, Kora Temple Shrine, Midcoast Shriners Club, Meenagha Grange, Soule-Shuman VFW Post #4525, American Legion Charles C. Lilly Post #149, 40/8, Knights of Pythias, Past Grand of Odd Fellows, and President of Waldoboro Lions Club.
He had a great love for animals, music, playing his guitars or organ, and especially flying. He was a certified flight instructor and had a commercial, multi-engine and IFR rating. He owned many planes throughout the years and kept them at Owls Head and Augusta Airports, and was a member of the flying club at Owls Head.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Cynthia Bailey Hall; a son, Richard B. Hall; brothers David and John Hall; and his second wife, Lois Bither Hall.
Survivors include his daughters Carol Hall Perry and her husband Jim of Waldoboro; Nancy Mabee and her husband George of Marietta, Georgia; Becky Tipp and her husband John of Richmond, Calif.; one son Michael Hall and his wife Liz of Damariscotta; step-son Henry Bither and his wife Debbie of Sanford; sister Ruth Guernsey of West Lebanon, N.H.; grandchildren Lisa Lee of Waldoboro, Nate Wade of Fairfield, Sue Dodge of New Harbor, Jason and Jeff Mabee, both of Marietta, Ga., Sarah and Kyle Tipp of Richmond, Calif., and Emma Katherine Hall of Damariscotta; step-grandchildren Stephanie Brown of California, Danielle Bither of Portland, James Perry of Bath, Jonathan "Jodi" Perry of Waldoboro, Jennifer Andrews of Damariscotta; one aunt, Estelle Carver of Pittsford, N.Y.; one sister-in-law, Margo Yanik of Hendersonville, N.C.; nine great-grand-children; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours and services were held on Friday, Dec. 27 at the Hall Funeral Home in Waldoboro.
The Celebration of Life service was held Saturday, Dec. 28 at the Broadbay Congregational Church on Main Street in Waldoboro, and burial followed in the Brookland cemetery in Waldoboro.
Contributions in Mr. Hall's memory may be made to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556, or to the Miles Home Health/Hospice, 40 Belvedere Rd., Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements were under the care of Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.
Gail S. R. Hall
2002-05-02
Gail Sandra Rogers Hall, 66, of Pemaquid, died Tuesday, April 23, at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta.
Born in Plymouth, Mass. January 2, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Lillian M. Ware Rogers, sister of Roland R. Rogers who passed away in 2001.
She moved to Whitefield as an infant. In 1955, she graduated from Wiscasset Academy. She was very active in 4-H as a child, raising cows and showing them at county fairs. After graduating from high school, Mrs. Hall worked for Sylvania while living in her family homestead in Whitefield before moving to the Bristol area.
She spent the remainder of her working years at the First National Bank where she retired at the age of 64.
Survivors include one son, Leslie D. Hall of Pemaquid; a stepdaughter, Marie Morris; her very close nephew, Dana, as well as Debbie, Dana Jr. Rogers, all of Whitefield; one niece, Lora Lynne and daughter, Alisha Rogers Norman of Moove, Oklahoma; close friends, Lillian Ciders, Christopher and Heather Leeman.
At her request, there will be no services.
Elizabeth M. Hall
2000-10-26
Elizabeth M. Hall, 84, of Wellesley, Mass. and Ocean Point died Wednesday, October 18 at Newton Wellesley Hospital.
She was born in Providence, Rhode Island and became a life-long resident of Wellesley and a summer resident of Ocean Point.
Mrs. Hall is survived by her husband, Richard M. Hall; a son, Richard S. Hall; a daughter, Elizabeth A. Hall and grandchildren, William S., Kristin B. and Megan L. Hall.
A memorial service was held at St. Andrews Church in Wellesley.
Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the National Audubon Society.
Katherine Lowe Hall
2003-07-10
Katherine Lowe Hall, 97, of Wiscasset, died Wednesday, July 2.
A native of Fitchburg, Mass., she was the daughter of Grace Doten Lowe and David Lowe.
Mrs. Hall graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) and taught school in Franklin, Mass.
For 54 years she was married to her high school sweetheart, W. Bigelow Hall. They settled in Needham, Mass. where she became the "Welcome Wagon Hostess" for 20 years, greeting newcomers to town with her big baskets of gifts from local merchants and businesses.
She belonged to numerous clubs and organizations including The Florence Crittendon League, The Friendly Society, and several church groups.
Upon retirement in 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Hall moved to Redington Beach, Fla. for the winter months and came back to their summer home on Lake Monomonac in Winchendon, Mass.
One of her favorite pastimes was playing the piano.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Hall Baird of Etowah, N.C. and Eleanor Hall Yesmentes of East Boothbay; seven grandchildren, John and David Baird of Wis., Katherine (Baird) Chavez of N.C., and Mary Lee (Baird) Morkved of Minn., Peter Yesmentes of Winchendon, Mass., Katherine (Yesmentes) Daley of Mendon, Mass., and Sarah (Yes-mentes) Plummer of Boothbay; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
