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Helen C. Hisler
2002-07-25
Helen Christina Hisler, 67, of Dresden, died at her home early on the morning of Sunday, July 21.
One of eight children, she was born October 28, 1934, in Damariscotta to Alfred and Myrtle L. (Curtis) Chickering.
For many years she lived in Wiscasset, moving to Dresden 14 years ago.
For most of her working life she was self-employed in domestic work throughout the region.
Mrs. Hisler enjoyed beano and garage sales, as well as reading and playing her guitar.
Survivors include five children, Sharlene Willey of Dresden, Mary Oliveri of Pemaquid, Jan A. Hisler of Lisbon, Frank L. Hisler of Newcastle and George B. Hisler of Dresden; two sisters, Bessie Laramee of Alna and Ethel J. Burdick of Chickopee, Mass.; two brothers, Alfred S.O. Chickering of Uxbridge, Mass. and James S. Chickering of Nobleboro; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchild-ren.
Services were held on Wednesday, July 24 at the Chapel of the Strong Funeral Home in Damariscotta.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Miles Home Health/Hos-pice, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Mary H. Hobbs
2002-04-04
Mary H. Hobbs, 87, died Thursday, March 28 at Cove's Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.
Born May 11, 1914 in Boston, Mass. she lived during her childhood in Dover, Mass. After her marriage to her first husband, she lived for many years in Medfield, where she worked as a bookkeeper at Harvard Apparatus Company.
Following the death of her first husband, she moved to Tenents Harbor with her second husband, Hollis, where the couple lived for over 10 years. They then came to their home in Edgecomb, remaining until his death in 1997.
Mrs. Hobbs loved her home, gardening and her family.
Survivors include two nephews, John F. Horton of Boothbay and William MacGregor of Rochester, N.H.; and one niece, Elizabeth Whalen of Boston, Mass. She was predeceased by her brother, John Horton.
Calling hours were Tuesday, April 2 at Strong Funeral Home in Damariscotta with Pastor Esther Lu Lasher officiating. She was laid to rest with her husband in Tenants Harbor.
Verna Hobson
2004-05-13
Verna Hobson of Squirrel Island, formerly of New Gloucester, died Tuesday, April 13.
She was born Verna Harrison on February 5, 1923. Her father, Francis Burton Harrison of New York, served in the United States Congress for four terms before becoming Governor-General of the Philippine Islands dur-ing the administration of Woodrow Wilson. When he retired from politics and moved to Europe, Mrs. Hobson was born, spending her childhood in Scotland, England, France and Switzerland.
At age 14 she moved to the United States and entered Swarthmore College at age 16. For pleasure, Verna became a pilot of small planes, and co-owned a Piper Cub.
Her first jobs were at the Museum of Modern Art and Time, Inc. where she met journalist and senior editor Wilder Hobson. They married in 1945, lived in Manhattan, and summered at "Hobson's Choice," the Hobson family cottage at Squirrel Island
Mr. Hobson played slide trombone in the Hennessy Five Star Orchestra. To join him in the band, Mrs. Hobson learned to play the E-flat tuba.
In 1948, they moved Princeton, N.J. with son Archie and daughter Eliza. Mrs. Hobson's musical career expanded, involving such highlights as playing with her feet (while prone), soloing in front of the Lester Lanin orchestra and jamming with jazz stars Wild Bill Davison and J. C. Higginbotham.
In 1954, she became secretary to Robert Oppenheimer, formerly director of The Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and, following World War II, director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. For 12 years, Verna was a valued aide to Oppenheimer and his family and a key figure in the life of the Institute.
Following the death of her husband in 1964, Mrs. Hobson moved to London, where she worked for the American Association of University Women, and then became executive secretary to Stirrat Johnson-Marshall, head of the London branch of the architectural firm Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall. She made her home on the Snow Goose, a houseboat that she purchased. It was built on the hull of a World War II Landing craft, and rose and fell on the tidal River Thames in Chelsea. Here she entertained international visitors who came away with tales of boisterous, unforgettable parties.
In 1976, she returned to America to settle in the town of New Gloucester. Here she became a passionate tree farmer, active member of SWOAM (Small Woodland Owners of Maine), and raised vegetables, lambs, pigs and chickens. She reported for, managed and edited the independent weekly New Gloucester News from an office in her home. She was one of the re-founders of the Squirrel Island Squid, a 19th-century summer newspaper unpublished for decades. For pleasure, she organized or joined writers' and reading groups.
In 1983 Verna welcomed to her home a foster son, Anthony Chhom Chhem, one of thousands of young Cambodians who fled the ruinous regime of the dictator Pol Pot. Now an American citizen, Anthony is an important addition to the Hobson clan.
In 1988, Mrs. Hobson began a new career, commuting to Portsmouth, N.H. to provide child care for her first grandchild, Wilder Fleming. She exhibited rare talent at the job, and in 1995, moved to Queens, New York, at age 72, to do the same for newborn twin grandchildren Tom and Gwen Hobson.
In the spring of 1998, back in New Gloucester, she was a photographic stringer for the Lewiston Sun, attended the Senior College at the University of Southern Maine, studied ancient Greek and worked on her memoirs. Slowing down in 2001, she moved to New Rochelle, N.Y. to live with son Archie's family. Shortly before she died, she was overjoyed to meet Peng Sary, bride of foster son Anthony, newly arrived from Cambodia.
In her final illness, Mrs. Hobson received excellent care at home from hospice workers and died peacefully, surrounded by all of her descendents. Survivors include Archie, Eliza, Gwen, and Tom Hobson, Wilder Fleming, daughter-in-law Susan Lacerte; Anthony Chhom Chhem and Peng Sary; brothers, Kiko and Geoffrey Harrison; a half-sister, Barbara Fyjis-Walker; a half-brother, Charles Graham-Watson; many nieces, nephews and loving friends spread far and wide.
Stella B. Hodgdon
2003-12-04
Stella B. Hodgdon, 85, passed away Friday, November 28, at the Glen Ridge Nursing Home in Augusta.
Born in Edgecomb on April 9, 1918, she was the daughter of John and Lizzie Burnham. She grew up in Edgecomb and graduated from Lincoln Academy in 1936.
On March 17, 1937 she married A. Douglas Hodgdon and together while living in East Boothbay they raised their son John Hodgdon.
During World War II, Mrs. Hodgdon worked at the Rice Brothers Machine Shop in Boothbay Harbor. She also worked at the East Boothbay Post Office between 1944 and 1945. In 1950 Stella and her husband Douglas bought the store at the corner of Rt. 96 and Murray Hill Rd. and ran it as the Hodgdons Market until 1967. After closing the store together they bought the old East Boothbay Post Office and lived in the apartment overhead.
Mrs. Hodgdon was an active member of the East Boothbay Methodist Church for many years.
She is predeceased by her husband, A. Douglas Hodgdon, who passed away, in 1972.
Survivors include a son, John Hodgdon and wife, Judy, of East Boothbay; granddaughter, Melissa Hodgdon of Worcester, Mass.; and one sister, Mary Reeves of Boothbay Harbor.
A graveside service was held at the Evergreen cemetery Monday, December 1 in Boothbay with Al Roberts officiating.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the East Boothbay United Methodist Church Rt. 96, Boothbay, ME 04544.
Arrangements were under the care and direction of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Ruth E. Hodgdon
2000-01-06
Ruth E. Hodgdon, 69, died Tuesday, December 28, at her home on Barter's Island, Trevett.
Born in Boothbay in 1930, she was the daughter of Samuel and Ruth Merry Wylie, and attended Boothbay schools.
She was married to Corliss Hodgdon and they made their home in the Boothbay area.
Mrs. Hodgdon worked at Pages Clothing store in Boothbay Harbor many years as a clerk.
She enjoyed drawing and painting and looked forward to going on her son's boat fishing in the summer. She loved cats and always owned two or three.
Mrs. Hodgdon was predeceased by her husband Corliss in 1994.
Survivors include one son, James Hodgdon and his wife Anita of Trevett; two daughters, Jill Hodgdon of Topsham and Robin Tukey of Damariscotta; two grandchildren, Tamera and Sean Kingston; two sisters, Maud Page of Boothbay Harbor and Carolyn Hilton of Boothbay; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A graveside service was held on Friday, December 31 at Evergreen cemetery in Boothbay with Rev. William Greenwood officiating.
Donations may be made in her memory to Miles Home Health/ Hospice, RR 2, Box 4500, Damariscotta, ME 04543.
Arrangements were by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Carl H. Hodgdon
2003-02-27
Carl H. Hodgdon, 87, of Lewiston, died Saturday, February 22 at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston.
Born in Westport Island on December 29, 1915, he was the son of Lester and Helena (Higgins) Hodgdon and had been a resident of Lewiston since 1937.
On October 9, 1937 he married Lucienne "Lu" Pratt.
Until his retirement in 1979, he worked for 39 years at Bath Iron Works as a leading welder.
Mr. Hodgdon was a member of St. Patrick's Church in Lewiston.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Lucienne of Lewiston; one son, Eric Hodgdon and his wife Dawn; two grandsons, Travis and Cory Hodgdon, all of Towanda, Penn.; three brothers, Lester Hodgdon of Westport Island, Alfred Hodgdon of Buxton and George Hume of Florida; several nieces and nephews; and his good friends Roger and Joan Duqusnoy.
A Memorial Mass will be held Thursday, February 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Chapel, Walnut Street in Lewiston. Entombment will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Hodgdon's memory to the charity of one's choice.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Pinette Funeral Homes in Lewiston.
C. Stephen Hodgdon
2000-11-09
C. Stephen "Beaver" Hodgdon Jr., 44, of Trevett, died Tuesday, October 31 at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor after a six and one-half year battle with cancer.
Mr. Hodgdon was born in Boothbay Harbor on January 10, 1956, the son of C. Stephen Sr. and Florence Brewer Hodgdon; and graduated with the Class of 1974 from Boothbay Region High School. He started lobstering right after high school and fished all his life. His fishing vessel was named the Amy Gale and he fished out of Wotton's Lobster. He built lobster traps for local fishermen in the winter months. He enjoyed moose
hunting
and spending time with his family.
Survivors include his wife, Gale Hyson Hodgdon of Trevett whom he married on January 3, 1976; his parents, C. Stephen Sr. and Florence Brewer Hodgdon of Trevett; two sons, C. Stephen Hodgdon, III, and Caleb B. Hodgdon; one daughter, Amy Gale Hodgdon, all of Trevett; one brother, Kevin Hodgdon and his wife Susan of Sawyers Island; three sisters, Mary H. Dodge and husband Munro of Boothbay Harbor, Tracey H. Hyson and husband Richard of Boothbay, and Debra H. Andrews and husband of Larry of Boothbay; five nephews; five nieces; and several cousins, aunts and uncles.
A graveside service was held on Saturday, November 4 at Evergreen cemetery in Boothbay with Al Roberts officiating. Serving as pallbearers were Evan Hyson, Ryan Andrews, Jeff Hodgdon, Claude Parmenter, Fred Farnham and Dan Andrews.
Later in the day, fellow fishermen held a boat parade with about 70 vessels participating.
Arrangements were by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Margaret O. Hodgdon
2000-10-12
Margaret O. Hodgdon, 89, died Thursday, October 5 at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta.
She was born on July 6, 1911, and graduated from high school in Massachusetts. She married John J. Oliver, and was a homemaker and a mother. She was predeceased by her husband John J. Oliver Sr. and later married George W. Hodgdon.
Mrs. Hodgdon enjoyed knitting, crocheting and sewing.
She was predeceased by her husband, George W. Hodgdon on June 9, 1979.
Mrs. Hodgdon is survived by her son, John J. Oliver Jr. of Damariscotta.
A graveside service was held on Wednesday, October 11 in Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset. Arrangements were by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home of Wiscasset.
