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Mildred O'Connor
1998-10-01
WEST PARIS - Mildred (Billings) O'Connor, 104, of Bucksport, died on September 22, 1998, at Ledgeview Nursing Home in West Paris. She was born in East Eddington, Maine, on November 2, 1893, the daughter of Frederick and Amelia (Davis) Billings. She married Leicester W. O'Connor on December 24, 1912. She was a homemaker who resided in East Orange, New Jersey, Bangor, Dexter and Bucksport, Maine. Her husband was Dexter's first Town Manager during the 30s and early 40s. He then became the first Town Manager of Bucksport in 1946 until his death in 1959.
Mrs. O'Connor is survived by a daughter-in-law, Judy O'Connor of Oxford, eight grandchildren, Bonnie Howard, Heather Pelletier, Laurie Ahearn, Kathy Chalas, Nancy Ames, Kim Amalfitano, Michael and Kevin O'Connor and many great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Rae Schmidt, a son, Robert O'Connor and three brothers, Jasper, Victor and Lester Billings.
In lieu of flowers, friends may wish to make memorial donations to Ledgeview Nursing Home in West Paris, or Elm Street Congregational Church, Bucksport.
Andrew J. O'Neal
1998-10-29
SOUTH PARIS - Andrew J. O'Neal, 74, of Oxford died Wednesday October 21, 1998 at the Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris.
He was born in Lewiston on February 3, 1924, the son of Edward and Laura Durgin O'Neal. He was educated in Winthrop schools and was a graduate of Gray's Business College in Portland.
He was a self employed carpenter and contractor. He was a member of the American Legion Post #159 of Kennebunkport. Mr. O'Neal and his wife, Bobbie, has made their home with Arlene Stone in Oxford for the past several years.
He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in WW II. He married Robertine Sealey on July 18, 1969.
Mr. O'Neal is survived by his wife of Oxford; one daughter, Sharon McNeal of Pittsfield; a son, Paul Grant Jr. of Sanford; two sisters, Ramona McPherson of Dover Foxcroft, and Betsey Patterson of East Hartford, CN; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home 230 Main St. Norway. Interment was in Gracelawn in Auburn.
Mr. Daniel O'Neil
1999-08-26
NORWAY - Daniel O'Neil, 69, of Sumner, died Thursday, August 12, 1999 at Stephens Memorial Hospital.
Mr. O'Neil was born in Somerville, MA, on November 19, 1929, the son of the late James and Nellie (McElheney) O'Neil.
He later moved to Sumner, where he resided for the last 20 years.
He married Jeanette Gammon on February 5, 1984.
Mr. O'Neil retired from the State of Massachusetts Water Department, where he worked as a truck driver.
He was a recipient of the Purple Heart for wounds received while serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. O'Neil was a member of the DAV and the VFW Post 620 in Stoneham, MA.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanette; one brother, Charles of Somerville, MA.; one sister, Eleanor DiSilva and her husband Thomas of Lexington, MA; one brother-in-law, Oscar Gammon and his wife Elsie of Buckfield; three sisters-in-law, Martha Dunn of Sumner, Barbara McDonald and her husband Douglas of Jay, and Dorothy Brown and her husband James of Sumner; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by four brothers, John, James, Hughie, and Paul O'Neil and three sisters, Abbie Callahan, Anna Martin, and Catherine Johnson.
Visitation was held on Sunday, Aug. 15, from 2-4 at the Andrews Funeral Home on High Street in Buckfield. Graveside services were held on Monday, Aug. 16, in the Elmwood cemetery in East Sumner, with Father Amato officiating.
Contributions can be made to the Buckfield Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 99, Buckfield, ME 04220
Francis Leighton
1998-05-14
A memorial service for Francis Leighton will be held on Tuesday, May 19 at 11 a.m. in the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor.
Everyone is welcome at the Leighton residence, 76 Appalachee Shores, following the service.
Hazel G. Christensen
1998-05-14
Hazel Giles Christensen, 87, died Monday, May 11 at the Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida.
Born July 25, 1910 in Dorchester, Mass., she was the daughter of Millard and Laura MacKinnon Giles. She grew up in Medford, Mass. and graduated from Medford High School in the class of 1928. She attended Boston University and graduated from Burdett Business School in Boston.
Mrs. Christensen was an executive secretary for the president of Carter-Rice Paper Company in Boston for 35 years. She retired in 1982 and married Carl Christensen on December 16, 1982. They retired to Florida. She traveled and talked to secretarial groups all over the country with the National Secretary Association. She was president of Beacon Hill Chapter and was named Secretary of the Year in the early 1960s. She worked for Storrs & Bement, a wholesale paper business distributor prior to becoming an executive secretary.
Mrs. Christensen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Medford, Mass. She was an active member and Sunday School teacher. She was also very active in the Rebekah Lodge, and in the Medford Women's Club as a past president. She had summered in the Boothbay region all of her life.
She was predeceased by a sister, Edith H. Leeman, who died November 20, 1997.
Survivors include her husband, Carl A. Christensen of Naples, Fla.; step-children, Carl A. Christensen Jr. of Schaumburg, II, and Eric Christensen of Yorktown Heights, N.Y.; nephews Mark G. Leeman of Boothbay and Robert Leeman of Brunswick.
Visiting hours will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 15 at Simmons & Harrington Funeral Home, 51 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 16 at the Evergreen cemetery in Boothbay. Donations may be made in her memory to the First Baptist Church, Oakland St., Medford, MA 02155. Arrangements are by Simmons & Harrington Funeral Home.
J. Richard Murray
1998-05-14
J. Richard (Dick) Murray, Managing Director of Canada
's Hudson's Bay Company from 1959 to 1973, died at his home on May 2, the exact date of the 328th anniversary of the founding of the historic company. He was 80 years old.
Murray was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1917, graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a bachelor of arts degree in 1938 and again in 1941 with a degree in law. From 1941 to 1945, Murray served in World War II as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy.
After the war, he joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs and was posted as Foreign Services Officer, Canadian Embassy, in Washington, D.C. from 1945 to 1950. In 1951 he joined the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada's primary national retailer then based in London, England.
He rose quickly in the company, becoming president of Hudson's Bay Fur Sales, Inc. in New York City and after four years went to company headquarters in Winnipeg as General Manager for Canada. In 1959, at the age of 42, Murray was made Chief Executive Officer of the Company with the English title of Managing Director, and Vice Chairman of Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company, Ltd.
Murray loved the romance of the ancient Hudson's Bay Company, the world's oldest continuous enterprise. He like calling it by it's true name: ``The Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson's Bay," a vast empire that once covered a twelfth of the earth's land surface. At one time, the trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company encompassed three million square miles stretching from the Arctic Ocean to San Francisco and from Labrador to Hawaii, making it the largest private landowner in history.
On May 2, 1970, HBC celebrated its 300 anniversary and Murray's diplomatic skills helped revise the Company's Royal Charter in order to bring the company from Britain to Canada. To mark the celebration, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the new version, the Hudson's Bay Company was transferred and became a Canadian company headquartered in Winnipeg. Murray also presided over the construction of a replica of the 53foot ketch Nonsuch, one of the two ships sent by Charles II which sailed from England in 1668 on an exploratory journey to the new world to bring back the first cargo of fur pelts. As part of the anniversary celebration, the Nonsuch replica sailed off Canada's shores in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The replica is now housed in Winnipeg with the Hudson's Bay Company archives.
After his retirement from HBC, Murray was named first Commissioner of the foreign Investment Review Agency in Ottawa until 1975 when he was appointed President of the Federal Business Development Bank. From 1969 to 1974, Murray served on several boards as a Director of Air Canada, Time Canada Ltd. and Great West Life Insurance Company. He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Although Murray was Canadian by birth, he had deep roots in the United States. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, Harvard Business School and served aboard the USS Texas during World War II. He lived in Washington, D.C., New York City and in 1958 bought a house on McKown Point, West Boothbay Harbor. In 1989 he became an American citizen and Maine resident, and in 1992 built a winter home in the Napa Valley, California. Murray was a member of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.
Murray is survived by his wife, the former Sally Jean Olsen of Glen Ridge, New Jersey and Boothbay Harbor; two daughters, Madeleine Irene Murray of Sydney, Australia and Lorraine Marie Murray of Victoria, British Columbia; a sister, Pat Ford of Rochester, New York; three stepsons, a step-daughter and two grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, May 9 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Calistoga, Calif., with a reception following. Donations in Dick Murray's memory may be made to the Sharpsteen Museum, Box 573, Calistoga, CA 94515, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Berry and Myrtle Streets, Calistoga, CA 94515.
Charles Varnum
1998-05-14
A graveside service for Thomas Charles Varnum, 31, of Bass Harbor, who died on December 31, 1997 will be at 10 a.m., Friday, May 15 in Oak Grove cemetery in Bath. Arrangements are by Mayo, Curtis & Hill Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath.
Alton King
1998-05-14
A graveside service for Alton L. King Jr., age 51, of Dresden, who died on November 16, 1997 will be at 3 p.m., Friday, May 15 at Pine Grove cemetery in Dresden. Arrangements are by Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset.
Douglas Schmal
1998-03-26
Douglas Schmal, 88, of Edgecomb died Wednesday, March 18 at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.
Born in St. James, Long Island, New York on August 12, 1909, he was the son of George D. and Lorraine W. (Douglas) Schmal.
At a young age he worked as a stable hand and later was a runner for the Stock Market. In 1932 he moved to Wiscasset and was very instrumental in bringing the concept of worm digging to this area and received recognition in the National Geographic for this concept which he learned on Long Island.
On July 20, 1936, he married Mary O. Colby. In 1943 they moved to Edgecomb and during World War II he worked at Bath Iron Works at the Harding Plant. In 1948 he and his wife purchased and operated Doug's Market on Water Street in Wiscasset where they sold various supplies depending on the season, retiring in 1973.
He was a member of the St. James Fire Department on Long Island, New York.
On December 15, 1991 he was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Mary O. Schmal; his son, Lester Douglas Schmal on September 15, 1979; and his grandson, Scott Douglas Schmal.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John (Marsha) Potter of Edgecomb; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mayo & Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset held a funeral service on Sunday, March 22. Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, co/ Lupus, 930 Brighton Avenue, Portland, ME.
Douglas Schmal
1998-05-14
A Committal Service for Douglas Schmal, 88, of Edgecomb, who died March 18, 1998 will be at noon Saturday, May 23, in Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset. Arrangements are by Mayo, Curtis & Hill Funeral Home, Federal Street, Wiscasset.
Dean A. Fales Jr.
1998-05-14
Dean A. Fales Jr., 72, a longtime resident of Kennebunkport, later of Brunswick and most recently of Belfast, Maine, died Sunday, May 10.
Born in Boston in 1925, he was the son of Dean A. Fales Sr., a well-known automotive engineer, and Lenabel C. Fales. He was educated in Boston schools, obtained BA and MA degrees from Boston University and did advanced graduate training at Harvard University.
He served overseas in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. Following his education he joined the staff of Winterthur Museum in Delaware as Registrar and subsequently was appointed Director of the Essex Institute in Salem, Mass. where he served for several years.
After returning to Maine from this position, he acted as a museum consultant and was a popular lecturer on various antique topics.
Mr. Fales was a recognized authority on American antique furniture. He wrote Furniture of Old Deerfield and in 1972 wrote a definitive volume on painted furniture: American Painted Furniture 1660-1880. He also contributed numerous articles on antique and decorative arts to various publications throughout the years, and was a long-term member of the Walpole Society, a group of antiques experts.
Mr. Fales was a lifetime member of the K.B.C.M.C.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Martha Gandy Fales, and a nephew, John F. Edwards of Trevett.
Interment will be private.
Hamilton B. Grant
1998-05-14
Hamilton Broughton Grant of Alna passed away May 11 at Winship Green Nursing Home, Bath of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Born at home on October 31, 1909 in Cherryfield, he was the youngest child of Harvey J. and Ella Mae (Tucker) Grant. He was educated in Cherryfield, graduating from Cherryfield Academy in 1927.
Mr. Grant attended Colby College in Waterville for two years, whereupon he accepted a teaching position in Stratton. While in Stratton, he met and married H. Velma Jewett on January 30, 1931. He returned to Colby and completed his degree in 1934.
Mr. Grant accepted a position as principal and math-science teacher at Yarmouth Junior High School, Yarmouth in September 1934. This began a 36-year career in Yarmouth that included several years as Superintendent of Schools for Yarmouth, Freeport, Pownal and Harpswell. He concluded his career as principal of the William Rowe Elementary School in Yarmouth.
Upon retirement in 1970, he and Velma returned to her family farm in Alna. Mr. Grant enjoyed many years of raising blueberries, cut flowers and a huge vegetable garden. He also enjoyed
hunting
.
He was preceded in death by his parents, step-mother, his sister, Mabel, and three brothers, Merrill, Mansir and Arthur. His wife Velma died in February 1978.
Survivors include his second wife, Polly (Briggs) Grant; his son, Dr. Roland L. Grant and wife Kay of Billings, Montana; two grandchildren, Jay Grant of San Francisco and Jody Ballou of Seattle; a step-daughter, Susan Spalvins of Boalsburg, Penn.; step-grandchildren, John, S cotti, Tracy and Andra; and several step-greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews and their children.
Burial will be in the Whitefield Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Strong Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the First Congregational Church, Wiscasset, or the Head Tide Church Fund, c/o Connie Hurst, Alna.
