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Ronald K. Smith
2000-09-14
Ronald Keith Smith, 30, of Boothbay, died Monday, September 11 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born on April 15, 1970 in Albany, Georgia he grew up in Lynnfield, Mass. He belonged to Boy Scout Troop #49 of Lynnfield. He was a graduate of Lynnfield High School and attended Northeast Technical School in Boston.
Mr. Smith worked as a mechanic at a motorcycle shop in Lynnfield. He also worked with Danny Harrison as a carpenter and with Joe Meyers in landscaping work. Most recently he was employed as a sternman.
He was a skier and sailor and enjoyed reading. He also enjoyed working on dirt and road bikes.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Susan and Larry Johnson of Trevett; grandparents, Keith and Cynthia Williams of Trevett; a sister, Elizabeth Michael of Trevett; a niece, Kylie Michael of Trevett; his father, Ronald H. Smith of Ryegate, Vt.; his fiancÈe, Jenny Bryer of Boothbay; one brother, Ronson Smith of Ryegate, Vt.
He was predeceased by his brother, Joel Johnson in 1998.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 15 at 10 a.m. at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay. The Rev. Dan McNutt will officiate.
Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Bernice K. Smith
2000-03-23
Bernice K. Smith of Peoria, Arizona, formerly of East Boothbay, died Tuesday, March 14 at Sun Health Hospice in Peoria. She was born in Lower West Jedore, Nova Scotia, April 26, 1906, youngest child of Salathiel and Clara Bayers Harpell, and was raised in Everett, Mass. from the age of three, graduating from high school in 1925. For many years, she was employed by Filene's Department Store in Boston, where she was asked to name their first line of nylon hosiery, "Miss Wellsley." Later she was a bookkeeper for the United Church Mission Board. She and her husband, Earle D. Smith, retired to Maine in 1960, after spending five years building their new home in East Boothbay. She was a member of the Garden Club, a life member of Crescent Chapter #54 Order of Eastern Star, and enjoyed both playing the piano and singing hymns. In 1995 she relocated to Arizona to be with her daughter, Barbara Kovach. Additional survivors include three granddaughters, Karen Kovach and Kim Kovach (James Owens) of Arizona, and Kandi Osborne (Orval) of California, as well as three great-granddaughters, one niece, three nephews and several great-nieces and nephews. Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date in Boothbay. In lieu of flowers, friends may send contributions to the Hospice of their choice.
Bernice Smith
2000-04-20
Graveside Service Graveside services for Bernice Smith will be held Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m. at Evergreen cemetery in Boothbay. Rev. McNutt will officiate
Friends and relatives are invited to help celebrate her life following the service at the social room in the Boothbay Baptist Church. Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home of Boothbay
Dudley Smith
2000-09-14
Dudley Howard Smith, 88, of Boothbay Harbor, formerly of Waterville, died Sunday, September 3 at St. Andrews Hospital and Health Care Center in Boothbay Harbor.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on May 5, 1912, he was the son of the late Howard G. and Florence (Sedgwick) Smith.
In 1926, he entered Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York and graduated in 1930. In 1930, he entered Wesleyan University, studying chemistry and graduated in 1934.
On September 4, 1937, he married Doris M. Rees of Hancock, New York . She died in March of 1995.
Mr. Smith was employed as a chemist by the Thomas Keery Company of Hancock, New York from 1934 to 1937. From 1937 to 1953, he was employed as a chemist by the Hollingsworth and Whitney Company in Waterville. From 1953 to 1974, he was employed by the Keyes Fibre Company in Waterville. He worked in the research department until 1956, and then was manager of Market Development. He retired as manager of the Industrial Division.
On May 25, 1996, he married Marjorie Bither.
Mr. Smith was a member and past president of the Waterville Kiwanis Club; a member of the American Chemical Society for over 50 years, and was former secretary of the Maine Division.
He was also a member of the China Historical Society, the Waterville Historical Society, and the Hancock, New York Historical Society. He belonged to the Old Sturbridge Village, Mass., Smithsonian Institute, Colby College Friends of Art, Metropolitan Opera Guild, and the Chi Psi Fraternity at Wesleyan University. He was active in the formation of the Girl Scout "Camp Kirwold" and was chairman of its board of directors. Mr. Smith was also an active member and Deacon of the First Congregational Church of Waterville.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Bither Smith of Boothbay Harbor; three daughters, Linda M. Ames and her husband Claton of South China, Diane S. Drinkwater of Belfast, and Karen R. Pipe and her husband Carleton of Fryeburg; two stepsons, Stewart Bither and his wife Nancy of East Boothbay, and Richard Bither and his wife Denise of Commerce, TWS, Michigan; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, September 12 at the First Congregational Church on Eustis Parkway in Waterville, with the Rev. Dr. Sheldon Smith officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the First Congregational Church, Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME 04901, or to the Maine General Medical Center, Thayer Unit, Waterville, ME 04901.
Geraldine M. Smith
1999-02-04
Geraldine Mayer Smith, 81, Alna, passed away Dec. 6, 1998 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, as a result of burns sustained in a fire at her home on Nov. 22.
She was born May 22, 1917 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the eldest child of Frank Joseph and Elizabeth Groh Mayer. Her father, who served in the Navy for 48 years, retired as a lieutenant commander and held the Navy Cross.
Her home in Alna, next door to her grandfather's house, had been her summer residence since she was four years old. She bought the property from the late Webster and Winnie Dow in 1940, retiring there in 1978 after a long career as an art educator.
Mrs. Smith received her early education in New York City. At John Adams High School she studied with the painter Robert Steed who became a lifelong friend and mentor who would later spend many summers working in a studio in her fields.
As a high school senior, she won the New York City mayor's gold medal for public speaking in a city-wide competition, a prized memento that was stolen by vandals during a break-in at her home on the day of her death.
She was the first in her family to attend college, graduating in 1939 from Syracuse University with a dual major in fine arts and English literature. She belonged to the Kappa Delta sorority, and taught art at high schools in Oswego and Southold, N.Y., from 1939-42.
During the early years of World War II, in addition to teaching, Mrs. Smith was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard on Long Island, on active patrol against sea and submarine attack against the coast.
In 1941, she won a purchase prize for her watercolor work in the New York State Exposition of Painting, jurored by noted Maine painter John Marin.
In 1944, after moving to Manhattan, she received her master's degree in fine arts education from Columbia University, and from 1943-50 taught courses in figure drawing, sculpture, and the history of costume design at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. She was a founding member of the Clay Club, now known internationally as the Sculpture Center, in Manhattan; she exhibited there, at the Brooklyn Museum, at the Ogunquit Barn Gallery, and at the Art Students League where she returned to study bronze casting and painting in the early 1980s.
Mrs. Smith was a life member of the Museum of Modern Art, and from 1984-87 she served as a docent at the Whitney Museum's Equitable branch during winters in New York.
In 1948, she married Sydney E. Smith of Detroit and New York, a veteran of the Army-Air Corps target analysis unit under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Mr. Smith died in 1982.
In 1952, after the birth of her children, Mrs. Smith became chairman of the Ramsey High School art department in Bergen County, N.J., where she taught until her retirement. She was a founder and long-time trustee of the Ridgewood (N.J.) School of Art, and a review member of the Eastern States Accreditation Council for public school art programs.
In the mid-1950s, during summers in Alna, she joined the Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association, taking part in programs and exhibitions at the Old Jail Museum and the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, and serving as a trustee for several years in the 1980s.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her son, Rufus Hooker Smith of North Monmouth; her daughter, Alice Smith Duncan of Canajoharie, N.Y.; three young grandchildren, Ella Duncan, Patrick Smith, and Tomas Smith; her sister, Dr. Shirley Mayer Barnes of HoHoKus, N.J., and Wayne, Me.; many friends, and much-loved nieces and nephews. Her brother, Frank J. Mayer, Jr. of Deerfield Beach, Fla., died in 1996.
A memorial service is scheduled for August. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to the Lincoln County Historical Association, Wiscasset 04578.
George Smith
2000-12-22
George W. Smith, 90, of Mayall Road, died Monday, December 18, in a Portland hospital.
He and his late wife, Teresa, worked for The Gray News. He also logged with his horses Lady and Darley, worked for the maintenance department of the Town of Gray and the state and was a truck driver, among other occupations.
He is survived by three sons, Philip A., of New Hampshire, G. Walter, of Freeport, and Norman E., of Casco; five daughters, Dorothy L. Dyer, of Rainbow City, Alabama, Ruth Whitney, of Limington, Teresa Smith Bell, of Deering, ND, Sharon Hope Smith, of Colington, NC, and Norma Smith Willis, of Gorham; a stepson, Harold E. Nason, of Standish; four stepdaughters, Cora Nason Wood, of Carleton, AZ, Mary Nason Eastman, of Dixfield, Cynthia Nason Tufts, of New Gloucester, and Sally Nason Smith, of Minot; a sister, Helen Stanton, of Standish; 38 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Standish.
Leland M. Snowman
2000-01-06
Leland M. Snowman, 88, of Newagen, a longtime commercial fisherman, passed away Wednesday morning, December 29 at Newagen. He was the last surviving son of Alpheus and Laura Gilman Snowman. Mr. Snowman was born at Newagen, September 23, 1911. He attended Southport and Boothbay schools and graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School, Class of 1929.
Mr. Snowman served the town of Southport in several ways: as a selectman from 1946 to 1965, and he was the last surviving charter member of the Southport Fire Department, a post he held for 71 years. He ran a town snowplow for several winters and also was summer patrol officer on the island of Southport. At 14 years of age, Mr. Snowman went to work for Charlie Pinkham in his store at West Southport, after school and on weekends. He worked there nine years, until shortly after his marriage, and ended up earning a grand sum of $18 a week. For the rest of his life, until his health failed, he was a lobsterman.
Mr. Snowman had a great love for the ocean and greatly enjoyed his work as a fisherman, especially sardine seining. He and his best friend, Cecil Pierce, built a 30-foot lobster boat, which he fished out of for 22 years and now has passed on to his son, Gary, who hauls traps from it today.
For the past several years, he spent the summer months at his "fish house," converted to a small cottage overlooking the Cuckolds Lighthouse at Cape Newagen. Here he received visitors daily and happily watched the comings and goings on the waterfront, busy with summer "traffic."
He had many friends and a keen memory of things past and was always happy to have company. He kept a small shop near his summer home, where he sold lobsters and nautical crafts, which he made during the winter months. He was a generous man with a big heart, giving away as much as he sold.
His greatest joy in life was his family, especially the last few years as he health declined; he spent countless hours reminiscing with them.
Mr. Snowman is survived by his wife, Lucy Alley Snowman, who he married on July 3, 1932; daughters, Nancy Hurst of Boothbay Harbor, Beverly Tibbetts, Sylvia Norwood and Linda Dowling, all of Southport; one son, Gary Snowman of Southport; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 2, 2000, at the Southport Methodist Church in Southport. The Rev. DanaBeth Wells-Goodwin officiated.
Donations may be made in Mr. Snowman's memory to the Southport Historical Society, c/o Evelyn Sherman, Southport, ME 04576.
Arrangements were under the direction of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Jacqueline Snyder
1998-04-23
Jacqueline ``Jackie" Helen Snyder, 37, formerly of Utica, New York passed away Saturday, April 18 in Orrington, Maine where she has resided and made her home since attending the University of Maine in Orono.
She was a candidate for a B.S. degree in Forest Ecosystem Science at the University of Maine. She was also a graduate of Morrisville College in Morrisville, New York. For the past year she had been associated with the Digital Mapping Associates located in Bangor. She was an avid runner and dog trainer having received numerous awards.
Survivors include her parents, Joseph and Jean Conte of Boothbay; one brother, Michael Filler of North Brookville, New York; close friend, Steve Miranda and many other valued friends. She also leaves her little dog, Bilbo, whom she loved very much.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 24 at the Evergreen cemetery in Boothbay. The Rev. Dr. Mary Jo Zimmerli will officiate. Donations may be made in Jackie's memory to the animal shelter of one's choice. Arrangements are by Simmons & Harrington Funeral Home, Boothbay Harbor.
Sarah G. Spear
2000-05-11
Sarah Grover Spear, 87, died Thursday, May 4 at Orchard Park Living Center where she had been a patient since March 29. She had been a cancer survivor for 40 years.
Born in Boothbay Harbor on December 4, 1912, she was the youngest child born to Merritt and Georgia Grover. She was a graduate of Boothbay Harbor High School and the Maine School of Commerce.
In 1935 she married Frank E. Spear of Strong. They lived in Strong until moving to Farmington in 1946. Mrs. Spear worked for the Farmington Oil Company for 20 years retiring in August of 1973, and prior to that she worked at the Strong Post Office.
She was a member of the Farmington Methodist Church and the Strong Gift Club.
She was devoted to her family and enjoyed her many friends.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Frank E. Spear, a resident of the Orchard Park Living Center Apartments in Farmington; one son, Roger G. Spear and his wife, Kristine C. Spear of Farmington; one daughter, Sally S. Smith and her husband, Ronald W. Smith of Belgrade Lakes; five grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 13 brothers and sisters.
At her request there will be no visiting hours or services.
Friends wishing may make donations in her memory to American Cancer Society Maine Division, Inc., 52 Federal Street, Brunswick, ME 04011.
