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Mr. Francis H. Vail Jr.
1999-10-07
LEWISTON - Francis H. Vail Jr., 74, of Maine Street, East Stoneham, died Saturday morning, Oct. 2, at Central Maine Medical Center.
Mr. Vail was born in Newry, February 1, 1925, the son of the late Francis H., and Martha (Morton) Vail.
He attended Newry schools, and Gould Academy in Bethel.
He married the former Eloise Perkins, June 20, 1946 and she survives him.
A veteran of World War II, Mr. Vail served in the U.S. Navy, with a P.T. Boat squadron.
A resident of Stoneham for nearly a half century, he wasemployed with the Maine Department of Transportation, from which he retired,as a foreman, working out of the Bethel, Oxford, and Lovell Districts.
Mr. Vail was a member, and Past Chancellor Commander of theStoneham Knights of Pythias, recently being honored with a life membership from them.
An outsdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting and fishing, and developed an avid interest in minerals and archaeology. He was one of the original finders of the Deer Hill Amethyst Mine, of Stow, and discoveredberylliumon Little Rattlesnake Mountain, in Stoneham. Specimens of his mineralshave been placed in the Maine State Museum and the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C. Mr. Vail is recognized in the field of archaeology for his discovering the Vail Site, which is aPaleo Indian site located on the Aziscohos River, which, because of the dam, is now covered by the lake. Artifacts discovered by Mr. Vail date back 10,000 to 12,000 years ago,and left by these people as they traveled the lakes and streams of Western Maine.
He was a member of the Stoneham Fire Department, and a former member of the Stoneham Night Riders Snowmobile Club. Besides his wife, of 53 years, heis survived by two daughters, Bonita Taylor, of Stoneham, and Martha Littlefield, and her husband, Neal, also of Stoneham; a son, Francis H. Vail, III, of Stoneham; five grandchildren, Doreen Carpenter, Richard Wentworth, JennetteRugg, Christopher Littlefield, and Valerie Barker; and five great-grandchildren, Heidi Shugars, Heather Shugars, Dylan Rugg, Wyatt Rugg, and Devon Wentworth.
Mr. Vail was predeceased by a son, Morton Dudley Vail, and a sister, Elaine Dutil.
Friends were received at the Greenleaf FuneralHome, Bethel, Wednesday evening.
Funeral services will be held at the Stoneham Congregational Church, Stoneham, Thursday, at 1 p.m. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Bethel. Friends who wish may make memorial donations in Mr. Vail's memory to Stoneham Rescue, or Stoneham Congregational Church, Stoneham, ME 04231.
Myrtle Andresen Verrill, 83
2000-06-02
Myrtle Andresen Verrill, 83, died May 26 at a Lewiston Hospital.
She was born in Durham, a daughter of John and Melinda Andresen, and graduated from Gray's Business School.
Mrs. Verrill worked at Pineland Hospital as a medical transcriber from 1963 to 1988.
She was a member of the First Congregational Christian Church of Gray.
Her pastimes included knitting, sewing, reading and eating at Cole Farms.
She raised her granddaughter, Heather Verrill.
Her husband, Leroy E. Verrill, died in 1981, and a daughter, Constance A. Verrill, died in 1997.
Mrs. Verrill is survived by a son, David Verrill, of Charlotte, NC; two daughters, Margaret Messinger, of Gray, and Elizabeth Cobb, of North New Portland; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service was held at First Congregational Church of Gray, with the Rev. Douglas Hedstrom officiating. Burial will be in Gray Village Cemetery.
Virginia H. Vess
1999-11-18
Virginia H. Vess, 90, died Monday, November 8 at the Gregory Wing, St. Andrews Hospital, in Boothbay Harbor.
Born May 18, 1909, she was the daughter of Henry and Katherine (Pecor) Long. After a career as a dancer on Broadway, Mrs. Vess became a music teacher specializing in voice and piano instruction.
Survivors include a daughter, Katheryn A. Vess of Alexandria, Virginia; one son, Henry C. Vess of East Boothbay; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held in Alexandria, Virginia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gregory Wing, P.O. Box 417, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.
Arrangements were by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.
Parker H. Vincent
1999-10-21
Parker H. Vincent, 83, of Boothbay Harbor and Clearwater, Florida, died at Maine Medical Center on Monday, October 18 after a short illness.
Born in Malden, Mass., February 14, 1916, he was the son of Frederick H. and Miriam P. Clark Vincent. He spent his youth on Cape Cod, Mass., where he met and married his wife, Madelyn L. "Pal" Bassett on September 23, 1937.
Mr. Vincent was educated as an electronics engineer and worked all of his professional life in the broadcasting industry, first in radio and in television as it developed.
After serving as chief engineer and manager of several radio stations he was employed by a consulting engineering firm in Manchester, N.H. While there he was responsible for the development of a remote control system for broadcasting stations, and traveled nationally selling, installing, and servicing the systems. One of his assignments was to conduct a feasibility study for a group of Maine and New Hampshire broadcasters headed by former Gov. Horace Hildreth, regarding the establishment of a television transmitter on Mt. Washington, N.H. This project took the better part of a year to complete. It showed that coverage would be excellent, but that the difficulties with weather, power availability, and winter transport made the project costly and difficult.
Mr. Vincent was subsequently engaged to build and operate the proposed station, which began broadcasting as WMTW-TV in the fall of 1954. He continued in the position of Director of Engineering until his retirement in 1983 after 30 years of service. He was honored at that time by the Maine Association of Broadcasters for his service to the industry, then the first engineer to receive that distinction.
The third owner of WMTW-TV, Harrow Communications Corp., made Mr. Vincent Director of Engineering of the Philadelphia-based company. His office remained in Maine, and he commuted to Boothbay Harbor on weekends until his retirement in 1983. He carried on a consulting practice in addition to his regular duties.
The family lived in Auburn and Poland Spring, and the engineering office was at the Poland Spring Studios.
The Vincents purchased the 35 foot Poly-Craft motor yacht Lemuan in 1964 and berthed it at the former Boatel Boothbay. The following year, Mrs. Vincent opened a branch of her antique shop there. A couple of years later they bought the house in Boothbay Harbor and became residents.
He was a life member of Tyrian Lodge #73 A.F. & A.M. in Mechanic Falls; Casco Bay Power Squadron; a chorister with Lincoln Arts Festival Chorus, and a life member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers.
Mr. Vincent was a lifetime choir singer, beginning with the junior choir at the West Dennis Church at age 14 and continuing at the Episcopal churches at Chelmsford, Mass.; Gardiner, Mass.; Goffstown, N.H.; Olean, N.Y., and Lewiston. The family attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Lewiston where he served as senior warden; diocesan delegate; member of the diocesan standing committee; and as lay reader licensed by the then Bishop Loring.
Mr. Vincent was predeceased by a son, Lee Vincent.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years; three daughters, Madelyn M. Huffmire of Ocean Point and Mansfield Center, Conn., Ann F. Durand of Arlington, Va., and Valerie S. Vincent of Boothbay Harbor; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday, October 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home with a Masonic Service at 7 p.m. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, October 22 at the funeral home with a burial at 2 p.m. at Mt. Auburn cemetery in Auburn.
A memorial service will be held in Clearwater, Fla., at a time to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boothbay Region Humane Society, P.O. Box 303, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.
Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Route 27, Boothbay
Clyde R. Vannah
1999-04-01
Clyde R. Vannah, 86, Warren, died March 28 at the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.
He was born Dec. 23, 1912, in Cushing, the son of Ralph and Lillian Ulmer Vannah, and attended Waldoboro schools.
In earlier years, he worked on his grandfather's farm in Winslow Mills. He worked at the Portland Shipyard and the Paragon Button Factory in Waldoboro, and for most of his life, worked at local filling stations in Waldoboro and Rockland.
Mr. Vannah took pride in his home and lawns, enjoyed reading, boating and camping, and loved the water. He traveled all over the states of Maine and New Hampshire. He was a lifetime member of King Solomon Lodge #61, AF&AM, and the IOOF in Warren.
He was predeceased by his brother, Warren Vannah, and by a sister, Letha Athearn.
Mr. Vannah is survived by his wife, Arlene Vannah of Warren; one son, Larry Vannah of Honolulu, Hawaii; one daughter, Cynthia Vannah of Waldoboro; two step-daughters, Ingrid Garand of West Gardiner and Geraldine Overlock of Rockland; a sister, Marie Santerre of Augusta; one half-sister, Norma Bushen of Nova Scotia; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; several aunts; one uncle; and a special niece, Laurie Jane Broberg.
Visiting hours will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wed., March 31, at Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro, where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. April 1; the Rev. Joseph Brown will officiate. Interment will be at Riverside cemetery in Waldoboro.
Donations may be made to the Knox Long Term Care, 2nd floor, Alzheimer's Unit, 6 White St., Rockland 04841.
Gordon Albee Vannah
2000-04-06
Gordon Albee Vannah, 87, North Port, Fla., died at Englewood Hospital April 3. born in Damariscotta June 30, 1912, he moved to North Port from Needham, Mass. 12 years ago. Mr. Vannah was the nephew of (the late) renowned Dr. Fred Albee, who was one of the founders of Venice, Fla.
Attending Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, he was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. He earned his degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He served in the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific and was instrument in the implementation of V-Mail.
For 46 years Mr. Vannah worked for the B.F. Goodrich Company retiring as district manager. He was a member of the Wellesley, Mass. Country Club for 30 years and was the club champion at the Wawenock Country Club, Walpole, in 1955. He was also a member of the Sabal Trace Golf and Country Club.
Mr. Vannah leaves his wife Linda of North Port, Fla., one son, Curtis Vannah of Needham, Mass., and two grandchildren.
He will be brought to Maine where a private family burial service will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of the Strong Funeral Home, Damariscotta.
Francis Boyd Vaughan
2000-12-28
Francis Boyd Vaughan, 89, Damariscotta, died Thurs., Dec. 21, at Cove’s Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta. He was born March 7, 1911 in Worcester, Mass. The son of Louis Edgar and Josephine Forsyth Boyd Vaughan.
On graduation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1933, he went to work for the Dupont Company doing high pressure research. Five years later he moved to the Belle Plant near Charleston, W.V. where he became superintendent of the Acid Division.
While in Charleston he met and married Anne Tucker Payne in 1941. In 1942 Dupont loaned him as Research Associate to the Metlab of the University of Chicago working for the Manhattan Project.
In 1943 he was superintendent of the plutonium separation pilot plant at Oak Ridge Tenn. He then served in various capacities at the Hanford Engineer Works becoming superintendent of the Plutonium Separation Division.
From 1946 until retirement in 1973 he held management positions in research in several departments of Dupont ending on the staff of the Development Department.
In 1988 the Vaughans moved from Wilmington, Del. to Damariscotta to be near Tenants Harbor where they had vacationed since 1954.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, three daughters, Anne Tucker Stewart and husband Joseph (Jay) of Louisville, Ky., Josephine F. (Joy) Vaughan of South Bristol, Frances Abney Gass and husband Kenneth of Bellingham, Wash., and four grandchildren.
There will be no visiting hours. Memorial srevice Tenants Harbor, in the spring. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts in his memory may be made to The Skidompha Public Library, Main Street, Damariscotta, 04543. Arrangements are by Davis Funeral Home, 35 Knox St. Thomaston.
Clayton K. Verney
1999-11-11
Clayton K. Verney, 68, of Sheepscot, died Nov. 10, after a long illness. He was born in Gardiner, a son of John and Selena (Gilbey) Verney.
He was a 1949 graduate from Lincoln Academy. He was in the U.S. Marines from 1951 to 1954 for the Korean War where he earned the rank of Corporal. He returned to Sheepscot and married Edna Barstow in January of 1955.
He was employed by Central Maine Power for 34 years, retiring in July of 1991. A member of the American Legion Wells-Hussey Post #42, VFW Post #8395, Methodist Church in Sheepscot, the Garrison Hill Grange #497 for 50 years, and the Maine Antique Power Association.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on antique engines, reconditioning wood stoves, gardening and spending time with his grandchildren.
Surviving are his wife of 44 years; two sons, Kevin and Verne, both of Sheepscot; a daughter, Carol Ann Prentice of Bristol; two grandsons, Brett and Deric Verney; a granddaughter, Paige Verney all of Sheepscot; a brother, Richard Verney of Alna; four sisters, Audrey Krah of Waldoboro, Madelyn Pierce of Damariscotta, Evangeline Jordan of Kingfield, and Carol Shorey of Sheepscot; many nieces and nephews. A brother, Victor, died in 1990.
A celebration of Clayton’s life will be held at the Methodist Church in Sheepscot on Fri., Nov. 19, at 6 PM. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to Garrison Hill Grange #497, c/o Priscilla Puckey, Newcastle, ME 04553. Arrangements are under the direction of the Strong Funeral Home, Damariscotta.
Edna Verzuh
2000-07-20
BOSTON, MA - Edna (Tamm) Verzuh, 78, of Boston, Quincy, and Norway, died Sunday, July 16, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, after a long illness gallantly borne.
Beloved wife of computer science pioneer Dr. Frank M. Verzuh and the only child of the later Bror and Frieda (Johnson) Tamm, Mrs. Verzuh served as an Administrative Assistant at MIT from 1941 to 1958, chiefly in the Office of Statistical Services.
She subsequently collaborated with her father, longtime superintendent of George Lawley and Son Corp., Neponset, in researching the history of the famous yacht-building firm.
Mrs. Verzuh was an avid sailor, golfer, and gardener.
Besides her husband of 46 years, she leaves three cousins, Margaret Troup, Kristen Johnson, and Harris Johnson and one aunt, Julia Johnson, all of Quincy.
A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 20, at 11 a.m. in The Hamel Wickens & Troupe Funeral Home in Quincy Center. Burial will follow in Blue Hill cemetery in Braintree. Visiting hours were Wednesday, July 19.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mrs. Verzuh's memory to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
