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Ethel Blettner, 78
KENNEBUNK - Ethel Irene (Foote) Blettner 78, a resident of Summerfields Apartments, on Landing Drive, Kennebunk, Maine, formerly of Needham, Mass., died suddenly June 22, at her home.
She was born in Chicago, Ill. on Feb. 24, 1923, a daughter of Harley T. and Clara M. (Koeing) Foote. She grew up in Chicago and lived in Glen Ellyn, Ill. She graduated with a music degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
She was an artist and musician.
She was a concert soprano that performed throughout the Chicago area and served as a soloist in many area churches.
She was a widow at a young age with two young children; and gave voice lessons. She continued to develop new talents and learned to weave later in life.
She lived in Kennebunk for the past eight years and has displayed her weaving at craft shows throughout the area. She was employed by the English Meadow Inn in Lower Village in Kennebunk until her death. She was an active member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist of Kennebunk.
Her husband, George M. Blettner and her brother, Harley K. Foote and a sister, Ruth Kalita predeceased her.
She is survived by one son, Harley Blettner and his wife Lisa of Lexington, Mass.; one daughter, Debeth Gooding Rothman and her husband David, of Needham, Mass.; three grandchildren, Sara, Abby and Kurtis; and one great-granddaughter, Alicia.
A Memorial Services will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, with Bernice Doane officiating. Arrangements are by Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk.
Should friends desire, memorial donation may be made to the First Church of Christ, Scientist c/o Christian Science Reading Room, 103 Lafayette Center, Kennebunk, ME 04043, in Mrs. Blettner's memory.
Mary Elizabeth Goddard
KENNEBUNK -Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (Dix) Goddard, a resident of Colonial Drive, Kennebunk, formerly of Andover and Marstons Mills, Mass., passed away peacefully June 18, 2001, at her home.
She was born in Ashland, Mass., a daughter of Henry and Oriesa (Burditt) Dix. She attended Abbott Academy in Andover and graduated of Bradford Jr. College in Bradford, Mass.
She summered in Kennebunkport for many years.
She worked as assistant librarian at Merrimac Valley Textile Museum in North Andover for more than 20 years.
She was active with Andover Garden Club.
She loved her grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband Harold Goddard who died in 1999 and also two brothers predeceased her.
She is survived by two sons, Clifford T. Goddard of Bradford, Mass. and John M. Goddard of Kennebunkport, Maine; one sister, Marion Hamilton of Westboro, Mass.; and two grandchildren, Brian and Lindsay Goddard.
Graveside Services were held at Friday at the Spring Grove Cemetery, Andover, Mass. Arrangements by the Bibber Memorial Chapel- Kennebunk, Maine .
Memorial may be made to the Kennebunkport Conversation Trust, Friends of Cape Island PO Box 28, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, or to the Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service Southern Maine, 15 Industrial Park, Saco, ME 04072, in Mrs. Goddard's memory.
Arrangements by the Bibber Memorial Chapel- Kennebunk, Maine.
Justin Nunan, 96
KENNEBUNK - Justin Leavitt "Joe" Nunan, 96, resident of Ross Road in Kennebunk, formerly of Sanford, Maine, and West Chester, Pa., died June 20, at the Kennebunk Nursing Center in Kennebunk.
He was born Sept. 23, 1904, on Paddy's Creek, Kennebunkport, a son of Howard and Bertha (Huff) Nunan.
He attended Kennebunkport schools and as a young boy, worked part time on his father's fishing boat, delivered groceries to George Bush's grandmother Walker and caddied for his parents at local Kennebunkport golf courses.
He received his teaching certification from the Farmington Normal School (now part of the University of Maine system) and taught school in Center Conway, N.H., where he was principal at the age of 18. He completed his education by graduating from Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., with a degree in physical education. He was also on the cross country and golf teams.
He began teaching in Sanford at the Emerson and Hamlin Schools and moved to the Sanford High School where he taught mathematics and physical education. He coached many sports and also officiated many games throughout the area. His favorite of all sports was baseball and remained so until his demise. He was named state of Maine Baseball Coach of the Year when Sanford High School won the Telegram League Title in 1967. He also worked summers as superintendent for playgrounds and coached American Legion Baseball.
During his summers, he had various positions such as delivering dairy products to boys and girls camps in the White Mountains and as an air raid warden during World War II. He also managed the Sun Dial Hotel in Kennebunk Beach for 17 of those summers, where his family also joined him.
Upon retiring from the teaching profession after 37 years, he worked for another 10 years for the Maine Turnpike Authority.
He was predeceased by his wife, Viola Louise Tilley, who died in 1990; four brothers, Vernon, Ernest, Lloyd and Nelson; three sisters, Bertha Clough, Bessie Eaton, Mildred Jackson; and an infant son, Glenn.
He is survived by one son, Victor and his wife Debby Nunan of Kennebunk; one daughter, Justine and her husband George Peters of Benzonia, Miss.; one brother, Raymond Nunan of Cape Porpoise; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held Monday, at the Village Baptist Church, in Kennebunkport with the Rev. Robert Vangel officiating. Interment followed in Arundel Cemetery, Kennebunkport.
Richard Howe, 87
ARUNDEL - Richard F. (Dick) Howe, 87, of Log Cabin Road, died the afternoon of June 13, at home after a long illness.
He was born in Springfield, Mass., a son of Arthur B. and Mary J. (Mulcahy) Howe, and was educated in Massachusetts schools.
On July 4, 1988, he married Elenore Johnson in Sugar Hill, N.H.
He attended Northeastern University at night while working as a machinist, and ended his corporate life as the general manager of a division of a large corporation. He has had, according to his own evaluation, a very rewarding and exciting work experience.
All of his employment activities have been in the forefront of technological advances from the onset of manufacturing: of radios, diesel and gasoline injection equipment, mass production of aircraft piston engines, the development and subsequent changeover to jets and the production of those engines. His exposure to the manufacturing phase of industry began in 1930 at a factory in Springfield, Mass., where he started out as an apprentice machinist and concluded his tenure there, ten years later, as a production specialist. Subsequently, he spent the next 11 years (1940-1951) at the Pratt and Whitney Division of United Aircraft Corporation in East Hartford, Conn. While there, he was a manufacturing engineer responsible for reviewing aircraft engine designs to determine the suitability of those designs with respect to their being able to be produced, and specified the tooling and equipment necessary to manufacture engines to those designs.
He was very involved with the programs that mass produced reciprocating engines that aided the allies to win World War II and was also a pioneer during the manufacturing transition from piston to jet engines.
After leaving Pratt and Whitney, he became a sales engineer with the Jarvis Corp., with a territory throughout New England. One of his customers, the Waltham Watch Company, offered him the position of manager of manufacturing, which he accepted. Internal problems affecting the long term future of the company prompted him to leave Waltham and return to Jarvis, this time with a territory in the Chicago area. After a highly successful sales effort in the west, he was requested to return to Connecticut to become general manager of the plant that produced the tools he formerly sold. Next, he became factory manager of a small company in Hartford that manufactured jet engine components.
Avco Corp., a recipient of a multi-million dollar contract to design, develop and produce the warhead-carrying end of the Atlas, Titan and Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, was searching for a person to become superintendent of Experimental Manufacturing. He got that position and spent the next 16 years with Avco. While there, he was promoted to manager, Missile Systems, and then assistant plant manager of their Lycoming Division, in Stratford, Conn. Lycoming, in addition to the missile programs, produced gas turbine engines which powered 90 percent of the helicopters that flew in the Vietnam War. The Lycoming Division had 10,000 employees and $400,000,000 in sales.
He was closely associated with the missile programs from inception and was engrossed in the areas of research, design, development, testing, manufacturing and deployment of missile components, and became assistant to the vice president and general manager for missile programs.
When the missile program ended, he was posted to Paris, France to establish a facility to overhaul gas turbine engines from the Vietnam War. Returning from Europe, he became general manager of the Glasgow, Montana division of the Avco Economics System Corporation. That division was committed to converting the former Glasgow Air Force Base, a B-52 bomber and fighter facility, to a civilian operation. With the completion of that assignment in 1971, he retired and proceeded to pursue retirement activities.
Since retiring, he was able to count 30 endeavors in which he has been engaged. About one-half of those endeavors were as a volunteer. Some of his efforts paid very well, but most were minimum wage-type jobs that he accepted just to be able to keep busy. He did consulting work for a while, and then became the Zoning Enforcement officer and also the Wetlands Enforcement officer for a town in Connecticut. Subsequently, he obtained his real estate license and sold recreational, commercial, industrial and residential properties in Vermont and Connecticut.
Volunteering has always been a priority with him. Among his many activities, he once was chairman of a Red Cross chapter in a town in Massachusetts, and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in Connecticut, and Emergency Room Technician at a hospital in Connecticut, an ambulance dispatcher for a city in Florida, and a tour guide on the last surviving sailing oil tanker, in Honolulu.
He was a 16-year member of the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport. His passions were dispatching and working in the restoration shop. He would routinely assist his wife, Elenore, with landscaping and grounds maintenance at the museum. He and his wife completely restored the Butler house, which was donated to the museum, in exchange for lifetime residence.
He has traveled extensively for business and pleasure to 49 of the 50 states, and to Canada
, Mexico, the Caribbean islands, Europe and Africa. He was a member of the Mayflower Society.
He was pre-deceased by a daughter, Linda Grey, in 1998.
Survivors include his wife of 12 years, of Arundel;
one daughter, Sheila Borgsteed of Fla.; one son, Richard Howe Jr. of Fla.; several grandchildren; several nieces and nephews
There are no calling hours. Services will be held and announced at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by Alpha Cremation Service, 480 Elm St., Biddeford.
Charles Lorenson, 59
AMHERST, Maine - Charles L. Lorenson, 59, of Route 9, died June 16, at his residence after a long illness.
He was born in Providence, R.I., a son of Louis C. and Lucy T. (Pacheco) Lorenson. He grew up and was educated in East Greenwich, R.I. schools.
On Dec. 9, 1967, he married Susan C. Tellier in Biddeford.
He was a nuclear instructor at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for 19 years. He retired in 1989.
He served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and earned the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with six bronze service stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, four Overseas Service ribbons, and the Expert (Rifle) ribbon.
He was a member of AMVETS, and enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his wife of 33 years, of Biddeford;
one daughter, Joanne E. Lorenson of Biddeford; one son, Louis C. Lorenson of Pensacola, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Gordon (Maureen) Cooley of East Greenwich;
his mother, Lucy T. Lorenson of Providence, R.I.; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
There are no visiting hours. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, with the Rev. Dr. Burton Howe officiating.
Arthur Boyce
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - Arthur V. Boyce of Englewood, Florida, died May 28.
He was born on Aug. 14, 1915, in Lexington, Mass.
He is survived by one sister, Marjorie Yates of Walpole, Mass.; four children, Pamela B. Finkelstein of Nanuet, New York, Arthur V. Boyce Jr. of Yardley, Pa., Martha B. Duffield of Chester Springs, Pa., David F. Boyce of Nashua, N.H.; and six grandchildren.
Prior to retiring to Englewood, Fla., he was a resident of Kennebunk, where he was active on the planning board and other civic activities. He worked in the plastics industry and was a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He developed many formulas and techniques for the industry that are still in use today.
He was an active member of the Community Presbyterian Church in Englewood. He was also a member of the Lemon Bay Chord Company, Englewood's Men's Barbershop Chorus.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation.
A private family memorial service will be held later in the summer.
Ralph Brown, 104
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan - Ralph O. Brown, 104, passed away June 9 in Southfield, Michigan. He was formerly of Kennebunkport.
He was the beloved husband of the late Jeanie and loving father of Ralph Jr. and Jeanie McRae; dear grandfather of Robert Sr., Jane Feller and Ralph III; great-grandfather of Robert Jr., Kristen, Brian, Ryan and Ralph II; great-great-grandfather of Oliva.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Village Baptist Church, Maine St., Kennebunkport. Arrangements handled by Haley Funeral Directors, Southfield, Michigan. (248) 356-4800.
Memorial contributions would be appreciated to Hospice of Southeast Michigan, 16250 Northland Drive, Suite 212, Southfield, MI 48075, Attention Development.
Nancy Denniston, 81
KENNEBUNK - Nancy F. Denniston, 81, a resident of Bradford Commons in Kennebunk, died June 12 at her residence, after a long illness.
She was born May 9, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pa., a daughter of McClure and Edith C. (Smith) Fahnestock.
She graduated from both Putney School and Bennington College in Vermont.
She was employed in the drug treatment center at Eagleville, Pa. for four years and was active in counseling services in several areas. She also worked for two years at "Time" magazine and volunteered many hours of her time to a variety of organizations.
Writing was a passion for her and she was an author of many short stories and poems.
She was a communicant of St. David's Episcopal Church in Kennebunk.
She is predeceased by a daughter, Priscilla Denniston and a sister, Priscilla Fisher. Also preceding her in death is her former husband, Edward E. Denniston.
She is survived by two sons, Evans Denniston of Waterloo, Iowa and Michael Denniston of Naples, Maine; one daughter, Barbara Snapp of Palo Alto, Calif.; one sister, Mary C. Clark of Exeter, N.H.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at St. David's Episcopal Church in Kennebunk, on July 2, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Dan Riggall officiating. A private burial service will be held later at a family cemetery at All Souls by the Sea Chapel in Steuben, Maine. Arrangements are by Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Medsend, PO Box 1098, Orange, CT 06477.
Sali Folsom, 70
KENNEBUNKPORT - Sali B. Folsom, 70, resident of Magnolia Drive in Kennebunkport, formerly of Old Orchard Beach and Saco, died June 14, at the Kennebunk Nursing Center after a short but courageous six-month battle with cancer.
She was born Sept. 1, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pa., a daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Wood) Burns. She graduated from high school in Providence, R.I. and received a diploma in X-ray technology from the Massachusetts School of Physiotherapy in Boston.
She was employed in the Pathology Department at the Webber Hospital in Biddeford for many years. She was also employed at the York County Coast Star as composing manager and worked in the composing department until retiring in 1994.
She enjoyed traveling and also was an avid gardener and had a photograph of her gardens in Kennebunkport on the cover of "Home & Garden" magazine.
She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Raymond Folsom of Kennebunkport; one son, Steven and his wife, Lisa Folsom of Plainfield, Vt.; one daughter, Joyce Caouette of Lyman; one sister, Susan Giguere of Mission Viejo, Calif.; two grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Justin Folsom; and several nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held in New York at a later date. Arrangements are by Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 52 Federal St., Brunswick, ME 04011, in Mrs. Folsom's memory.
