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Bruce M. Whitcomb
2002-01-24
Bruce M. Whitcomb, 56, of Oak Bluffs, Mass., died unexpectedly of a heart attack on November 27, 2001 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on June 17, 1945, he was the son of Melville T. Whitcomb and Avis I. Colpritt.
Mr. Whitcomb was raised in Maine communities graduating from Boothbay Region High School in 1963.
He moved to California and studied at UCLA until entering the Army in 1966 where he was stationed in Germany. After leaving the army, Mr. Whitcomb and his first wife, Linda (Davies) Whitcomb, spent time both in Maine and California, where he proudly obtained his master's degree in business administration at UCLA.
In 1975 he made a permanent move back to New England where he and his wife raised their four children mostly in the Litchfield/Bowdoin area.
He worked in various fields, from marine electronics with his father, to business administrator for several Maine school districts, before settling on the security systems field in the early 1980s.
Mr. Whitcomb had a love of the Norway and Paris, Maine area where he built a cabin on one of his favorite places, Ryemore Mountain.
In 1990 he married Gloria J. Roy of Bath at the Baptist Church in South Paris. Together they relocated to Martha's Vineyard where he established Aaron Security Systems Inc.
A generous man, this past holiday season he and his wife would have made one of their yearly trips to donate clothing and toys to the Baptist Church in Norway to make the holidays brighter for children there. He also had a great sense of humor.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Whitcomb of Oak Bluffs, Mass.; his mother, Avis Bowers and husband Bill of Wiscasset; one daughter, Tracy Lachapelle and husband Doug of Reno, Nevada; three sons, John and Joel Whitcomb, both of Bowdoin, and James of Texas; three grandchildren, Jacob and Keri Lachapelle of Reno, Nevada and Dillon French of Richmond, Maine; three sisters, Linda Whitcomb of Peperrell, Mass., Lyra Trott and husband Timothy of Gardiner, Lisa Gustafson and husband Benhard "Gus" of Wiscasset; one brother, Steven Whitcomb and wife Linda of E. Greenwich, R.I.; ten nieces and nephews and 11 great nieces and nephews.
Mr. Whitcomb was predeceased by his father, Melville; a grandson, Craig Lachapelle, and a niece, Melanie Sue Furbish.
A small service for his wife and close friends took place in early December. His family plans to have a memorial service in Maine in the spring. The date will be announced in the future months.
Eva Whitney
2002-01-11
Eva Lillian Whitney, 81, died December 24, 2001.
She was born in Bridgton, the daughter of Armenegil Joseph and Lillian Dora Poulin Pelletier.
Mrs. Whitney worked as a C.N.A. at Ledgewood Manor and Private duty and as a Pastry Chef at Cole Farms.
Having been denied the opportunity to graduate high school in her youth, she went back to high school at the age of 61. She graduated from P.R.V.T.C. in 1983.
She is predeceased by her husband, Harold Whitney, who died October 30, 2001.
Surviving are two sons, Nathan McMinn and Blaine Whitney; two daughters, June Cormier and Lancey Wheaton; two brothers, Joseph and David Pelletier; one sister, Ida Noyes; and nine grandchildren.
A memorial service was held 1ast Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home, 24 Shaker Road, Gray. Reverend Keith Wheaton officiated. Committal will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Community Health Services, 679 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, Maine 04062.
Ann Wright
2002-09-19
Ann Wright (nee Willmer) died September 5 at the Bairnsdale Nursing Home in East Victoria, Australia. Mrs. Wright spent many summers at her cottage in Southport and reciprocal summers in Australia.
She was born November 21, 1918.
Mrs. Wright and her husband, Heathcote, who died in 1966, were married in Scarsdale, New York in 1941 and moved to Australia in 1947.
Survivors include four children, Michael, Susan, David and Margaret; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Jonathan Webster
2002-08-02
Jonathan Phillip Webster, 25, of Gray, died Saturday, July 27.
He was born in Biddeford, the son of Phillip and Judith Ann Cahill.
Mr. Webster enjoyed horseshoes, darts, sports, singing karaoke and spending time with friends.
He was predeceased in 1988 by a brother, Scott Webster.
He his survived by his parents, of Gray; one brother, Phillip Tame, Jr.; half-brothers Steven Webster and Joseph Luczkowski; a sister, Brenda Tame; half-sisters Terry Rodick and Sandra Leavitt; several uncles and aunts; two nieces; and a nephew.
A graveside service was held Friday morning at 10 A.M. in Gray Village Cemetery, with Pastor Clifford Welch officiating.
Arrangements were under the care of Wilson Funeral Home, Gray.
Marvel Wynn
2002-12-26
Marvel Leona Whiteleather Wynn, 87, died December 17 in her home at Piper Shores, Scarborough.
She was born unexpectedly on December 14, 1915 at her grandmother's house in Canton Ohio, the second of four children of Ray and Leona Whiteleather. Weighing only four pounds at birth, her mother said she was truly a "Marvel," a name that suited her throughout her life.
She grew up in Canton, Ohio and graduated in the class of 1934 at Canton McKinley High School where she was secretary of her class.
Mrs. Wynn was an artist all of her life, drawing on a talent that ran in her family. She received her first oil paint set at the age of 14, a gift from her parents. Her first serious painting was a likeness of Betsy Ross, which she gave to her school principal who hung it in his office. She began seriously studying art at the Margaret Morrison school at the then Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) in Pittsburgh. She later studied at the Cleveland Art Institute, taking classes with one of her favorite painters, John Tyrol.
During her career, she also studied with figure painters Sigmund Abeles and Jan DeRuth. Her work has appeared in the National Painting Show at the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown, Ohio, the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, and in one-person shows at Bowdoin College, the Performing Arts Center and the Portland Ballet Company. She has had several one-person shows at the Mast Cove Galleries in Kennebunkport where she exhibited for 22 years. In 1975, she received the International Women's Year Award for "outstanding cultural contributions and dedication to women and art."
She painted primarily figures of women, although occasionally a man, a landscape, or a seascape would draw her attention. Describing her own work, she said, "Most of my subjects have eyes." She was greatly influenced by artists Gustav Klimpt and Will Barnet.
Mrs. Wynn's attachment to Maine began in 1957 when she spent a two-week vacation on Southport Island. "That did it," she said. "I couldn't forget the surf and the seagulls!" Several years later she moved from Cleveland, Ohio to become a year-round resident of Southport Island where she had a spacious studio. In 1984, she moved to Yarmouth where she enjoyed painting in her studio overlooking the Royal River.
She continued to make friends throughout her life and enjoyed keeping in touch with her many friends from Ohio, Southport Island, Yarmouth, and Piper Shores.
She was predeceased by her first husband, John Rice DeWitt; her second husband, Edwin (Ned) H. Wynn; and her sister, Elizabeth Seymour.
Survivors include her sister, Molly Denniston of Deerfield Beach, Florida; her brother, Thomas Whiteleather of Sebring, Florida; her daughter, Wendy DeWitt Taylor and her husband Dr. J. Michael Taylor of Portland; her daughter, Holly Wynn Borden and her husband Thomas L. Borden of Canton, Ohio; and grandchildren, Paul Wynn Borden, Valerie Wynn Borden, Jennifer Taylor Hendrick and her husband Bud, Laura Taylor Singer and her husband Jonathan, and Andrew F. Taylor and his wife, Lisa.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, December 21 at Williston-West Church, U.C.C., 32 Thomas Street in Portland. Her ashes will be buried in the spring in the White-leather family plot in the rolling farmland of Minerva, Ohio where her parents are buried.
Should friends so desire, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the United Way of Greater Portland, 400 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04112, or to a charity of their choice.
Arrangements by Conroy-Tully Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland.
Robert E. Warren
2003-08-21
Robert (Bob) Ernest Warren, 59, of East Boothbay and Pittston was killed instantly August 12 in a head-on, two-vehicle accident on Route 27 in Dresden.
Born October 23, 1943 in Pittston, he was the son of Harold G. Warren and Phyllis M. Damon Warren Norton.
Mr. Warren was the spirit and light in the lives of everyone who knew him. He served as a father, friend, mentor, brother, stepfather and husband with passion and zeal. His approach to life was, "Plan your work, work your plan." And "Put your ducks in a row."
He was an avid motorcyclist taking great joy from his 2001 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic and was planning a trip to Milwaukee for the 100th Anniversary Harley "Ride Home." He was an active member of the Kora Temple Shrine of Lewiston, Dresden Lodge #103 in Dresden, The Lucky Point Club of Moosehead Lake, The Harley Owners Group and the United Bikers of Maine.
He was predeceased by his parents, and by a sister, Janice Rae Warren.
Survivors include his wife of nine months, Adrienne L. Heussi Warren of East Boothbay; his children, Wendy Sue Warren of Pittston, Charlotte May Warren and her friend Matt of Hallowell, Shawn Ernest Warren and his wife Yumiko of Salem, Mass.; his two stepchildren: Lauren Meredith Grace Graziano and Timothy Mark Graziano, both of East Boothbay; his grandchildren, Hannah Ann Kavanaugh, Mara Lynn Kavanaugh and Alicia Yumi Warren, all of Pittston, and Akira Robert Warren of Salem, Mass.; his sisters, Judith Nichols of Pittston, Roxanne Hall and her husband Phillip of Scarborough, Linda Lawrence and her husband Charles of Pittston; his brothers, Melvin Warren and his wife Nassrine of Folson, Calif., Harold Warren and his companion Dolores Carver of East Boothbay, Stanley Warren and his wife Cheryl of Pittston; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.
Visiting hours were held on Friday, August 15 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. by the Dresden Lodge the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Rocky Coast Partners Inc., a group home for mentally challenged adults, 317 River Road, Boothbay, ME 04537, or the Boothbay Region Special Olympics, 236 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, or to The United Bikers of Maine Biker Down Fund, c/o Bill Lewis, 208 Ocean Point Road, East Boothbay, ME 04544.
Arrangements are under the care of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay.
Connie L. Warren
2003-10-30
Connie L. Warren, 55, of Boothbay Harbor, died Thursday, October 23 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick.
Born on December 22, 1947 in Columbus, Ohio, she was a daughter of Orville and Dorothy Clark Taynor. She grew up in Columbus, graduating from Bishop Ready High School in the class of 1965. In 1971 she married Duane Warren. For 22 years she and her husband lived in Woodstock, N.Y. where they owned and operated Duey's restaurant for 22 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren moved to Boothbay Harbor in 1992. Mr. Warren died in 1992. Later she worked with her partner, Jack Cogswell, at the Upper Deck Café. In May 2003 they purchased the Carousel Marina and the Whale's Tale Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor.
She was a member of the Boothbay Region YMCA and a faithful member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Boothbay Harbor.
She loved watching the soap opera, Young and the Restless, for over 30 years, swimming, playing Yahtzee, and spending time with her family.
Mrs. Warren was predeceased by her husband, Duane Warren, and her brother, Mike Taynor.
Survivors include her daughters, Shelly Warren of Quincy, Mass. and Tricia Warren of Boothbay Harbor; three brothers, Pat Taynor, Dan Taynor and Tim Taynor, and a sister, Nancy Rawlings, all of Columbus, Ohio; her brother and sister-in-law, Jay and Marie Warren of Boothbay Harbor; one cousin-in-law, Claire Little of New Harbor; and her partner Jack Cogswell of Boothbay.
Visiting hours were on Friday, October 24 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home. A funeral mass was held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 25 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Boothbay Harbor. Burial followed in the New Harbor Cemetery, New Harbor.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Connie's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1 Main St., Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086.
Arrangements are under the care of Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay.
Sandra J. Watson
2003-10-30
Sandra J. Watson, 65, of Wiscasset, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, October 22, after a courageous ten-year battle with emphysema. During the last year she was under the kind and capable care of Miles Home Hospice of Damariscotta.
Born August 29, 1938 in Fort Edward, N.Y., she was the daughter of Gerhard A. and Anne Rumstick Allen. Her father immigrated to the U.S. from Sweden and her mother from Germany.
Mrs. Watson attended schools both in Port Washington, Long Island, N.Y. and St. Cloud, Fla. After completing high school in New York, she attended Long Island Beauty School, later becoming a beautician.
In 1958 she married Bill Watson of Port Washington, N.Y. and continued to work a number of years until the birth of their daughter, Diane Juanita, after which she became a full-time homemaker. She was deeply devoted to her family and home all her married life.
In 1993 Mrs. Watson and her husband moved to Brunswick from the Albany, N.Y. area where he had been employed for 23 years by the New York State Museum. In 1995 they moved to their new house in Wiscasset.
Survivors include her husband of 44 years, Bill Watson; their daughter, Diane J. Watson of Bath; a younger brother, Karl G. Allen and his wife Stephanie of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; and numerous nieces and cousins.
At Mrs. Watson's request, there will be no memorial services.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association of ME, 1-800-499-5864.
Funeral arrangements are private.
Jane T. Watson
2003-07-10
Janet T. Watson, 82, of Boothbay, died Wednesday, July 2 at St. Andrews Hospital after a long illness.
Born January 26, 1921 in Laconia, N.H., she was the daughter of Wilbur M. and Mabel G. Baker Tatham, and attended schools in Laconia and Ossipee, N.H.
During WW II, she was employed as a bookkeeper at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where she met her future husband, James D. Watson, a career Naval officer. After their marriage on June 1, 1946, they resided in Madison, Wis., New London, Conn., Norfolk, Va., and Middletown, R.I., where he was stationed during his career.
In 1971 she moved to Boothbay, her ancestral home and site of many vacations and summer visits.
An active community member, she was a founding and active member of St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Boothbay, a member of Friends of the Library in Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay Region Food Pantry, St. Andrews Thrift Store, delivered Meals on Wheels and drove for F.I.S.H. program.
Mrs. Watson was an avid reader, enjoyed shopping excursions with her family, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She is predeceased by her husband, James D. Watson, who died August 6, 1999 after 53 years of marriage.
Survivors include a son, Jerome (Jerry) Watson of Boothbay; three daughters, Judith and Dan Thelen of West Salem, Wis., Janalee and Joe Macht of Lacrosse, Wis., and Jill and Larry Reynolds of Boothbay Harbor; and six grandchildren, Jeff Thelen of Baton Rouge, La., Raina Thelen of Nashville, Tenn., Adric Macht of Lacrosse, Wis., Heather and Christopher Reynolds, both of Boothbay Harbor and Joyce Chagan of Boothbay Harbor.
A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 8 at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, located at the Boothbay Railway Museum, Rt. 27 in Boothbay, with Reverend Margaret Russell officiating. Interment will be in Oceanview Cemetery, Boothbay.
Arrangements by Simmons Harrington and Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay.
