MACHIAS — Bozo Snider, 59, passed away at his home in Machias after a courageous battle with lung disease. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Harold and Faye Snider. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Darrell Holbrook; his sons Calvin Snider and Danny Sampson. Bozo is survived by his other children Amity Morris of New York; Nina Johnson of Addison; Edward Snider of Machias; Connie Snider of Cutler; and Reese Snider of Marshfield He is also, survived by eight beautiful grandchildren whom he adored. And, a longtime companion, Wanda.

He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and a friend to all. He loved to work on cars and collect hearts and smiles on his journey through life! A celebration of life will be held on May 7, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Columbia Town Hall! We are having a potluck dinner if you would love to bring something, feel free. Come share your story of him with us!

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PENOBSCOT — Stuart James Leach, 25, born Feb. 9, 1991, son of Jesse and Dedra Robbins Leach of Penobscot, died March 24, 2016, in an automobile accident.

He attended Penobscot Elementary School and was a 2009 graduate of Bucksport High School, where he played football.

After graduating, he worked with his dad on the Bagaduce River raising oysters and worked with his brother Richard roofing and doing carpentry. When he was 10 years old, he spoke at the University of New England in Biddeford for career day about aquaculture and spoke before the legislature for the Marine Resource Committee.

Stuart loved camping at Alligator Lake, music, driving, hunting, fishing, being on the water, roofing, going to Stone House, 4-wheeling with his son Christopher, and loved everyone he met.

He is survived by his parents and son Christopher of Penobscot; the love of his life and fiancée Emily Damon of Orland; brother Richard Black and wife, Megan, and their children James and Mackenzie of Otis; brother Peter Leach and soul mate Elizabeth Bean of Bangor; sister Roseanne Vogell Honders and son Kase of Verona Island; Eric Moran, who was like a brother, of Verona Island; his football family; special niece, Madison Robinson, who called him “Bubby,” of Prospect; his son’s mother Elizabeth Cicoro of Brewer; maternal grandparents Edith Robbins Bartlett of Sedgwick and Barry Joy of Franklin; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents Wallace and Eva Leach; maternal grandfather (“Bampie”) Fuller Bartlett; brother Jesse Leach Jr.; special uncle William (Uncle Bill) Robbins; uncle Wallace Leach; and Auntie Glenyce Spaulding.

There will be a memorial service at the South Penobscot Baptist Church on April 16, 2016, at 1 p.m. with Pastor Ron Jackson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish may contribute toward the funeral costs and the care of his son, Christopher. Donations can be sent to his brother, Richard Black, 37 Rocky Cove Road, Otis, ME 04605.

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CAPE ELIZABETH — Nancy Ann (Murray) Johnson, 77, passed away April 2, 2016, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cape Elizabeth, Dec. 11, 1938, a daughter of the late William D. and Barbara (Leighton) Murray. She attended schools there graduating from Cape Elizabeth High School Class of 1957. Nancy was the oldest of 43 Murray grandchildren. In 1960, she graduated from The New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, receiving her RN. Nancy moved back to Maine and worked at in the Nephrology Unit at the Maine Medical Center and was a former member of the Nephrology Board. Later in her career she lived in Hancock, working at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in the ER Department. She then moved back to Cape Elizabeth and worked for Home Health Visiting Nurses.

Nancy was a member of the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, where she was active with Judy’s Food Pantry. She married Bruce M. Johnson and was the loving mother to Scott William Johnson and Diana Jill Fournier. She is survived by her wife of 21 years, Betty-Jane Shreve of Cape Elizabeth; one son, Scott Johnson and wife, Jennie, and granddaughter Nicole of Westhampton, Mass., and Los Angeles, Calif.; one daughter, Diana Fournier and husband, Stephen, of South Portland, and their children, Deirdre Beaupre and husband, Andy, of Hyde Park, Vt., and Chase Fournier of Seattle, Wash.; and two step-grandchildren, Carlin and Carson Stimus; two sisters, Betty Mullin of Scarborough and Beverly Lowell and husband, Stephen, of Kennebunk; one brother, Gerald Murray and wife Sharon of Cape Elizabeth, and their son William D. Murray and his wife, Catherine, of Standish; daughter-in-law Marcie McCullough Yager and husband, Stephen, of Gorham, and their daughters Emily and Julia; and her son–in-law Colin McCullough and his two sons Carric and Gareth of Sutton, Mass.; and her uncle Arnold B. Murray of Cape Elizabeth.

A memorial service was held at the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made to the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 or Judy’s Food Pantry, C/O Nancy Miles at the church. Please visit www.jonesrichhutchins.com for further information and to sign Nancy’s guestbook.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY DEATHS

 Brendon James Bubar, 27, of Cherryfield, March 31 at Ellsworth. Funeral service 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Unionville Church of God, Steuben.

Richard D. Eaton, 83, of Lubec, April 4 at Lubec. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Lubec United Methodist Church. Graveside service at later date.

Dale Robert Olsson, 52, of Baring, April 1 at a Bangor hospital. Celebration of life April 5, Washington County Community College Gymnasium.

Bill W. Pinkham, 68, of Milbridge, March 24. Private family gathering.

Edward Bion Snider, 59, of Machias, at his home. Celebration of life 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Columbia Town Hall.

Betty Lou St.Pierre, 80, of Roque Bluffs, March 23. Celebration of life noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Roque Bluffs Community Center.

Lt. Col. Ret. Neil Scott Yaws, 68, of Addison, March 25. Service April 5, Harper Talasek Funeral Home, Killeen, Texas. Summer celebration of life at his Addison residence. Burial Central Texas Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Killeen.

Maj. Norman Leroy Young, USMC Ret., 85, of East Machias, March 31 at Maine Veterans Home, Bangor. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Mays Funeral Home, Eastport, followed by burial with military honors Hillside Cemetery, Eastport.

 HANCOCK COUNTY DEATHS

 Rosabel Wells Clark, 88, of Franklin, March 30 at Ellsworth. Memorial service 1 p.m. Sunday, April 10, United Baptist Church, Ellsworth.

Margot Crary, of Boston, Mass., and Blue Hill. Memorial gathering 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Blue Hill Congregational Church.

William H. Ducharme, 65, of Hancock and Francisco May, Cancun, Mexico, Feb. 28 at Francisco May. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Faith Community Fellowship, Trenton.

Susan Mae Hodgkins, 67, of Bar Harbor. Celebration of life 6 p.m. Thursday, April 7, Church of Life and Praise, Ellsworth.

Nancy Ann (Murray) Johnson, 77, of Cape Elizabeth, formerly of Hancock, April 2. Memorial service 2 p.m. today, Thursday, April 7, Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church.

Martin S. Johnson, 56, of Penobscot, April 1.

Stuart James Leach, 25, of Penobscot, March 24 at Bucksport. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16, South Penobscot Baptist Church.

Carey N. Lewis, 80, of Southwest Harbor, April 1 at Southwest Harbor. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, Southwest Harbor Congregational Church.

Robert S. Pomroy, 80, of Ellsworth, March 24.

Rigdon Leeds Reese, 71, of Portsmouth, R.I., formerly of Southwest Harbor, March 29 at his home. Memorial service at later date.

Brooks Johnstone Saltsman, 94, of Bethesda, Md., and Southwest Harbor, March 18 at Bethesda.

Carrie B. Saunders, 101, of Blue Hill, March 11 at her home. Celebration of life 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Halcyon Grange, Blue Hill. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill.

Carol Jeanne Storr, 83, of Winter Harbor and Wilmington, Del., April 4 at Seaport Village, Ellsworth. Memorial service at later date.

Ann E. (Miller) Weirich, 83, of Bangor and Bucksport, April 4. Visiting 11 a.m. Friday, April 8, followed by noon funeral service, Brewer Chapel, Brookings-Smith. Interment Riverview Cemetery, Bucksport.

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EDMOND, OKLA. —  was born on May 29, 1988, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Kelly Dunn and Tonya McDaniel. He passed on April 2, 2016, in Oklahoma City with his family by his side. Austin grew up in Edmond and attended Edmond public schools. He met his soul mate, Shayla Bernstein, and they were blessed with two boys, Alijha Austin and Rhyker Austin.

Austin enjoyed hanging out with his family and friends, and lived life to the fullest. He was an avid skateboarder and enjoyed bridge jumping, fishing and noodling. Austin would tinker with electronics, and could fix and build anything, usually starting from scratch. He loved music and listening to his brother play in a band. His true love and passion was his family. Austin loved his boys and enjoyed playing video games, watching “Ninja Turtles” as well as taking them to the park. He also enjoyed Pepe’s Mexican restaurant, but nothing beat his Meme’s home cooking.

He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, Dolores McDaniel, and cousin, Troy McDaniel. Austin leaves behind his soul mate, Shayla Dunn; sons, Alijha and Rhyker Dunn; mother Tonya McDaniel; father Kelly Dunn and wife, Kristen; grandfather Sammy “Papa” and Frances “Meme” McDaniel; brother Samuel Dunn and Megan Pinkston; brother Ayden Dunn; sister Ciara Dunn; mother-in-law Cindy Bernstein; brother-in-law BJ Bernstein and wife Lacey; grandmother Betty Dhooghe and husband, Jim; grandfather Robert Dunn and wife, Martha; great-grandmother Vera Dick; uncle Troy Dunn and aunt Susan Krause.

A come-and-go visitation for Austin will be held from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Crawford Funeral Service with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. A service celebrating the life of Austin will be on Friday, April 8, 2016, at noon at the funeral home.

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BLUE HILL — Travis E. Astbury, 36, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at home on April 7, 2016. He was born June 5, 1979, in Ellsworth, son of Thomas and Janet Astbury of Blue Hill.

Travis was predeceased by his father, Thomas E. Astbury, and sister Melissa Gray of Sedgwick. He is survived by his wife, Corina Astbury, and three sons: Gage, William and Thomas; his mother, Janet Astbury of Blue Hill; sister Rhoda Astbury with fiancé Franklin Burke; brother Thomas Astbury with wife, Kelley, of Sedgwick; mother-in-law Bernice “Bea” Flannery of Manchester, N.H.; and many friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Seaside Cemetery. Donations can be given to the Oncology Department at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. Memories and condolences may be offered to the family at www.directcremationofmaine.com.

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WINTER HARBOR and WILMINGTON, DEL. — One of mankind’s gentle and kind persons, Carol Storr, passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 4, 2016, at 83 years of age at Seaport Village Healthcare. She had been ill for some time. She was born in 1933 in Belleville, Ill., daughter of Oscar L. and Elfreda A. Becker. A 1955 gradate in history and education at Washington University, St. Louis, she later that year married Thomas Storr, also of Belleville. For six years she was a beloved second grade teacher in Belleville. They had two children, Kimberly Ellen (Delaware) and Kurt James (Winter Harbor).

In 1961, they moved to Wilmington, Del., and joined Aldersgate Methodist Church. She assisted at Emmanuel Dining Room; was a cofounder of Talleyville Girls Softball League; was a member of Newcastle County Civic League; and was treasurer of Delmarva Cub Scouts. Year after year she helped organize the American Association of University Women book sale. She made many friends while playing tennis and golf at the Dupont Country Club.

In 1969, she and Tom discovered Winter Harbor and purchased a wooded, ocean side property and in 1982 built a true Downeast home on Deep Cove. Personally, her interests were Civil War history, collecting paintings and antiques and listening to folk songs. She is survived by three grandchildren: Sgt. Cameron Armstrong, First Lt. Katharine Armstrong and Ian Armstrong, in college.

In Carol’s memory, gifts may be made to American Diabetes Association, Brain Injury Association of Delaware, Delaware Humane Association or Brandywine Creek State Park.

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HANCOCK — Vera Mabel Bunker Foss, 98, passed away on March 21, 2016, at the Golden Acres Boarding Home in Franklin. Vera was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Franklin, the daughter of Lester Earl Bunker and Florence Emma Lowe. After the death of her mother when Vera was a toddler, she was cared for by relatives and by George and Ethel Gordon in their East Franklin home.

A stellar graduate of Franklin High School, she worked as a telephone operator and was active in the Franklin Schoodic Grange. She met husband, Leslie Crabtree Foss of Hancock, at a community bridge night when he approached her and gallantly asked whom they might both know at the event who could properly introduce them. Vera waited for Leslie to return from four years of service during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific. Married at the Franklin Baptist Church in January 1946, they had two daughters, Vivian and Junemma. Vera and Leslie raised much of their family’s food in a large vegetable garden with the late summer becoming a marathon of hot-water canning of tomatoes, beans, and berries along with storage of bushel baskets of apples and onions. Barrels of potatoes took a prominent spot in the stone cellar. Four varieties of squash went on the floor under the children’s beds.

Vera served for several decades as a postmaster, first assisting in summers at the Hancock Point office, and then becoming the postmaster for the main Hancock office at the Corner. She will be remembered for her varied and extensive public service to the communities of Franklin and Hancock. Among other activities, she served on the Riverside Cemetery Association; the Monument Lot Committee; and as the Treasurer of the Union Congregational Church (UCC) of Hancock, of which she was a member for more than 50 years, serving several terms as treasurer. She did fundraising for the construction of the church vestry and served as a delegate to the Maine Conference of Churches. She succeeded her father-in-law for a few years as a moderator at the Hancock Town Meeting and worked as a teacher’s assistant at the Hancock Grammar School where she had earlier been a voice of the local and state Maine Parent-Teacher Association. Loving local history, Vera was an active member of both the Franklin and Hancock Historical Societies. Some residents will find on their library shelves a copy of the society’s A History of the Town of Hancock 1828-1978, a project of Hancock’s Sesquicentennial Committee, which remains a valuable historical record and photographic resource. Vera loved working with her Hancock neighbors who collaborated to write the text and assemble the volume. After her retirement from the post office, she received a plaque as Hancock Citizen of the Year, and later was presented with the Boston Post Cane as the oldest citizen of Franklin.

Vera also loved to travel and enjoyed cruises through the Alaskan fjords and down the Nile River of Egypt. She traveled internationally to the Eastern Canadian Provinces, England, Scotland, Denmark, Israel, Venezuela, and Ecuador; and with Elderhostel, she widely explored major U.S. cities in the lower 48, including the American West.

It can be said that Vera was ever resilient and good-humored. Her daughter Vivian, visiting from Wisconsin in the summer of 2015, sat at her bedside when over the course of several days, Vera appeared to have slipped into some sort of unresponsive progressive decline. Caught up in reading a Jane Austen novel in preparation for teaching a literature course in the fall at the university, Vivian suddenly realized that it seemed that her mother had stopped breathing. Somewhat panicked that she had missed a critical moment, Vivian put her head to her mother’s chest and listened intently. Vera slowly opened one eye, looked skeptically at her daughter, and declared, “I’m not dead yet, and I’m hungry.” Vera’s final words, some eight months later, were “Take care of yourself.”

Vera is survived by daughter Vivian Foss (Martin Gruberg) of Hancock and Oshkosh, Wis., and a hearty group of descendants. Vera’s daughter Junemma and son-in-law John Kittredge, formerly of Ellsworth, gave Vera five grandchildren, now living in California and Oregon: Crichton (Brenda) Kittredge and their children Madison, Cassidy, Connor, and Kennedy; Russa Kittredge (Christian) Langpap and their children Nicole and Andrew; Olivia (Becky) Kittredge and their children Emma and Caden; Clare (Nick) Bisho and their children Elle and Cooper; and Clive (Jenny) Kittredge and their daughter Amelia June born in July 2015. Vera is also survived by three nieces and nephews who provided invaluable support during Vera’s more than a dozen years at Golden Acres: Robert (Jean) Foss of Hancock and Arizona; John (Ruth) Bunker of Holden and their children Elizabeth and Julie; and Cheryl Bunker (John Foster) and their children Stephanie and Courtney of Massachusetts. Vera’s much loved half-sister, Marjorie Bunker Getchell, is now living in Ellsworth, and with Marjorie’s daughter Faye (Richard) Havey and their children Richard (Diane), Wayne (Julie), and Mark Havey have offered support from Franklin. Children of Vera’s half-brother Charles William Bunker, now deceased, are local residents Beth Bunker Anderson and Timothy Bunker, who along with Vera’s stepsister Arlette’s son Ronald Trundy have kept Vera in their thoughts for many years. Vera was predeceased by husband Leslie who died as a middle-aged man in December 1973; by daughter Junemma, a young mother, in January 1997; and by her older brother Lester Earl Bunker Jr. in 2012.

In closing, the family wishes to thank the staff of the Franklin Golden Acres Boarding home under the leadership of Diane Dow, who first met Vera as a student at Hancock Grammar School, for their indefatigable care during a long goodbye as Vera endured an amazing longevity despite some form of dementia. The nearly daily visits of the Bangor-based Community Health and Counseling Services Hospice Team made the ups and downs of these last two years bearable.

A memorial service will be held next summer in Hancock.

The family first established a memorial fund for contributions to support the Hancock School library in 1997 in memory of Vera’s daughter Junemma Foss Kittredge. Donations of funds for purchase of books for the Hancock Grammar School Library will contribute to Vera’s legacy and enrich the lives of the young people of Hancock. Donations to the school will be gratefully received by the Vera M. B. Foss and Junemma Foss Library Fund c/o Michael Benjamin, Principal, Hancock Grammar School, 33 Cemetery Road, Hancock, ME 04640 (Tel. 207-422-6231).

Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St. Ellsworth. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

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BAR HARBOR — Eva Mary Linscott Davis died on April 6, 2016, at Eastern Maine Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born April 15, 1932, in Ellsworth, the daughter of Harvard and Ruth (Wood) Linscott.

Eva was educated in the Ellsworth school system and graduated high school in 1949. From there she attended Eastern Maine School of Nursing. In 1951, she married Warren E. Davis. Eventually, they moved to Mount Desert Island for his work with the New England Telephone Co. Eva and Warren deeply loved the island and found happiness there building their home, raising their three daughters, and they enjoyed 56 years of marriage.

Eva worked for many years in the school lunch program at the Emerson School, where she greatly enjoyed menu planning and providing nourishing meals for elementary and middle school children. She was an active and faithful member of St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, serving in many capacities. She was also a 45-year member of the MDI Hospital Auxiliary. Eva also volunteered with the Jesup Memorial Library, the Sea Coast Mission, Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, and was a longtime member of the Kebo Valley Golf Club. She found great joy in a game of bridge or spite malice, a round of golf, biking or hiking in Acadia National Park and cooking for her family.

She is survived by two daughters, Jean Davis (Susan Barnes) of Des Moines, Iowa, and Nancy Davis Griffin (Glenn Griffin) of Portland; a granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Davis Griffin; a grandson, Matthew Fish; a brother, Sidney Linscott and wife, Rita, and her sister-in-law Marjorie Linscott. Eva was predeceased by her parents; husband Warren, brother Frederick and oldest daughter Patricia Davis Crocker.

A service honoring Eva’s life will be held 2 p.m. on April 30, 2016, at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert St., Bar Harbor, with a reception to follow in the Parish Hall. Memorial contributions in Eva’s memory in lieu of flowers may be made to the St. Saviour’s Episcopal Memorial Fund or to the MDI Hospital Auxiliary, 10 Wyman Lane, Bar Harbor, 04609.

Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount Desert. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

To Those I Love

If I should ever leave you whom I love

To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,

Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk

Of me as I were beside you, for

Who knows, but that I shall be oftentimes?

I’d come, I’d come, could I but find a way!

But would not tears and grief be barriers?

And when you hear a song I used to sing,

Or see a bird I loved-let the thought

Of me be sad, for I am loving you

Just as I always have…You were so good

To me…So many things I wanted still

To do… So many, many things to say to you…

Remember that I did not fear-It was

Just leaving you I could not bear to face…

We cannot see Beyond…But this I know,

I loved you so…’twas heaven here with you!

-By Isla Paschal Richardson

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HANCOCK — Vera Mabel Bunker Foss, 98, passed away on March 21, 2016, at the Golden Acres Boarding Home in Franklin. Vera was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Franklin, the daughter of Lester Earl Bunker and Florence Emma Lowe. After the death of her mother when Vera was a toddler, she was cared for by relatives and by George and Ethel Gordon in their East Franklin home.

A stellar graduate of Franklin High School, she worked as a telephone operator and was active in the Franklin Schoodic Grange. She met husband, Leslie Crabtree Foss of Hancock, at a community bridge night when he approached her and gallantly asked whom they might both know at the event who could properly introduce them. Vera waited for Leslie to return from four years of service during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific. Married at the Franklin Baptist Church in January 1946, they had two daughters, Vivian and Junemma. Vera and Leslie raised much of their family’s food in a large vegetable garden with the late summer becoming a marathon of hot-water canning of tomatoes, beans, and berries along with storage of bushel baskets of apples and onions. Barrels of potatoes took a prominent spot in the stone cellar. Four varieties of squash went on the floor under the children’s beds.

Vera served for several decades as a postmaster, first assisting in summers at the Hancock Point office, and then becoming the postmaster for the main Hancock office at the Corner. She will be remembered for her varied and extensive public service to the communities of Franklin and Hancock. Among other activities, she served on the Riverside Cemetery Association; the Monument Lot Committee; and as the Treasurer of the Union Congregational Church (UCC) of Hancock, of which she was a member for more than 50 years, serving several terms as treasurer. She did fundraising for the construction of the church vestry and served as a delegate to the Maine Conference of Churches. She succeeded her father-in-law for a few years as a moderator at the Hancock Town Meeting and worked as a teacher’s assistant at the Hancock Grammar School where she had earlier been a voice of the local and state Maine Parent-Teacher Association. Loving local history, Vera was an active member of both the Franklin and Hancock Historical Societies. Some residents will find on their library shelves a copy of the society’s A History of the Town of Hancock 1828-1978, a project of Hancock’s Sesquicentennial Committee, which remains a valuable historical record and photographic resource. Vera loved working with her Hancock neighbors who collaborated to write the text and assemble the volume. After her retirement from the post office, she received a plaque as Hancock Citizen of the Year, and later was presented with the Boston Post Cane as the oldest citizen of Franklin.

Vera also loved to travel and enjoyed cruises through the Alaskan fjords and down the Nile River of Egypt. She traveled internationally to the Eastern Canadian Provinces, England, Scotland, Denmark, Israel, Venezuela, and Ecuador; and with Elderhostel, she widely explored major U.S. cities in the lower 48, including the American West.

It can be said that Vera was ever resilient and good-humored. Her daughter Vivian, visiting from Wisconsin in the summer of 2015, sat at her bedside when over the course of several days, Vera appeared to have slipped into some sort of unresponsive progressive decline. Caught up in reading a Jane Austen novel in preparation for teaching a literature course in the fall at the university, Vivian suddenly realized that it seemed that her mother had stopped breathing. Somewhat panicked that she had missed a critical moment, Vivian put her head to her mother’s chest and listened intently. Vera slowly opened one eye, looked skeptically at her daughter, and declared, “I’m not dead yet, and I’m hungry.” Vera’s final words, some eight months later, were “Take care of yourself.”

Vera is survived by daughter Vivian Foss (Martin Gruberg) of Hancock and Oshkosh, Wis., and a hearty group of descendants. Vera’s daughter Junemma and son-in-law John Kittredge, formerly of Ellsworth, gave Vera five grandchildren, now living in California and Oregon: Crichton (Brenda) Kittredge and their children Madison, Cassidy, Connor, and Kennedy; Russa Kittredge (Christian) Langpap and their children Nicole and Andrew; Olivia (Becky) Kittredge and their children Emma and Caden; Clare (Nick) Bisho and their children Elle and Cooper; and Clive (Jenny) Kittredge and their daughter Amelia June born in July 2015. Vera is also survived by three nieces and nephews who provided invaluable support during Vera’s more than a dozen years at Golden Acres: Robert (Jean) Foss of Hancock and Arizona; John (Ruth) Bunker of Holden and their children Elizabeth and Julie; and Cheryl Bunker (John Foster) and their children Stephanie and Courtney of Massachusetts. Vera’s much loved half-sister, Marjorie Bunker Getchell, is now living in Ellsworth, and with Marjorie’s daughter Faye (Richard) Havey and their children Richard (Diane), Wayne (Julie), and Mark Havey have offered support from Franklin. Children of Vera’s half-brother Charles William Bunker, now deceased, are local residents Beth Bunker Anderson and Timothy Bunker, who along with Vera’s stepsister Arlette’s son Ronald Trundy have kept Vera in their thoughts for many years. Vera was predeceased by husband Leslie who died as a middle-aged man in December 1973; by daughter Junemma, a young mother, in January 1997; and by her older brother Lester Earl Bunker Jr. in 2012.

In closing, the family wishes to thank the staff of the Franklin Golden Acres Boarding home under the leadership of Diane Dow, who first met Vera as a student at Hancock Grammar School, for their indefatigable care during a long goodbye as Vera endured an amazing longevity despite some form of dementia. The nearly daily visits of the Bangor-based Community Health and Counseling Services Hospice Team made the ups and downs of these last two years bearable.

A memorial service will be held next summer in Hancock.

The family first established a memorial fund for contributions to support the Hancock School library in 1997 in memory of Vera’s daughter Junemma Foss Kittredge. Donations of funds for purchase of books for the Hancock Grammar School Library will contribute to Vera’s legacy and enrich the lives of the young people of Hancock. Donations to the school will be gratefully received by the Vera M. B. Foss and Junemma Foss Library Fund c/o Michael Benjamin, Principal, Hancock Grammar School, 33 Cemetery Road, Hancock, ME 04640 (Tel. 207-422-6231).

Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St. Ellsworth. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY DEATHS

 Shane E. Andrews, 39, of Cutler, March 29 at Bangor.

Stephen P. Berry Sr., 61, of Machias, April 5.

Douglas Kendall Casement, 79, of Eastport and Naples, Fla., at Naples. Memorial service 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, Unitarian Universalist Church, Bangor.

Damon W. Curtis Sr., 68, of Grand Lake Stream, April 6 at a Bangor hospital. Celebration of life noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at the Curtis residence, 34 Water St., Grand Lake Stream.

Elaine E. Diabo, 85, of Malden, Mass., April 9. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, Mays Funeral Home, Calais.

Richard D. Eaton, 83, of Lubec, April 4 at Lubec. Service April 9, West Lubec United Methodist Church.

Ruth M. Faulkingham, 95, of Beals, April 7 at Machias. Service April 11, Beals Wesleyan Church.

David C. Harmon Jr., 46, of Machias, March 28 at Machias. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17, Whitneyville Community Center.

John Edward Harvey Sr., 66, of Baileyville, April 10. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Woodland Cemetery, Baileyville.

Gary W. Laskey, 56, of Lubec, April 2 at Lubec. Service 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, Lubec American Legion.

Harry C. Merritt Jr., 86, of Beals, April 7.

Linda Isabel McLain, 73, of Orono and Calais, April 9 at a Bangor hospital. Burial Mass 11 a.m. today, Thursday, April 14, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Calais. Interment Calais Cemetery.

Edward I. Myers, 80, of Milford and Lubec, April 7 at Maine Veterans Home, Bangor. Celebration of life April 13, Birmingham Funeral Home, Old Town. Interment with military honors, Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta.

Lewis R. Perry, 63, of Steuben, April 6 at Steuben.

Betty Lou St.Pierre, 80, of Roque Bluffs, March 23. Celebration of life noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Roque Bluffs Community Center.

HANCOCK COUNTY DEATHS

Travis E. Astbury, 36, of Blue Hill, April 7 at his home. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill.

Darrell Leverett Brewer, 76, of Lucerne, April 8 at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. Memorial service 11 a.m. Sunday, April 17, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Milo.

Alden Roy Carter, 71, of Haverhill, Mass., formerly of Bar Harbor, April 7 at Holy Family Hospital, Haverhill. Memorial service with military honors, April 9. Summer interment Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor.

Eva Mary Linscott Davis, 83, of Bar Harbor, April 6 at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor.

Arthur Bradford Dority, 88, of Ellsworth, April 9 at Ellsworth. Visiting 10-11 a.m. Friday, April 15, followed by memorial service, Union Congregational Church, Ellsworth Falls.

Austin A. Dunn, 27, of Edmond, Okla., April 2 at Oklahoma City, Okla. Celebration of life April 8, Crawford Funeral Service, Edmond.

Bonnie Jo Dyer, 60, of Gouldsboro, April 6. Potluck supper 4 p.m. Sunday, April 17, Knights of Pythias Hall, Gouldsboro.

Vera Mabel Bunker Foss, 98, of Hancock, March 21 at Golden Acres Boarding Home, Franklin. Summer memorial service in Hancock.

Grace Murray Frost, 87, of Bar Harbor, April 4 at Largo, Fla. Summer memorial.

Helen A. Kingsbury, 87, of Charlestown, N.H., formerly of Mount Desert, April 1 at her home. Graveside service at later date, Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta.

Stuart James Leach, 25, of Penobscot, March 24 at Bucksport. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16, South Penobscot Baptist Church.

James Lydick, 71, of Bucksport, April 3 at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. May memorial service at his home.

Michael Pilz, 74, of Southwest Harbor, April 9 at Southwest Harbor.

Laura Alice (Mouncey-Cough) Reed, 70, of Southwest Harbor, April 2. Celebration of life 4 p.m. to sunset, Saturday, Aug. 20, Seawall, Southwest Harbor.

Terrace L. Skillin, 57, of Zephyrhills, Fla., and Bucksport, April 6 at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Fla. Service at later date.

Russell Thurlow Smith, 87, of Brooklin, April 7 at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. Graveside service 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Mt. Ephraim Cemetery, Brooklin.

Carol Jeanne Storr, 83, of Winter Harbor and Wilmington, Del., April 4 at Seaport Village, Ellsworth. Memorial service at later date.

Clyde Webber Sr., 69, of Surry, March 29. Memorial service at later date.

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NORTHEAST HARBOR — A 2 p.m. service, under the care of Acadia Friends Meeting, is being held on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. The service celebrates the lives of Mary Delia Grant Farquhar and Thomas Carleton Snell. Please stay for refreshments and fellowship following the service.

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ELLSWORTH — Arthur Bradford Dority, 88, passed away April 9, 2016, in Ellsworth. He was born in Mariaville, May 2, 1927, the son of Fred and Helen (Hanscom) Dority.

Upon graduation from Ellsworth High School in 1945, Arthur enlisted in the U.S. Army, making him a WWII veteran. While stationed in Georgia, he was tasked as a shooting instructor. The majority of his working career was as supervisor of construction for Nickerson and O’Day, general contractors. Some of the most notable building projects were for Jackson Lab, University of Maine at Orono and Machias, Thayer Hospital, Machias Bank and EMMC, and many local projects. Arthur was an avid Granger, belonging to the Mariaville Grange #441, holding several offices during his lifetime including Master, a member of the Green Mountain Pomona #26, the Maine State Grange, and a member of the Lygonia Masonic Lodge #40. He was a Shriner in the flag unit and was a deacon of the Union Congregational Church of Ellsworth Falls. In his younger years, Arthur enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling, square dancing and was an avid deer hunter. He loved his role as father and grandfather at the camp lot on Beech Hill.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Joanne (Pollard) Dority; children, Stephen Dority and wife, Linda, Sheldon Dority and companion Lee McWilliams, Yvonne Saunders and husband, Rodney, and Scott Dority and wife, Linda; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two brothers, Erland and Millard Dority; four sisters, Erva Grindle, Audrey Bull, Mathel Bell and Agnes MacLeod-Macey.

A service was held Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Union Congregational Church of Ellsworth Falls. Contributions in Arthur’s memory may be made to Union Congregational Church of Ellsworth Falls, P.O. Box 997, Ellsworth 04605.

Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St. Ellsworth. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

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SURRY— Gilbert R. Grindle, 74, of Surry, lost his battle with cancer on April 12, 2016. He was the son of the late Hollis (Hottie) Grindle and Murtle Grindle. He leaves behind his sweetie Patricia Thompson; Patricia’s girls Lucinda Griffin of Zephyrhills, Fla., and Effie Kane Obin of Palm Harbor, Fla.

Gilbert loved to fish and play cards with his brothers Phillip and Gerald Grindle of Waltham along with all his buddies.

He leaves behind his sister Geraldine and brother-in-law Jack Vanovenhue of Rockland, Conn.; brother Gerald Grindle and his wife Nicole of Waltham; sister Phillis Grindle Kane and husband Jasper Kane of Ellsworth. He was predeceased by his brothers Donald, Raymond, Tommy, Dickie, his sister Pauline Grindle, along with several nieces and nephews

Gilbert loved spending time with his family and friends, and loved his beloved pups Ruebelle and Gigi Belle. They went everywhere with him.

A graveside service will be held in the late spring. Condolences may be expressed to P.O. Box 16, Surry, ME 04684.

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BAR HARBOR – Freda E. Johnson, 81, passed away peacefully March 25, 2016. Freda was born Nov. 16, 1934, in Anson, however she lived in several towns such as Franklin, Southwest Harbor, Hancock and resided in Bar Harbor until her passing. Although Freda enjoyed living on the coast of Maine, amongst her white birch trees, she loved her annual visits to Rangeley.

Freda was predeceased by her parents, her three sisters and a few close friends. She is survived by many nieces and nephews; a special great-niece Heidi Dorr and husband, Jeff, and their son Caleb, her special friend. The family would like to thank all of her caregivers. Per Freda’s request, there will be no services.

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SURRY – Clyde Webber Sr., 69, of Surry, died March 29, 2016. He was born in Ellsworth on March 3, 1947, the son of L. Andrew Webber and Gertrude H. Webber.

He grew up in Ellsworth and attended Surry School and Ellsworth High School. He worked in the woods for a period, and then worked for Jordan’s Meats in Bangor as a driver. He also cleaned and prepped home lots as the owner of Clyde A. Webber Land Cleaning.

Clyde was predeceased by his younger brother, Louis, and his father, “Andy” Webber. He leaves his son, Clyde Webber Jr.; his mother; a niece Lisa Bubel and nephew Billy Webber; a grandson, Clyde III, and a host of other family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at a later time.

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Hancock – Arleeta Mae Salisbury Campbell, 85, was reunited with her mother and father, and her son Richard on April 13, 2016. She was born Jan. 16, 1931, in Otis; the daughter of Carlton and Florence Willey Salisbury.

She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Courtney Campbell; her six children Edwin Kidder of Fla., Earl Kidder of Franklin, David and wife Marion Kidder of Ellsworth, Kathy Kidder, Mark Kidder and wife Mona and Maggie and husband Mike Cummings of Hancock; her siblings Lawrence Salisbury, Corice Amazeen, Leverett Salisbury, Vera Judeware, and Alice Herrick; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Arleeta was predeceased by her parents, her brother Emery Salisbury, her son Richard Kidder, and grandson Jonathan P. Kidder.

Graveside services will be held at a later date.

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Lamoine – Robert E. Nagle, Lamoine, passed away April 15, 2016. Born Jan. 22, 1948, in Boston, Mass. Survived by his partner of 36 years, Kate Gordon; their son Samuel Nagle; father William Chase; dear family friend Ellen Halpern; siblings Richard Nagle, Linda Chase, William Chase, and Karen Withrow.

Predeceased by his mother Irene Chase and brother David Nagle. Rob loved Strat-o-Matic baseball, his cats and dogs, Old Orchard Beach in September. He worked for many years at College of the Atlantic’s Thorndike Library and the Emmaus Homeless Shelter.

Please consider a donation to the Emmaus Shelter in lieu of flowers or cards. Catholic committal services to take place at a later date. The family is eternally grateful for all who cared for Rob at EMMC and MCMH. www.legacy.com.

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MARIAVILLE – Sharon A. Lacey, went to be with her Lord on April 14, at her home. She was born in Houlton, the daughter of Basil and Evelyn (Hardy) Jordan.

Sharon grew up in Bangor. In 1952, she and Rev. John A. Lacey Sr. were married. She was a devoted mother, and was very active in the life of all the churches where her husband was pastor. Those churches included several in Maine, two in Massachusetts and 26 years in Vernon, Conn. Sharon was also an assistant head of the Testing Department of the Hartford Board of Education. In retirement, she served for over 20

years as chair of the Board of Assessors for the town of Mariaville. She was director of operations for Literacy Solutions in Oxford and Norwalk, Conn., whose clients loved her and she loved her clients. She also served for years as chair of the Board of the Hockamun Valley Daycare in Connecticut, where she was held in the highest regard while raising her own six children. She leaves behind her husband, Rev. John A. Lacey Sr.; children, Jack Lacey and wife, Catherine, Shelley Castelot and husband, Larry, Patti Hee and husband, Jackson, Nancy Kellner and husband, Kenneth, Juli Black and husband, Andrew; daughter, Wendy Jayne Lacey who died in 1981; beloved daughter-in-law, Jill Coleman Lacey who died in 1979; 23 beloved grandchildren to whom she was much loved “Mimi”; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Jayne Daly and husband Edward; half-sister, Mary Alice; half-brother, Tom, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Calling hours were held 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St., Ellsworth. A funeral service was held Monday, April 18, at the First Congregational Church, 2 Church St., Ellsworth with their dear friends Rev. Kate Winters and Rev. John McDuffie officiating. Interment will be at Brimmer Cemetery, Mariaville.

Donations in Sharon’s memory may be made to the Wendy J. Lacey Memorial Silver Lake Scholarship Fund, c/o First Congregational Church of Vernon, 695 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT 06066 or Mariaville Fire Department, 2171 Mariaville Road, Mariaville 04605 or Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, 14 McKenzie Ave., Ellsworth 04605. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

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WALTHAM – Phillip S. Grindle, 68, of Waltham, lost his courageous battle with cancer on April 20, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born June 6, 1947, and has joined his parents Hollis and Myrtle Grindle along with his brother Gilbert, whom he spent his last days with.

Phil loved the Red Sox, going to Bog River Camp, the outdoors, playing horseshoes, his doggie day care, and his door was always open for a game of cribbage with his family and friends.

He is survived by his twin sister Phyllis and husband, Jasper Kane, his brother Gerald and wife, Nicole Grindle, his sister Geraldine and husband, Jack Vanovenhue, and many other special family members.

Phil was predeceased by five brothers and one sister.

Phil leaves behind his companion and best friend Sam, his dog who was always by his side along with two special friends, Wade Chick and Marla Mitchell.

A graveside service will be held for brothers Phillip and Gilbert Grindle on May 28, at 10 a.m. at Woodbine Cemetery in Ellsworth.

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