Patton Funeral Home and Cremation Service
Doris Rachell Johnson, the daughter of William and Bertha (Nelson) Johnson, was born January 24, 1916 in Story County, Iowa. She graduated from Delavan High School in 1934. Doris was united in marriage with George W. Whitney in Mapleton on July 29, 1934. They farmed in the Delavan area until George''s death in 1976. Doris moved to Blue Earth in 1980 and entered St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center in 1998.
She is survived by three children, Beverly Jensen, Edina, Phyllis (Mrs. Robert) Ficken of Blue Earth, Michael (& wife Stella) Whitney of Edgerton, Wisconsin, daughter-in-law, JoAnn Brayland of Alden, sister, Twyla Lou Lane of Warrington, PA, 9 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Bill & Betty, husband George, sons- Robert & Charles ?Bill? Johnson, brother-Everett Johnson, sister-Janet Mackie and 2 grandsons.
Harold Frederick Ferdinand Rollenhagen
(Research):Legacy Remembers
Harold F. Rollenhagen, age 98, of Wells, MN, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at United Hospital in Blue Earth, MN.
Harold F. Rollenhagen was born June 2, 1910, the son of August F. and Lily (Moldenhauer) Rollenhagen in Wells, MN.
On February 28, 1935 he was united in marriage to Beulah Whitney in Delavan, MN.
Harold was a lifelong farmer and musician. He played in the Rollenhagen Rhythm Ramblers, the Mansfield Band, and most recently the Roger Passer Combo. He was a member of Wells United Methodist Church. His hobbies were music, repairing and restoring old musical instruments and antique phonographs.
He is survived by his son: Harlan Rollenhagen of Colorado Springs, CO; daughter-in-law: Karen Rollenhagen of Colorado Springs, CO; 6 grandchildren: Kathy Kremer of Grand Haven, MI, Ken (Ruth) Kremer of St. Michael, MN, Kurt (Melanie) Kremer of Burnsville, MN, Fred Rollenhagen of Lakewood, CO, Kari (Ken) Duncan of Eugene, OR, Tim (Brooke) Rollenhagen of Aurora, CO; 7 great-grandchildren: Joe, Nate, Carah, Tanner, Benjamin, Charles, and Kenneth IV; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife Beulah; daughter Arlyss Kremer; brother Marvin; 2 sisters: Lucilla (Henry) Stevermer and Gladys (Harold) Pofahl.
Find-a-Grave
YARMOUTH - Mrs. Florence H. Loring, 82, widow of Roy M. Loring of North Yarmouth, died Saturday in a Yarmouth nursing home after a long illness. Born at Pownal, April 13, 1882, she was the daughter of Charles H. Hodsdon and Eliza Sweetser Hodsdon.
Mrs. Loring attended Pownal schools and was graduated from Hebron Academy and Gorham Normal School. She taught elementary grades at Yarmouth and Mexico. She had lived at North Yarmouth since 1933, residing before at Gray and Pownal. She was a member of the North yarmouth Congregational Church; Winnegance Chapter, OES, Yarmouth; and Wescustogo Grange, Yarmouth.
Her husband died in 1948.
She is survived by a son, Frederick H. Loring of Gray; a daughter, Mrs. Harold P. Small of Powbal; five granddaughters; six great-grandsons; and a great-granddaughter.
66008. Dorothy Florence Loring
The Lewiston Daily Sun
August 30, 1944Livermore Falls - Mrs. Dorothy Monk wife of Paul A. Monk, died late Monday evening at her home on High Street, after a year of ill health.
She was born at Cumberland, March 26, 1905, the daughter of Roy M. and Florence Hodsdon Loring.
Mrs. Monk has lived in Livermore Falls about six years having moved to Auburn. She was a member of the First Universalist Church, Universalist Women's Association and the Alden class at the church.
Besides her husband and her parents she is survived by a daughter, Meredith of Livermore Falls; a sister, Mrs. Harold Small, Cumberland Center; three brothers; Kenneth Knight, Brunswick; Frank Knight, Yarmouth; Fred P. Loring Gray; aunts; uncles, nieces, and nephews.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
December 26, 1997Margaret L. Small, 83, of Main Street died unexpectedly early Thursday morning at a Portland hospital.
She was born in Pownal, daughter of of Roy M. and Florence Hodsdon Loring. She graduated from the former Pennell Institute in Gray and received a bachelor's degree from Gorham Normal School.
Mrs. Small taught elementary school in North Yarmouth for several years and later was a teacher and principal of the Pineland School in Pownal, retiring in 1975 after 21 years. She was also a telephone operator in Cumberland and for Poland Spring Telephone Co.
She moved here in 1957.
She was a member of North Pownal United Methodist Church, Winnegance Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, the Maine State Employees Association, the North Yarmouth and Yarmouth historical societies and the Maine State Retired Teachers Association. She was a longtime volunteer at Prince Memorial Library and was the assistant secretary of the Cumberland Farmers Club for many years.
Her interest in history was reflected in her role as her family's genealogist.
Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Harold P. Small; a brother, Frederick Loring of Gray; five nieces, Meredith Dalessandro of Livermore Falls, Sandra Richardson of Windham, Sheila Hodgdon and Linda Liberty, both of New Gloucester, and Elizabeth Adams of Gray.
Lindquist Funeral Home
CUMBERLAND - Harold Percy Small, youngest of three sons born to George Randall Small and Olive Loring Small on Oct. 20, 1917 died Jan. 4, 2008.
He attended North Yarmouth schools and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1935. From then until the death of his parents, and the subsequent sale of the farm, he worked on the family Ayeshire dairy farm. His collection of ceramic cows reflected the love he had for dairy farming. He also worked for the Town of North Yarmouth for a number of years. When the farm was sold, he went to work for Neal York in North Yarmouth as a house painter until Neal's retirement then went into the same business on his own, retiring in 1989. Many folks marveled at the speed with which he painted and how much paint he could hold on his brush.
He married his beloved Margaret Josephine Loring on July 12, 1940 and they were life partners until her death on Christmas morning 1997. Having had no children of their own, they tended most solicitously to the many nieces, nephews and friends that they had.
At different times they were members of the North Yarmouth Congregational Church, the Cumberland Congregational Church, the Tuttle Road Methodist Church, and finally, the North Pownal Methodist Church. He was a charter member of the North Yarmouth Fire Department, and a 10 year member of the Cumberland Fire Department, being assigned to Crash Truck 5. He was secretary and assistant treasurer of the Cumberland Farmers' Club for 35 years, and assistant treasurer for the Cumberland Raceway for the same time. He was also a life-long member of the Cumberland Farmers' Club. He was predeceased by his parents, his adored Margaret, and his brothers Maurice and Charles. He is survived by his nephews George Small and his wife Carolyn, Francis Small and his wife Jean, all of Cumberland, Charles Small, Jr. of Gray, nieces Carolyn Verrill and her husband Bill of North Yarmouth, Lorraine Small of Massachusetts, Merideth D'Allessandro and her husband Frank of Livermore Falls, and numerous great nephews and nieces.
66010. Frederick Hodsdon Loring
Find-a-Grave
Frederick Hodsdon Loring, 87, of Gray, died February 28.
He was born in Pownal, the son of Roy and Florence Hodsdon Loring, and attended Pennell Institute. He graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1936. On his first job of delivering grain, he met his wife of 43 years, Barbara Helen Fitts, of Stetson. Freddy was known as a strong man who held 100-pound bags of grain on each shoulder. He had a great love of gardening, woodworking, cooking and maintaining his home of 58 years. He was known as the camera man at Cole Farms' Corner Seat, taking pictures at the counter. In 1982, Mr. Loring retired from Crosby Laughlin after 40 years of dedicated quality-control service. His post-retirement job included working at Cole Farms making ice cream and Cole Farms Dressings. He also served on the School Board for several years. Fred was very fond of his two Maine Coon Cats.
He was predeceased by his wife; his sister, Margaret Small; and two grandsons, Frederick Loring Liberty and Tony Wesley Richardson.
He is survived by four daughters, Elizabeth and her husband L. Robert Adams, of Gray, Sandra and her husband Arthur Richardson, of Windham, Sheila and her husband Richard Hodgkin, of New Gloucester, and Linda Liberty, of New Gloucester; 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
October 6, 1997Priscilla L. Mann, 76, died Saturday at Freeport Nursing Home, where she had lived for the past two years.
She was born in Pownal, a daughter of Leigh and Olive Loring, attended Gray and Freeport schools and was a 1938 graduate of Freeport High School. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maine in 1942, and was certified as a teacher.
Her first teaching position was at Orono High School.
On Aug. 17, 1943, she married James T. Mann of Freeport.
Her desire to teach those with developmental disabilities led her to earn a master's degree in special education from the University of Maine.
Mrs. Mann then became the founding teacher and longtime director of the Youth Development Center, Brunswick, and guided its growth into its present form as The Independence Association.
After retiring, she continued her involvement with people with developmental disabilities by directing a group of handbell ringers and by serving on an advisory committee at Pineland.
She was a member of the First Parish Church, Freeport, where she enjoyed church activities and served for a time as director of Christian Education. She enjoyed entertaining during the summer at her home on Wolf's Neck, and was an active member of the Wolf's Neck Club.
Surviving are her husband; a sister, Mary Hawkes; and a daughter, Carolyn Hall, all of Freeport; three sons, Kenneth and Stephen Mann, both of Freeport, and John Mann of West Bowdoin; and seven grandchildren.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
March 24, 2010James Thomas Mann moved five times during his lifetime, but he never left Wolfe's Neck.
''He spent 90 years living on the same road,'' and contributed a lot to the Freeport area during his lifetime, his son Ken Mann said.
Mr. Mann died Monday at age 90.
After serving stateside in the U.S. Army during World War II, Mr. Mann was asked to help fell a tree near the stone house at the newly established Wolfe's Neck Farm. That was the beginning of his 15-year career as a founding manager of the farm, which practices sustainable agriculture.
''He was instrumental in getting the farm going and preserving the farms around town,'' his son said. Mr. Mann brought the first herd of Angus cattle to the farm.
He left the farm and bought a Chevron station in town, selling gas and repairing automobiles.
''He did really well in a location that never had been successful before,'' Ken Mann said.
Son John Mann said his father was the kind of person who took care of himself as well as everyone else.
''He was very confident and he could build anything, fix anything,'' John Mann said, ''He had a real streak of engineering genius in him.''
As a high school student, Mr. Mann was the only teenager with his own car, his son said. Ken Mann said his father had a Model A Ford that he fixed up and got running.
Mr. Mann was also an inventor of sorts.
Using a car engine and an old clock pendulum, he built a windmill to power an electric fence around his father's farm before electrical service reached the property.
''He was very mechanical and good with electricity,'' Ken Mann said. ''He was able to do stuff like that naturally.''
''Dad was gifted in all sorts of engineering, improvisation, inventiveness, mechanical ability, construction and as aÊ leader,'' his daughter Carolyn Mann wrote.
He put his carpentry and construction skills to work building and selling a number of houses. Ken Mann said his father would do everything from digging the well and laying brick for the chimney to designing cabinets. He would finish a house project in about a year.
''He was not fast, but he was very methodical. He kept right on working at a steady pace,'' Ken Mann said.
Mr. Mann also liked to entertain. His children said he was famous for inviting ''anybody that wanted to come'' to the family home or boating on Casco Bay.
''He kept an old boat and entertained people with clam bakes and picnics,'' Ken Mann said.
''Those are the fondest memories I have.''
Portland Press Herald (ME)
January 7, 2016POWNAL - Josephine Pervier Allen died peacefully during the early morning on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Born on May 19, 1924 to Joseph and Emma Loring Pervier, she lived at the Loring farm in Pownal during her early years and then moved to the Pervier farm where her grandparents William and Nellie Pervier lived.
Jo graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1941 and married Edward Allen on March 28, 1942.
They lived in Freeport for a few years raising two sons, Ronald and Leonard, and a daughter, Marion.
The family moved back to the farm in Pownal in 1953 where Jo helped with the farming as well as working at Freeport Shoe Co. When a younger cousin, Sally Pervier, sadly lost her parents, Jo welcomed her to the family. In 1963, Jo began fulfilling a lifelong dream by attending night classes at Gorham State Teacher's College. By second year, she attended day classes while helping to care for her mother and assisting with farm chores. She graduated in 1967 with a bachelor's degree and later with a master's degree. Jo taught fourth grade from 1968 until her retirement in 1984. In later years when she and her husband retired they moved nearby into a new home built by Ed.
Jo was an active member of her church at Pownal Center. In early days she rose early to build a fire before the service. She was a clerk for many years, contributed much to the Ladies Aide and worked on church suppers preparing foods and baking 6 to 8 pies. She wrote a brief history of the church and a booklet of memories of her parents. She was a member of Granite Grange and of the Historical Society. In addition to Jo's reputation for delicious pies, she became famous for her yummy donuts and fudge. She was a very caring person who connected well with her students at school and others. She mentored several children who were in need. She was much loved by many. Jo experienced a lifetime trip by flying to Scotland with teacher friend, Gail Butler. She and Ed took several trips to West Virginia to visit son, Ron, and family. At home, she especially enjoyed all the visits of grand kids, nieces and nephews. She showered them with treats, let them help with cooking, read to them and sewed outfits for special occasions. They all have wonderful memories to share. Jo is predeceased by her husband, whom she shared 63 years of marriage, and her brother Felton Pervier and wife Rita.
She is survived by her two sons, Ronald and Leonard Allen, her daughter, Marion Curry, her "adopted" daughter, Sally Ridlon; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
July 10, 2005HIGHT, Marian "Nan", 98, passed away peacefully of natural causes at her son's home in Albuquerque on June 30, 2005.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart; son, Lee and sister, Helen.
She is survived by her son, Steve and wife, Becky; grandchildren, Steve Hight and wife, Erica, Amy Price and husband, Buddy; great-grandchildren, Jamie Price and Wayne Hight; daughter-in-law, Nancy Hight and husband, Richard Shine; grandsons, Xander and Nat Hight.
Nan was born in Gibson City, IL on March 4, 1907.
She was a resident of Acantilado Vista for the last eight years. Nan was a most dignified and independent lady with a grand sense of humor who was treasured by her many friends and family. She was a resident of Albuquerque since 1952 and a long time member and supporter of the League of Women Voters.
Dr. Merrill Selden Frederick Greene
Army Times
May 26, 2003Retired Lt. Col. (Dr.) Merrill Selden Fredrick Greene of Lewiston, Maine, died Jan. 21. He was 102.
Greene was a veteran of World War I and World War II. In World War II, he served in England with the 67th General Hospital. He was a member of the Military Order of World Wars and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Greene is survived by nieces and nephews Tom and Mildred Sweetser of Herman, Maine, Lorraine and Raymond Wakefield of Biddeford, Maine, Robert and Frances Sweetser of Gray, Maine, Joanna and David Tammenen of Yarmouth, Maine, Linda and Carl Gurtman of York, Maine, William and Janet Sweetser of Florida, Gwen Portras of Bayonet Point, Fla., and Merrill Stockbridge of Columbia, S.C.