Bangor Daily News
October 23, 1968Chester B. Eaton, 77, died at his Stonington, Maine home Tuesday. He was born April 14, 1891 at Deer Isle, Maine, the son of Peter H. and Minnie (Knowlton) Eaton.
He was a member of the RLDS Church of Stonington, the Marine Lodge of Masons, member of Anah Temple Shrine in Bangor, Pine Tree Chapter of Deer Isle, Commandery in Ellsworth, and past patron of IOOF and vice presidnet of Stonington Library Association.
For many years, he worked as a stone cutter and seaman. He then opened Eaton's Variety Store in Stonington. At the time of his death, he was a selectman.
Surviving are a daughter, son, stepson, two grandchildren; sister, two brothers, several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Bangor Daily News
January 16, 2010SUNSET - Edith P. Marshall, 95, passed away Jan. 2, 2010, at her home. She was born July 14, 1914, in Deer Isle, the daughters of John S. and Martha (Smith) Pickering.
Edith taught school on the island for many years, was a long time organist at Sunset Congregational Church and a charter member of Deer Isle Historical Society.
She is survived by her five children, Janet L. Snowden of Deer Isle, John E. Snowden and his wife, Catherine, of Deer Isle, Darrell J. Snowden and his wife, Joice, of Delaware, Ohio, Martha A. Fougere and her husband, Kenneth, of Deer Isle, and Pamela E. Gray and her husband, Douglas, of Bucksport. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husbands, Jason G. Snowden and Gilman Marshall; her brother, Archie W. Pickering; a son, Robert W. Snowden; and grandsons, Barry L., Robert L. and Marshall J. Thompson.
Gilman Marshall served in the US Coast Guard during WW2.
Allen Merrill Small was a mariner.
David E. Marshall was a farmer.
Harold F. Joyce was a house carpenter (1920 US Federal Census for Deer Isle).
Lewiston Evening Journal
April 18, 1956South Paris - Mrs. Lillian L. Joyce, *3, a native of this town, died Tuesday morning at a Portland hospital after a short illness.
She was born in South Paris, Jan. 29, 1873, daughter of John and Amanda Fitzgerald Lows. She attended South Paris schools and moved to Portland following her marriage to Fred E. Joyce 60 years ago [sic].
Surviving are her husband, two nieces and a nephew.