The Gazette
June 16, 2010JOLANTA SISE 1927 - 2010
Jolanta Sise (nee Zdzitowiecka) suddenly on Saturday, June 12 following emergency surgery for a fractured hip.
She is survived by her son Hazen Jerzy Sise of Vancouver, BC and his family (Joy, Emma & Priya); her sister Maria Horyn Zdzitowiecka of Montreal, her stepdaughter Gail Sise Grossman (Richard) of Durango, Colorado; and her extended family of Skorzewskis, Khotes, Sises, Porteouses, Drummonds and their ilk, and by the diasporatic Polish community of Montreal.
Born to a land-holding family in western Poland, her idyllic childhood was shattered by the onslaught of WWII, her family and society engulfed within the first few days of September 1939. What followed was an adolescence at the mouth of hell, witness to the worse that history has on offer. While helping her family survive, she attended school at Szkola S.S. Niepokalanek in Szymanow and was drawn into junior resistance activities leading up to the Nazi retreat. After the change of regime, she completed her schooling under an assumed name, and eventually, in 1948, was smuggled across the Baltic to Sweden. After a few years of aculturation and vocational training, she departed in 1950 to join her refugee cousins in Ste. Adele, Quebec.
Jola thrived in Canada, meeting and marrying Hazen Edward Sise, an architect and scion of a prominent Montreal family. She worked for many years administering in the Department of Philosophy at McGill, where she particularly enjoyed helping many international students adapt to the challenges & pleasures of life in Montreal and Canadian winters. More than anything, Jola loved bringing together a heterodox group of family, academics and visitors from afar for a sumptuous meal around the table at Victoria Avenue or at her beloved cottage in North Hero, Vermont. It was inevitably a joyous, polyglot and off-kilter affair, much enjoyed by all. She will be sadly missed by her family and a wide circle of friends spanning the globe for her generosity, humour, intelligence and grace, and her great service to others.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL)
April 27, 2010Humphrey, Carol Frances
Nov. 6, 1917 - April 23, 2010Carol Frances Humphrey, 92, of Boca Grande, formerly of Southampton, N.Y., died April 23, 2010.
Survivors include her son, Peter; daughters Susan and Sarah; and eight grandchildren.
Born Carol Frances Sise, she grew up in Montreal, Canada, and moved to the United States following her marriage to Frank J. Humphrey Jr.
She lived in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; New York City; Southampton; and Boca Grande.
As a loving and much loved mother and grandmother, she will be remembered as a gracious example of fairness, kindness and generosity. A great lady, at age 92 she was as sharp as ever and keenly interested in literature, travel, sports and world affairs. She will be missed by all who knew her.
70464. Mary Elizabeth Pettingell
Milford Mirror (CT)
August 18, 2006MARY ELIZABETH "BETTY" JEPSON, 82, of Milford, died Aug. 12. She was the wife of Milford City Clerk Alan Jepson.
She was born in Cambridge, Mass., and was a graduate of Stratford High School. She had earned a B.A. degree in psychology at Jackson College, Tufts University.
Mrs. Jepson for 20 years was employed at the Milford Shop and Schpero's Jewelers. Previously, she had been a sales representative at Liberty Mutual Insurance in Boston, and worked in personnel at General Electric in Bridgeport.
She was a volunteer at Milford Hospital, the Penny Pitcher Thrift Shop, and Point Beach School.
She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the church vestry. Also, she was treasurer of the Democratic Town Committee, and was a member of the Milford Animal Shelter Commission, United Way, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Milford Council in Aging for 10 years, American Legion Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary, and the Red Had Society.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Jepson is survived by her daughters, Linda Swadener of Alpharetta, Ga., Susan of Stoneham, Mass., Margot of Rhinebeck, N.Y., Nancy of Denver, Colo., Paula Gudell of Sunderland, Mass.; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
December 31, 2008Clayton Rand Adams' military career took him all over world, but he never strayed far from is native Maine. After a long career in the Navy, the Westbrook High School graduate returned to Maine in 1976 and helped solve engineering problems on some of the world's greatest warships.
And after his retirement from Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick resident spent countless hours researching and writing family histories affecting dozens of Maine families.
Mr. Adams died on Dec. 20 at the age of 83.
Though he had a successful naval career, retiring in 1970 as commander, Mr. Adams' true passion was exploring his family roots, as well as those of others. He served on the Maine Genealogical Society's board of directors for several years and was its volunteer president for 11 years. During that time, he researched and developed 184 family histories. That project, known as the Maine Families in 1790 series, was based on the state's first census.
The census identified 16,000 heads of households from that year but went no further in terms of developing family trees. At the time, about 96,000 people lived in Maine, which was part of Massachusetts.''My father had a huge interest and passion in family history,'' said daughter Sarah J. Adams of Arlington, Mass. Joseph C. Anderson II of Dallas, the editor of the history project, said his father's family has roots in Maine. He credits Mr. Adams with turning around an organization whose membership had been declining steadily. ''Clayton came in and he rallied the troops,'' Anderson said. ''Now, we have more than 1,000 members and it's recognized as one of the most vibrant genealogical societies in the United States.''
Mr. Adams' daughter said her father's research will affect many families with roots in Maine.
''He has helped a lot of people over the years, people who live all over the country,'' his daughter said.Anderson praised Mr. Adams' presidency in a tribute he wrote after he retired from the society in 2004.
Anderson wrote: ''These (genealogical publications) have brought countless genealogical records to the fingertips of researchers and have led to an amazing number of new discoveries about Maine's early families. If growth, prosperity and stability are measures of an effective management of an organization, then Clayton is truly a great president.''
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Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
December. 31, 2008Clayton Rand Adams, 83, of Brunswick, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at a local hospital. He was born in Westbrook on May 16, 1925, the son of Ernest Clayton and Harriet Pettingell Adams.
Clayton was educated in Westbrook schools and graduated from Westbrook High School in 1943. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1947; he spent the next 23 years as a career naval officer. He was awarded the Professional degree in Naval Engineering from M.I.T. in 1952 and received Submarine Officers training at the Naval Submarine School in Groton, Conn., graduating in 1953. He served as an engineering duty officer in the Navy with assignments in the field of submarine design, construction, and overhaul. Early in his career he served on the destroyer USS Willard Keith and the submarine USS Ray. Later tours of duty included those at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif.; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.; the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C.; and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H.
He retired from the Navy at Portsmouth in 1970 at the rank of Commander, at which time he was Design Superintendant of Submarines. He subsequently joined the faculty of the School of Engineering at UMass Amherst where he conducted research on ocean thermal gradients and taught ocean engineering and naval architecture courses.
As he always identified strongly with his Maine heritage, he was delighted to return to his beloved state of Maine in 1976 when he joined the Engineering Department at Bath Iron Works. While at B.I.W. he was a Principal Engineer for the Navy's AEGIS guided missile cruiser and destroyer programs; he received an AEGIS Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions.
He retired in 1992. He often joked that he was a man of many facets and he truly was. He was passionately interested and engaged in genealogy and history, especially the history of Maine, where all of his Adams ancestors have lived since 1650. His dedication to genealogical research and publication extended way beyond documentation of his own family lines. An enthusiastic member of the Maine Genealogical Clayton Rand Adams Society (MGS), he was a director for several terms, president for 11 years, and contributing editor to the society's journal. He wrote prodigiously for all the society's publications, including nearly 184 family histories in the 10 volumes to date of the Maine Families in 1790 series. He belonged to many historical and genealogical societies in New England, New York State, and Ontario and contributed articles and queries to many regional and national genealogical journals. He corresponded with genealogical friends and contacts all over the country and spent many happy hours immersed in his work at archives and courthouses around Maine and New England, especially the Maine Historical Society.
Since 1976 he has been an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brunswick where he served as acolyte, lay reader, chalice bearer and member of the vestry. He will be remembered at St. Paul's for his memorization and spirited delivery of scripture readings. He was an avid football fan, following particularly closely the teams with which his son was associated. He was especially thrilled and proud to attend the 2005 Super Bowl. Other interests included reading on a broad variety of topics, gardening, politics, and the stock market. Above all, he was a loving father and husband, a gentleman, and a kind man. He had a smile, friendly greeting, or good-natured quip for nearly everyone he met. His naval training and background influenced his life and defined him in many ways: discipline, order, precision, punctuality, and a commitment to excellence in everything he did.He was predeceased by his parents; his infant son, Mark; and his brothers Roger and Dwight.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Nancy Farrell Adams; his son, Ernest C. Adams of Brookline, Mass., daughter, Sarah J. Adams of Arlington, Mass.; a niece and eight nephews.
The Concord Journal (MA)
September 25, 2013Anne P. Satterfield passed away September 23, 2013 following a short illness. A graduate of Wellesley College and, long time resident of Lincoln, Anne was actively involved in many local activities including the Council on Aging.
She is predeceased by her husband Charles, a former Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, and is survived by her son Mark.