Bangor Daily News
MILLINOCKET � James W. Herring, 84, husband of the late Madeline (Knowles) Herring, died Aug. 17, 2007, at a Millinocket hospital.
He was born May 4, 1923, in Guilford, the son of Raymond L. and Melissa (Johnson) Herring.
A World War II U.S. Army veteran, he had served with the 1892nd Aviation Engineers from January 1943 to January 1946, in New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa. Mr. Herring had been employed as a millwright at Great Northern Paper for many years.
He is survived by three sons, Frederick and his wife, Yvette, Thomas and his wife, Sue and Jamie and his wife, Tally, all of Millinocket; two daughters, Jeannine Benson and her husband, Donald, of Millinocket and Judy Nicholson and her husband, Scott, of East Millinocket; 12 grandchildren, Craig Herring, Donald Herring, Heather Girsa, Nicole Morrison, Thomas Benson, John Benson, Wanda Dami, Travis Benson, Melissa Nicholson, Emily Nicholson, Brett Herring and Cody Herring; and 18 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a brother, William; and two sisters, Marguerite Bennett and Erma Priest.
71841. William Raymond Herring
The Hartford Courant (CT)
July 26, 2001William Raymond Herring, 72, of West Street, Stafford Springs, died Tuesday, (July 24, 2001) at Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs.
He was born in Guilford, ME, the son of the late Raymond and Melissa (Johnson) Herring.
William was a Veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard of Connecticut, and a retired foreman in the finishing department of Warren Woolen Co. He was a member of Strazza, Tonoli-Emhoff Post No. 26 American Legion, and B.P.O.E. 1359 of Rockville.
William is survived by a son, Ricky R. Herring and his fiancee, Susanna Stephens of East Falmouth, MA; two grandchildren, Sean and Melissa Herring; a brother, James Herring of Millinocket, ME; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Bennett.
71843. Gertrude Loraine Herring
Portland Press Herald (ME)
April 27, 1999Gertrude Lorena Marles of Westland Avenue died Sunday at a local hospital.
She was born in Guilford, a daughter of Clinton and Pearl Whitney Herring.
She moved to Westbrook many years ago. She enjoyed being a homemaker, as well as knitting and sewing.
She was involved with the Camp Fire Girls organization for many years and spent summers at Silver Lake in Shapleigh.Her husband, William Marles Sr., died in 1988, and a son, John, died in 1994.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur of Standish and William Jr. of Scarborough; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
71844. Sherwood Harvey Herring
Bangor Daily News
GUILFORD - Sherwood Harvey Herring, 90, died May 3, 2011, at a Dover-Foxcroft hospital.
He was born Nov. 10, 1920, in Guilford, son of Clinton and Dorothy (Whitman) Herring.
Sherwood served his country honorably with the U.S. Navy. He was a retired captain with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, retiring in 1971 as a detective. He loved to travel and especially enjoyed his trips to Ireland, Scotland and England. Sherwood also enjoyed eating out at his favorite restaurants in Guilford and Dover-Foxcroft. He will be missed by his miniature schnauzer, Sadie.
He is survived by his wife, Mary McDonald Herring of Ottawa; his children, Linda A. Herring of Dover-Foxcroft, Edwin B. Herring and his wife, Ruby, of Dover-Foxcroft, and Cathleen Otto and her husband, Christopher, of Spring, Texas; seven grandchildren, Dr. Lydia Harrington and her husband, Dr. Matthew Harrington, of Cambridge, Mass., Emily K. Herring of Springfield, Mass., Amanda F. Herring of Stamford, Conn., Molly E. Herring of Dover-Foxcroft, Rachel Dixon and her husband, Michael, of Redwood City, Calif., Dr. Andrew Otto and his wife, Emily, of Humble, Texas, and Kevin Otto of Spring, Texas; several nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Virginia Mae Nicolson and her husband, Don, of Annapolis, Md.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Faye (Monroe) Herring.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
April 4, 1995Fae M. Herring, 77, died Saturday at a South Paris nursing home.
She was born in Purcellville, Va., a daughter of John and Ida Stewart Monroe.
She and her husband, Sherwood H. Herring, had lived in Maryland and Pennsylvania for many years before returning to Maine.
Survivors include her husband of 52 years; a son, Edwin B. Herring of Dover-Foxcroft; two daughters, Linda Anne Herring of Herndon, Va., and Cathleen Otto of Spring, Texas; and seven grandchildren.
The Daily Me
SANGERVILLE � H. Erland Herring, 78, died September 28, 2002 at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor.
He was born June 1, 1924 at Dover-Foxcroft a son of Earle and Carrie (Snow) Herring.
He attended Sangerville High School until 1943, when he joined the U. S. Navy during World War II. After the war he returned home and finished high school. He then re-entered the service in the U. S. Naval Air Corps at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. He returned home again to work with his father and brother in road construction and winter plowing. He was a member of the Grace Bible Church, Stott-Flanders American Legion Post # 165, where he served as commander and post adjutant, the Sangerville Historical Society, and assisted with the local Boy Scout troop. He also taught a truck driving course at the Dexter Regional Vocational Center. Choke was predeceased by a brother Phillip.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Muriel (Lary) Herring; 2 daughters, Brenda and husband Roger Ronco, Cheryl and husband Pat Bush, all of Sangerville; 2 sisters-in-law, Marilyn Cookson of Guilford; and Elaine Stoudder of Florida; 5 grandchildren, Scott and Kevin Ronco, Amy Stillman, Kimberly Dunham, and Ryan Bush; 6 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Bangor Daily News (ME)
August 1, 2012GUILFORD - Muriel I. Herring, 88, died July 30, 2012, at Hibbard Nursing Home, Dover-Foxcroft. She was born June 25, 1924, in Dover-Foxcroft, the daughter of Waldo and Doris (Mason) Lary.
She graduated from Sangerville High School, class of 1943, and from nursing school in Biddeford in 1946. After graduation she worked as a registered nurse doing general duty nursing at Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft. She was an active member of Abbot Evangelical Free Church. Her great passions in life were her Lord and Savior, and her family.
She was predeceased by her husband, H. Erland Herring, in 2002.
She is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Brenda and Roger Ronco and Cheryl and Pat Bush; a sister, Marilyn Cookson, all of Guilford; five grandchildren, Scott and Kevin Ronco, Amy Stillman, Kimberly Dunham and Ryan Bush; 14 great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Ronnie Cookson.
Lary Funeral Home
Sarasota, FL and Guilford � Elaine Herring Studer, 92, passed away December 30, 2020, in Sarasota, FL, surrounded by family. She was born March 13, 1928, the daughter of Harold and Audrey Crockett. Elaine married her love, Phillip Herring, and had three daughters. After Phil's passing she remarried Richard Studer.
Elaine is survived by her sister, Carolyn Kalmeta of Sacramento, CA; three daughters, Earlene Bemiss of Sarasota, FL, Paulette Courville and her husband, James, of Sarasota, FL, and Robin Vernott and her husband, Joe, of Parkman; five grandchildren, James and Jacque Courville, Mac and Kim Courville, David and Joann Einhorn, Adam Vernott, and Carrie and Seth Reed; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Phil Herring, and her second husband, Richard Studer.
The Charlotte Observer
March 3, 2006Mary Alice Nuessner Loring
Mary Loring died Saturday, February 25, 2006 from old age at Southminster Retirement Community.
She was 93 years old, and in her final days, she was surrounded by her family singing Freedom songs and hymns of thanksgiving. 57 years ago she and her beloved husband, Harold A. Loring (d. 1985), traveled uphill from the black water, low country of SC to begin a new life in Charlotte, NC.
Already the fruits of their love and passion where on the move: Carol Zeigler Loring, who is giving her life to the care of the elderly, and Eduard N. Loring, Christian Human Rights Activist.
The two primary places of Mary and Harold's lives were their love drenched home at 3021 Hanson Drive and the great and liberal Myers Park Baptist Church where Mary was on the staff for years.
Born in Greenville, SC, educated at Winthrop College, a leader in the YWCA movement with a particular concern for Black-White relationships, she once hosted George Washington Carver on the Winthrop campus in the 1930s. A supporter of the anti-war candidacy of Eugene McCarty in 1968, she earlier drove 120 miles in the rain to hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in the-mid 1960s calling for a revolution of values. In addition to her wild son and tender daughter she awaits the homecoming of her grandchildren: Neely Loring, Scott Loring Bianchi, Mary Susan Loring, Shannon Bianchi, Mary Margaret (Meg) Bianchi Larson, and Hannah Loring-Davis and very great grandson: John Thomas Loring.
71850. Loring Olmstead Chandler
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
November 27, 1991PHILLIPSTON - Loring O. "Skipper" Chandler, 85, of The Common, died Thursday in Gardner Manor Nursing Home, Gardner.
He leaves his wife, Louise (Sweatt) Chandler; a son, Nicholas Chandler of Burke, Va.; a daughter, Ann Barden of Rochester, N.H.; a brother, Robert F. Chandler Jr. of Raymond, Maine; four sisters, Audrey Woodman of Thomaston, Maine, Elizabeth Baker of Sun City, Ariz., Esther Chandler of Hull, and Sallie Sutton of Zephyr Hills, Fla.; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Born in Gorham, N.H., he was a son of Robert F. and Harriet (Loring) Chandler Sr., and lived in Gloucester, Maine, and Gardner before moving to Phillipston in 1950.
He was a Coast Guard veteran of World War II, serving in the North Atlantic, North African, and Pacific theaters of war. While in the Pacific, he served as captain of the LST 887 and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. He participated in the invasion of Okinawa.
Mr. Chandler worked in the sales department of the Corrugated Box Division of New England Wooden Ware Corp in Winchendon from 1946 until he retired in 1981. He had been active with the Boy Scouts, and was the former executive of the Monadnock Council in Gardner. He was the founder of the local Sea Scout Troop. He also worked for the Boy Scouts in Portland, Maine and Malden.
Mr. Chandler graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1924, attended Bowdoin College, and graduated from the Schiff School for Professional Scouting in 1931.
Mr. Chandler served as councilor-at-large on the Gardner City Council. After moving to Phillipston in 1950, he was a selectman for several years and town treasurer for 14 years.
He was a 40-year member and past president of the Gardner Rotary Club and a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He was a member of Phillipston Congregational Church, serving as treasurer and later as a member of its Executive Committee. He was the author of a history of the church.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
March 9, 1995PHILLIPSTON - Louise L. (Sweatt) Chandler, 83, of 70 The Common, a well-known antiques dealer and former assistant town treasurer, died Tuesday in her home.
Her husband of 60 years, Loring O. Chandler, died in 1991. She leaves a son, Nicholas L. Chandler of Burke, Va.; a daughter, Ann C. Barden of Rochester, N.H.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was born in Phillips, Maine, daughter of James Nelson and Edyth R. (Wilber) Sweatt, and lived here 45 years. She previously lived in Gardner, Malden and southern Maine. She graduated from New Gloucester (Maine) High School in 1928, and attended the Portland School of Art.
Mrs. Chandler was a well-known antiques dealer, and traded at many local antique shows. Her shop, Country Antiques, which was located at her home, displayed her tray paintings and reverse paintings as well as antiques. She was an active member of the Phillipston Congregational Church and its Ladies Benevolent Society, and was a former assistant town treasurer. In Gardner, she was a member of First Congregational Church and the Parent Teacher Association. She was also a leader of Brownie and Cub Scout troops.
71851. Robert Flint Chandler Jr.
Bangor Daily News (ME)
March 30, 1999Educator, scientist and agricultural leader Robert Flint Chandler Jr. died Tuesday, March 23, near Mount Dora, Fla. Chandler had been hospitalized for a week after he suffered a heart attack. He was 91.
Chandler was well-known in Maine, having attended the University of Maine and serving as the state horticulturist for the Senate early in his career. He grew up in New Gloucester, Maine, and lived for many years in Raymond, Maine. The University of Maine named a student housing building, Chandler House, after him.
He achieved worldwide acclaim for his work from 1959 to 1975 at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. Working for the Rockefeller Foundation, Chandler joined IRRI at a time when much of Asia was facing a food crisis. Unless there was a 5 percent increase in rice production, many feared the population growth soon would outpace the region's ability to produce enough food and result in chronic, widespread famine.
At the international institute, Chandler and his team of scientists quickly came up with new rice varieties and growing technologies that helped farmers increase their yield. The institute ultimately developed more than 27 new varieties of rice and increased the production of Asian rice by 66 percent. Today, the new rice plants are grown on more than 50 million hectares, feeding billions of people.
For his work at IRRI and his leadership as part of the "Green Revolution," Chandler was the second recipient of the World Food Prize, awarded by General Foods in Washington, D.C., in 1988. The award was created to recognize "those individuals who have made a significant contribution toward improving and sustaining the world's food supply."
Before he worked for the Rockefeller Foundation, Chandler had a distinguished career in academia, serving as president of the University of New Hampshire from 1950 to 1954. He also served as dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of New Hampshire from 1947 to 1950. Chandler also achieved the rank of professor at Cornell University.
Chandler is survived by Sunny, his wife of 41 years; his two sisters, Audrey and Esther; his three children, David, Ralph and Sara; and his seven grandchildren. His daughter, Sara, lives in Lewiston, Maine.
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
February 17, 2006KITTERY POINT, Maine -- Audrey Jane Woodman, 94, of 611 Haley Road died Feb. 8, 2006, at her home.
She was born in Spokane, Wash., on Sept. 13, 1911, to Robert Flint Chandler and Harriet Clark (Loring) Chandler. The family moved to New Gloucester in 1912. She graduated from New Gloucester High School and attended Portland School of Art.
She married George M. "Billy" Woodman in 1934. They lived in Staten Island, N.Y., until moving to Hingham, Mass., where they founded The Country Loft, a reproduction tinware business.
Mrs. Woodman was a member of Historical Society of Early American Decoration and taught in Hingham and later at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, N.H. She also lived in Newfields, N.H., York and Big Pine Key, Fla. She moved to Kittery Point in 1992.
Mrs. Woodman was an accomplished watercolorist and had a passion for genealogy. She was a member of the Mayflower Society.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1988, and a son, George M Woodman III, in 1963.
Family includes three sons, Chandler Woodman of Thomaston, Timothy Woodman of Brookline, N.H., and Jonathan Woodman of Seabrook, N.H.; a daughter, Debby Ronnquist of Kittery Point; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Esther E. Chandler of Hull, Mass., and many nieces, nephews, greatnieces and greatnephews.
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA)
November 30, 2010HULL - Esther Evelyn Chandler, age 94, passed away on Nov. 27, 2010.
She was born on Sept. 25th, 1916 in New Gloucester, Maine; the fifth of six children of Robert Flint Chandler and Harriet Clark (Loring) Chandler.
She graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine in 1935. She leaves behind a large extended family and many long-time friends.
After living in California briefly in her young adult years, Esther settled on the South Shore of Boston and lived in Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham and finally settled in Hull forty years ago. She played french horn in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra until she was 90. She kept small boats and ran a personal lobster line until her late 80's. Even though she no longer had a boat, in recent years she still gathered the family for Spring and Fall "Dock Days", when the dock at her home was put in and removed seasonally. In the 1950's and 60's, she was coowner of the Hingham Photo Service with her business partner Ruth Lincoln Blair. After selling the business, she worked as a title examiner for Hale and Dorr in Boston until her retirement. Her interests were her family, photography, classical music, the Red Sox, animals, fine cars and small boats.
71855. Sallie Barbara Chandler
Ocala Star-Banner (FL)
September 13, 1995INGLIS -- Sally Sutton, 71, a retired secretary, died Sept. 10, 1995, at Nature Coast Regional Hospital.
A native of Portland, Maine, she moved here from Zephyrhills in 1993.
Survivors include her husband, Clyde E. Sutton, Inglis; son, Robert Chandler Knight Jr., Sarasota; daughters, Bonnie Kay Swartz, Lake Station, Ind., and Deborah J. Knight, Perry, Ga.; brother, Robert Chandler Jr., Clermont; sisters, Audrey C. Woodman, Kittery Point, Maine, Elizabeth C. Baker, Sun City, Ariz., and Esther E. Chandler, Hull, Mass.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
71861. Benjamin Fuller Jordan Sr.
Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME)
March 5, 2000Benjamin F. "Ted" Jordan Sr., 79, of Alder Street died March 4, 2000, at a local nursing home following a brief illness.
He was born in West Gardiner, a son of George W. and Esther Fuller Jordan, and attended South Portland schools.
He enlisted in the Navy in 1938 and was stationed in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II. He saw action aboard the USS Marblehead.
Mr. Jordan worked for 29 years at the former American Can Co., retiring in 1975.
Surviving are his mother of West Gardiner; one son, Benjamin F. II of South Portland; one stepdaughter, Roberta Violette of Gray; and two sisters, Marjorie L. Werner and Margaret Nelson, both of South Portland.
Bangor Daily News
May 14, 1982NEWPORT - Mary A. Nutter, 78, died May 12, 1982, in a Pittsfield hospital after a short illness.
She was born in Dexter, Jan. 10, 1904, the daughter of Harry and Delva (Safford) Hatch.
She worked in local factories for many years.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John (Marion) Ervin of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Paul (Hazel) Meserve of South Portland; one brother, Frances Hatch of Corinna; one sister, Mrs. Clifford (Laura) Parker of Guilford; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Local newspaper
DEXTER Alton D. Hatch, 67, died May 25 at his residence.
Hew was born Feb. 12, 1907. in Dexter, son of Harry and Delton Hatch.
He married Doris Simons.
He worked for many years at Snowflake Canning in Corinna.
Bedides his widow, Doris of Dexter, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Daylan (DeBorah) Parks of Corinna; one son, Alan W. Hatch of the U.S. Navy, Great Lakes, Ill., one brother, France Hatch og Corinna; two sisters, Mrs. Clifford (Laura) Parker of Guilford and Mrs. Mary Nutter of Newport.