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Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME)
June 10, 2008PORTLAND -- Elbert Marshall Prince, 87, of The Atrium, Ocean Avenue, Portland, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008.
He was born Nov. 22, 1920, in Detroit, and attended grade school there.
He then went to Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, graduating in 1938. After spending a year at Maine School of Commerce, now Husson College in Bangor, he accepted employment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducting airport surveys throughout New England. He then enlisted in the Army and was assigned to Aviation Engineer and Construction Battalions in the South Pacific and Okinawa. He was discharged with the rank of captain.
Returning to Maine, he attended the University of Maine in Orono where he received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He spent five years in public management and then became employed by Bancroft & Martin, Inc. of South Portland. After serving them in various positions, he retired as sales manager and assistant vice president. He then formed EMP Sales, Inc. representing several national firms. Twenty years later, one of the companies he represented bought out that corporation and he established The May Corp., which he ran until his death.
His first wife, Rose Ann Birdsall, a registered nurse, and he were married for 30 years. She died in 1976.
He married Phyllis Foster of Westbrook in 1978.
Mr. Prince enjoyed people and delighted in selling products and services he believed were the best. He liked to hunt and fish and several times found himself in Alaska or South America doing just that. He was a registered professional engineer and was active in many associations and had served as president of the Maine Good Roads Association and Associated Industries of Maine. His membership in Portland Rotary Club exceeded 35 years. He was a member of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church in Falmouth.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Phyllis Restuccia Foster Prince; a son, Thomas Prince and his wife, Debbie, of Niskayuna, N.Y.; a daughter, Brenda Sandner and her husband, Jeffrey, of Newcastle; stepdaughter, Mary E. Doherty and her husband, Sheldon, of South Hiram; stepsons, Paul B. Foster and his wife, June, of Raymond, and Philip W. Foster and his wife, Barbara, of Gray; as well as 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his nephews, Wilfred Lord and his wife, Marie, of Hampden, and Philip Richardson and his wife, Diane, of Winthrop.
Local newspaper
DEXTER Leon P. Bennett, 76. died Thursday morning at a Dexter hospital after a long illness. He was born in Dexter Nov. 14, 1901, the son of Pearl and Blanche (Kane) Bennett.
He attende the United Methodist Church. He had lived for several years in Newport, where he was proprietor of the Bennett Handle Mill. He moved to Dexter about 28 years ago,
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Phillip (Mary) Ann) Pynes of Dexter; one brother, Clifford Bennett of Charleston; four sisters, Mrs. Francis (Hazel) McDonald of Hallowell, Mrs. Pauline Worcester of Augusta, Mrs. Violet Plummer of Florida, and Mrs. Thelma Hassen of Augusta; three grandchildren.
Bangor Daily News
July 7, 2011ABBOT- Norma L. Herring, 98, passed away July 16, 2011 at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft. Norma was born in Parkman, February 27, 1913 the first child of Roy G. and Evelyn (Morgridge) Brown.
She attended schools in Abbot, graduating from Abbot High School and from Golden School of Beauty Culture in Portland. Norma loved music from an early age and was a pianist for "Tony's Orchestra" with her brothers while in high school. In the early 40's she moved to Connecticut and worked at Colt's Patent Fire Arms in Hartford. After the war's end she worked at G. Fox & Company in Hartford for twelve years and later for the Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company for twenty years, retiring in 1977. She returned to Maine in 1980.
She was a charter member in 1982 of the Monson Church of Christ.She was predeceased by her husbands, Alvarus F. Bennett, George Lussier, and Wilfred Herring; a daughter, Barbara Bennett Phillips; an infant son, Walter S. Bennett; 3 brothers, Thomas G. Brown, Charles W. Brown II, and Anton E. Brown; and a son-in-law, Albert G. Phillips.
Survivors include, twin daughters, Joann Bennett and Joyce Eggleston of Zephyrhills, Florida and Abbot; a daughter, Kathryn Bernier and her husband, Donald of Winter Haven, Florida; a brother, James F. Brown of Abbot; 8 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The Boston Globe
January 7, 1948Bennett - Passed on in Freeport, Me.. Jan 6, Maud Mitchell Vennett, wife of Silas A. Bennett of South Freeport, Me and Aburndale, Mass.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
October 4, 1997Paul Edwin Bennett Sr., an author, sailor, salesman, town councilor and family man, died Friday after a brief illness. He was 88.
Mr. Bennett loved the sea.
During World War II, he worked in the South Portland shipyard building Liberty Ships.
''He wanted to operate a crane,'' his son, William S. Bennett, Sr., said. ''And they said, 'Did you graduate from grammar school?' Yes. 'High school?' Yes. 'College?' Yes. 'Well, you aren't going to drive a crane, you're going to be lead man here, moving steel around.''
He was proud of the warships he built, but he had a special connection to pleasure crafts, particularly his beloved St. Pierre Dory, the ''Emme,'' named for his wife.
Mr. Bennett and his wife, Emma Tomlinson Bennett, traveled aboard the steam ship City of Camden as part of their honeymoon, during the last year of the Boston to Bangor route. Every year after that, they managed to be at sea on their anniversary, Aug. 1.
''For the most part, the last 30 years, they went on the Emme,'' the younger Mr. Bennett said. ''Before that, it varied, but they'd always be out on a boat. One year they went out on a row boat, just to be on the water.''
In fact, in 1984, Mr. Bennett told Bill Caldwell, the Press Herald columnist, that during his honeymoon, ''we made a promise we'd spend every wedding anniversary in a boat at sea along the coast of Maine. And we've done it.''
Being on the sea as long as he was, he got to know people. Over the years, he wrote four books - ''The Sardine Carrier Royal,'' ''Sardine Carriers & Seiners of the Maine Coast,'' ''Downeast to Washington County, Maine'' and Twenty-Seven Years Coasting the Maine in the Emme.''
He was working on a fifth, about Maine springs, when he died.
Mr. Bennett wrote on a word processor, using the program WordPerfect, his son said. ''He wasn't intimidated by computers.''
Mr. Bennett was a storyteller who immediately made people at ease and ingratiated himself.
That skill made him the top salesman for Koppers Co., where he sold road tar to municipalities throughout Maine and the Maritime provinces of Canada.
Although his work put him on the road, he kept in close touch with his family.
''As a young boy I was quite interested in bicycles,'' his son said. ''I'd give him tasks. I'd say, 'Dad, you've got to get me an inner tube this week,' and all week long I'd wait for him to get home, and he'd always come home with whatever I'd ask for.''
He did that for all four of his children.
Mr. Bennett also was quite a woodworker - he built a 25-foot sailboat, which he used to sail around Boston Harbor. And he built cedar chests and bureaus. ''He built a crib for me when I was a young fellow, and a high chair,'' his son said.
He also built what he called Bennett Boards - oak cutting boards that also were used under hot dishes.
''Everybody up the coast of Maine practically has a Bennett Board,'' his son said.
Mr. Bennett was born in Auburn, son of Silas Alvarus and Maude Mitchell Bennett. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1931 with a degree in forestry, and worked for Great Northern Paper Co.
He was a 50-year member and past master of Freeport Masonic Lodge, a member of the South Freeport Church, served as a Freeport selectman and school board member and on the board of directors of the South Freeport Water Co. He also belong to the Maine Antique Power Association.
Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Emma T. Bennett of South Freeport; two sons, William Bennett Sr. and Paul E. Jr. of Freeport; and two daughters, Sara A. Marston of Yarmouth and Mary Ellen Britton of Parma, Idaho; 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
Name: Gerald S Bennett
Death Date: Mar 1943
Military Branch: Navy
Veteran of Which War: World War II
Published in the Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
May 14, 1954Well Known in Banff Area, Belmore Browne Passes
A great man has died and with his death the community of Banff and Canada has suffered an irreparable loss. Mr. Browne, a noted artist, adventurer, explorer, author and authority on outdoor life died at his summer home in Marine County, Calif. on May 3.
Belmore Browne's achievements reflect the greatness and the glory of a man richly endowed with natural talents and zest for life. He came to Banff around 1918 and established a home in 1920. Later, he and his son George, built a studio on the Kananaskis river and it was there that he resided for so many summers with Mrs. Brown, a son George, and daughter Evelyn.
Belmore Browne knew and loved the mountains in and around the Banff area. There is scarcely a trail within a radius of a hundred miles of Banff that he has not covered many times. It was here that he accumulated his vast collection of scientific specimens; here that he captured the mood and the beauty of the mountains on his now famous canvasses.
Well-known as an explorer, adventurer and authority on outdoor life, Mr. Brown was commissioned by Washington, B.C. to give reports on game conditions in Alaska. He is known to have climbed Mt. McKinley in Alaska, failing to reach the summit by a few hundred feet. Though the height he reached was an achievement in itself, his climb was particularly noteworthy as a denial of Explorer Cook's previous claim to have reached the summit of Mount McKinley. Later, explorer Perry did reach to summit and is believed to be the first man to have accomplished this feat.
During the Second World War, Belmore Browne was appointed Colonel of Snow Troops. In the Jasper country he taught his men how to adjust to Alpine conditions, showed them how to build Eskimo snow houses and how to dispatch a grizzly bear, when necessary.
Many friend in Banff will regret the passing of this great man. The doors of his home on the Kananaskis were always open to visitors and the hospitality coupled with his flair for narrative was an experience that few could forget.
Belmore Browne died on May 3. A great man who has contributed much to Canadian culture -- whose life in the West will be numbered amount the legends in time to come
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Leon Haskell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1894
Death Date: 27 Aug 1978
SSN: 540019391
Enlistment Date 1: 14 Jun 1918
Release Date 1: 24 Feb 1919
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Washington, WWI Service Statement Records
Name: Leon Haskell Jr
Race: White
Birth Place: Tacoma, Wash
Residence Place: Tacoma
Discharge Date: 24 Feb 1919
Rank: Mec, Oct 3/18
Additional: 80779438AR118-5-6-17957Tacoma, WashWhiteTng Det, Wash State College, Pullman, Wash to Aug 13/18; Co A, 76 Inf to disch.; birthplace Tacoma?2019224
War: World War I
Military Record: 31722419
Collection Info: 241
Surname ID: 1448
Reference Number: AR118-5-6-17957
File Key: 80779438
Notes: Tng Det, Wash State College, Pullman, Wash to Aug 13/18; Co A, 76 Inf to disch.; birthplace Tacoma?