The Boston Globe
January 24, 1972Saunders - Suddenly, in So. Weymouth, Jan. 22. George W., in his 83rd year, of Holly Hil cir. Husband of Lorena (Nickerson) Saunders.
44960. Herbert Wilford Grindle
The American, Ellsworth,Me.
December 14, 1927Herbert Grindle, died almost instantly from a heart attack, December 3, while riding on a truck at North Bluehill. The bereaved family have the deep sympathy of all.
He leaves, besides the widow, thirteen children--Joshua, Mrs Stewart Shepherd, Mrs. Fred Prentiss, Miss Josie of Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Bertha Carter of Sedgwick, Annie, Marguerite, Herbert, Betty, Mabel, Charles, Ida & Eva, of Bluehill, also a sister, Mrs Nellie Nay of Belmont, Mass.
The Bangor Daily News
June 15, 1967Surry - Mrs. June M. Awalt, 68, died Wednesday at her home here after a long illness.
She was born Nov. 27, 1898, in Blue Hill, the daughter of Herbert and Lula (Hardison) Grindle.
Survivors include her husband, Earl R. Awalt Sr. of Surry; four sons, Robert Shepard of New York, George Shepard of Kingsboro, Mass.; Edward Shepard of Hudson, N.H. and Earl R. Jr. of Ellsworth; four daughters, Mrs. June Trinker of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Marian E, Gray of Sommersworth, N.H., Mrs. Eva G. Grindle of Bucksport, Mrs. Alice M. Taylor of Surry; one brother, Joseph of Clinton, Mass.; five sisters, Mrs. Hazel Dean, Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Ida Higgins, Brewer; Mrs, Bertha Carter, Sedgwick; Mrs. Mable Reveord, Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs. Rita Sahagian of San Andreas of San Andreas, Calif.; 30 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
74324. Hazel Josephine Grindle
The News-Messenger
November 23, 1988Port Climton - Hazel J. Beane, 86, a 13 year resident of Port Clinton, died Tuesday morning at Firelands Community Hospital, Sandusky, following a lengthy illness.
She was born June 15, 1902, in Blue Hill, Maine to Herbert J. and Lulu M. (Hardison) Grindle. She was the widow of Luther J. Beane, who died in 1928.
She is survived by one son, Joseph Beane, Port Clinton; three sisters, Marnye Revord, Jacksonville, Fla.; Ida Higgins, Jonesport, Maine; and Rita Sahagian, San Andreas, Calid.; three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
August 30, 2001CLINTON -- Genevieve (Boyce) Grindle, 97, formerly of Water Street, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, in Coachlace Health Care, after an illness.
Her husband, Joshua E. Grindle, died in 1975. She leaves a son, the Rev. Robert E. Grindle in New York; two grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
She was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Sanders) Boyce, and lived many years in Somerville. She graduated from Somerville High School in 1923, and also graduated from Chandler Secretarial School in Boston. She moved to Clinton in 1950.
Mrs. Grindle was a secretary for Kraft Cheese Co. in Boston for several years. She also worked at the former Colonial Press and the former E.G. Stowers & Co. Dry Goods Store, retiring in 1969. She was a member of First Baptist Church, and was past treasurer of its Women's Fellowship.
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
November 22, 2011ORLEANS - Rita G. (McDowell) Grindle, 88, of Orleans died Thursday November 17, 2011 at Epoch Senior Care of Harwich after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Rita was predeceased by her husband Charles M. Grindle, her brother Warren McDowell, and nephews, Warren, Stephen and Paul McDowell. She was born in Medford, MA, the daughter of the late Robert McDowell & Genieve (McDowell) Bettencourt, along with stepfather Albert Bettencourt. Rita was married in 1942 and lived in Medford, MA before moving to Truro in 1948, and then to Orleans in 1961.
Mrs. Grindle is survived by her daughter, Maureene Corrigan and her husband Ron of Eastham, a niece Joyce Waszazak and husband Edward of Malden and nephew David McDowell of Boston.
Rita worked at the Boston Navy Yard during WWII and later at the North Truro Air Force Base for 16 years before retiring.
She was an avid reader, loved to travel, was a great cook and enjoyed the sunsets at Skaket Beach. Rita was also a member of the St. Joan of Arc Guild for many years.
Bangor Daily News
May 1, 2010MILBRIDGE - Ida "Skip" Higgins is resting in eternal peace after succumbing to a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She died April 28, 2010, at Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility. Skip born Jan. 16, 1921, in Blue Hill, was the 12th of 13 children to the late Herbert W. and Lula (Hardison) Grindle.
At the age 7, shortly after her dad died, Skip moved with her mother and baby sister to Ellsworth, only to survive another tragedy, the Ellsworth Fire. At age 16, Skip graduated from Ellsworth High School, where she was a member of the girl's basketball team and enjoyed roller-skating. Soon after graduating Skip landed a job at West Jonesport Post Office. It was in Jonesport that she met and eventually married Hollis Higgins.
In 1950, after two of Skip and Hollis' sons were born, the family moved to Brewer, where their third son was born. While raising their family in Brewer, Skip began working for A&P grocery store as a bookkeeper. When A&P closed, Skip worked for Sampson's Super Market, Brewer, where she ran the bakery department for several years. Shortly after the boys graduated from Brewer High School, Skip and Hollis moved back to Jonesport.
Skip accepted the full-time positions of treasurer, tax collector and town clerk for the town of Jonesport, where she served for 20 years, retiring just before her 80th birthday.
Skip was predeceased by all of her 12 brothers and sisters; her parents; and her husband, Hollis K. Higgins.
She is survived by her three sons, Dennis Higgins and his wife, Dorothy Rose, of Jonesport, Douglass Higgins and his wife, Anita, of Orrington and Dana Higgins and his wife, Terri, of Spring River Lake; four grandchildren, Jason Higgins of Jay, Joshua Higgins and his wife, Merianne, of Manchester, Ky., Jennifer King and her husband, Randy, of Bangor and Heather Fidler and her husband, John "JJ," of Bangor; and nine great-grandchildren, Gunnar Higgins, Grace Higgins, Mary Carson Higgins, Luke Higgins, Nathan Higgins, Gabrielle King, Garrett King, Abigail Fidler and Benjamin Fidler.
Bangor Daily News
July 22, 2005SURRY and OCALA, Fla. - Rodney Ellis Saunders Sr., 86, of Surry and Ocala, Fla. died peacefully 1 p.m. July 19, 2005, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 9, 1918, in Surry, the son of Frank and Beatrice Saunders.
He was predeceased by three wives, Mildred, Eva and Arlene; his sister, Cora; and brother, Jay; mother and father.
He has one surviving sister, Francis Cousins of Blue Hill. He is also survived by two sons, Richard Saunders and wife, Peggy, of Lamoine and Rodney Saunders Jr. and wife, Yvonne, of Ellsworth; three daughters, Maralyn Hunnewell and husband, James Hunnewell, of Lamoine, Adrienne Cunningham and husband, Maurice Cunningham, of Surry and Barbara Grey and Reggie Grey of Penobscot; 11 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
He served in the Army from July 1944 to February 1947. He was a corporal, serving with the 23 Infantry Battalion 2nd Division in Belgium and Germany. He was decorated with the American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European African Medal Eastern Campaign Medal with three battle stars, Purple Heart and he was wounded in Central Germany March 28, 1945.
Bangor Daily News
September 12, 1949Cherryfield, Sepr. 11 - Mrs. Myrtle G. Campbell, 76, died suddenly at her home hrer Saturday night. She was the widow of Harry Campbell.
She was born in Stonington but lived here during her married life.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alice Cunning of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Gertrude McBeth of Eagle Grove, Iowa; three sons, Walter of Flint, Mich., Russell of Beddington, and George of this town; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Annis of Saugus, Mass., and Mrs. Elizabeth Haskell, of Stonington; a brothrt, Edward Wood of Stonington.
Bangor Daily News
June 16, 1948CHERRYFIELD, June 15--Funeral services were conducted recently for Harry Campbell, who died June 3 at his home after a brief illness. He was 81 years old. Rev. Harry Taylor of Milbridge officiated.
Born in Deer Isle, son of Samuel and Diana (Hardy) Campbell, he had lived at Cherryfield the past 40 years. He was a member of the Baptist church.
Besides his wife, Myrtie (Wood) Campbell, he is survived by three sons, George and Russell Campbell of Cherryfield and Walter Campbell of Flint, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. J. O. McBeth, Eagle Grove, Iowa, and Mrs. W. D. Cumming, Tampa, Fla.; one brother, Arthur Campbell, Deer Isle; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Grace Haskell, Deer Isle, and Mrs. Alberta Brown, Camden. There also are seven grand-children and seven great-grandchildren.
Charles Carlisle Wood was a house carpenter. In the 1920 census, for Stonington, Maine, he is listed as a cobbler in the business of repairing shoes.
The Greenville News
October 17, 2005Roxana Eaton Hunter, 95, formerly of Clemson and widow of Howard L. Hunter, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005, at Agape at Kathwood Assisted Living.
Born in Whitinsville, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Robert Knight and Lena Brayton Eaton.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia at the time of her death. She was co-founder of the Clemson University Woman's Club.
Survivors: son, Robert Eaton Hunter and his wife Mary of Seattle, Wash.; daughter, Nancy H. Padgett of Columbia; six grandchildren, James Earl Padgett III, Robert Hunter Padgett and his wife Holly, Roxane Langford Padgett, Erica Nordlund, Andrew Hunter, Colin Hunter; three great-grandchildren, Hannah and Abby Padgett and Angus Nordlund.