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Wade, Robert, Rockport [ME] - Robert C. Wade, 69, died April 20, 2001, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, after an extended illness. Born in Camden Dec. 20, 1931, he was a son of Cyrus and Addie Keller Wade. He was educated in Camden schools and served in Germany with the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. He was married to Ruth M. Sims for 49 years. They made their home in Camden for five years before moving to Rockport where they have lived 44 years. In earlier years, Mr. Wade worked in several area garages and later worked seven years at the Knox Woolen Mill in Camden. For 18 years, until his retirement due to health in 2000, he worked as a welder with Fisher Engineering in Rockland. He enjoyed collecting automobiles and helping friends and family with the upkeep of their cars. His family said he loved children and actively supported the Home of Joy Orphanage in Bangladesh. He attended West Rockport Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, Mr. Wade is survived by four sons, Thomas R. Wade and his wife Teresa, of Rockport, William S. Wade and his wife Sandra of North Palm Beach, Fla., Daniel R. Wade and his wife Portia of Bozrah, Conn., and Andrew D. Wade of Jamiaca Plains, Mass., four daughters, Rosemarie D. Harter of Rockport, Marilyn R. Connor and her husband Robert, of Rockwell, N.C., Lorrraine S. Hillery and her husband Charles, of Winslow, and Emily S. Percival of Somerville; a sister Evelyn Richards and her husband, Clifton, of Camden, a sister-in-law, Grace Pitcher of Camden, 19 grandchildren, a great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home. 110 Limerock St., Rockland. A celebration of Mr. Wade's life will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at West Rockport Baptist Church, Part Street, the Rev. Dell R. Hyssong Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Camden. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the home of Joy, c/o Friends of Bangladesh, P.O. Box 103, Forestdale, MA 02644.
Walker, William, William Walker of P.M. (Puget Mill) Company Dies -
William Walker is dead, having passed away at Port Ludlow, Saturday, December 28th, 1918, at the advanced age of 78
years. Mr. Walker was an important stockholder in the Puget Mill Co., his only surviving daughter, Mrs. Maud Walker
Ames, being the wife of Edwin G. Ames, the Seattle manager of the company. The funeral was held the following Tuesday
from the parlors of the Bonney-Watson Company where Rev. W.A. Major officiated.
Mr. Walker was born in Solon, Main(e), in 1840, and came to Washington in 1868. Later he settled at Port Gamble and
became the master mechanic for the mill company and in 1877 he purchased stock in the company. He was a member of the
Port Gamble lodge of Masons and held life memberships in the Rainier, Arctic and Athletic Clubs of Seattle.
As a man with breadth of vision and ability, the passing of Mr. Walker is of interest to every citizen of our county
wherein the doings of the great company with which he was identified, touches the daily lives of every property
holder. Old settlers telling of the hard times of the ‘90s call to mind that local pioneers always had preference at
the company’s mills when the family finances were running low and many a man was able to stay with his place because
of this policy, a policy which found ready approval if not its origin with Mr. Walker. (The Poulsbo [Wash.]
Record).
Watson, Hugh L., WATSON--Sept. 27. HUGH L. WATSON, husband of Margaret Watson, son of Mrs. Nellie Watson and
Grandson of Mrs. Helen Langston. Services at Bonney-Watson Co., Tuesday at 1 p. m. Interment at Lake View. (SEATTLE
POST-INTELLIGENCER, Monday, September 30, 1935).
Watson, James Hall, JAMES WATSON, PIONEER DIES - James Hall Watson, 90, pioneer Northwest civil and mining engineer, died Sunday at his home at 920 11th Ave. N. after a long illness. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to Seattle in 1884 from California. Mr. Watson built the first railroad line into Seattle, the old Lakeshore and Eastern. He was the first inspector of mines in the Territory of Washington and was a field engineer for the Alaska Road Commission. His last job before retirement 20 years ago was installation of irrigation projects in the Sequim area. He was a member of the Washington Pioneers Association. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Hilty and Miss Anna E. Watson, Seattle, and Mrs. Mildred W. Bukowsky, Port Townsend; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth O’Hara, Grass Valley, Calif., and Mrs. Sara de Dallmard, Seattle; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Bonney-Watson Co., followed by cremation. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon., Feb. 12, 1951).
Watson, Louise (Coombs), Mrs. Watson, Seattle’s ‘First Lady,’ Dies at 93 - Seattle’s First Lady, Mrs. Louise Coombs Watson, 93, of 920 11th Ave. N., died Monday night. Honored with the “first lady” title because she was Seattle’s oldest pioneer from the standpoint of continuous residence here. Mrs. Watson had lived in Seattle since 1862. Born in South Thomaston, Me., she came to Puget Sound in 1861 with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Coombs, by way of Panama, landing at Port Madison. The following spring they came to Seattle by Indian canoe. Their first home was a frame building at 2nd Ave. and James St. Soon after their arrival, Louise’s two sisters and only brother, all younger than she, died in a diphtheria epidemic. As a child, she was warned by her mother to stay off the streets because the Indians might carry her off. Her mother always kept a big kettle of hot water on the back on the stove in readiness to throw on prowling Indians. As a young woman, Louise made several trips to San Francisco with her two uncles, old-time Maine shipmasters. Her father was a pioneer Seattle postmaster, agent for Wells Fargo and a justice of the peace. She was married to James Hall Watson, a civil engineer, January 16, 1886. He took his bride to a new home at 4th Ave. and Pike St., where the Joshua Green Bldg. now stands. Three years later, when they had moved to another new home at 2nd Ave. and Lenora St., they watched the big Seattle fire from there. Mrs. Watson was a member of the Washington State Pioneers Association and of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington. Surviving are her husband, James Hall Watson; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Watson Hilty and Miss Anna E. Watson, of Seattle, and Mrs. H. E. Bukowsky, of Port Townsend; two grandchildren, Robert Douglas Watson, of Aberdeen, and Marilyn Bukowsky, of Port Townsend, and a great-granddaughter, Carol Watson, of Aberdeen. Services will be held in the Bonney-Watson chapel at 1 p.m. today, followed by cremation. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wednesday, November 19, 1947). (Louise's Photo).
Whitaker, Laura A., wife of James Whitaker, died in California on Feb. 29, 2000. She was born in Washington State on June 25, 1909. She and her sister were long time members of the Kalloch Association. (Father Fred's photo).
Wight, Pamelia Oakes, Mrs. Pamelia Oakes Wight died suddenly at her home on the Lincolnville road Saturday, March 17th, at the advanced age of 94 years. She had been an invalid and unable to walk for several years, but was apparently as well as usual and was taking a lunch when she fell back in her chair and expired. She was a daughter of Matthew and Sarah Sayward Kalloch of Thomaston and the widow of Nathan Wight of Belfast, to whom she was married Oct. 16, 1828. They began housekeeping at once on his farm in Belfast, and lived there all their lives. Mr. Wight (died in July, 1891, at the age of 96 years. They had five children, three of whom are living, Harriet N. Wight of Belfast, Ellen E., wife of Thomas Small of East Berlin, Ct., and Matilda M., wife of Levi L. Robbins of Belfast. Her brothers and sisters were Eliza Hall, Esther Curtis, Margaret Burnham, Sarah Rigley, Susan Miller, Judith Hall, George Hall, Albert Hall and Mehitabel Corea. The three last named survive her, and are children of her mother by a second marriage. George lives in Thomaston, Albert in Freedom and Mrs. Corea in Springfield, Mass. She leaves six grandchildren and three great grand-children. Mrs. Wight was faithful to the best interests of her home. Her children received all the loving care and training that it was possible for a fond and devoted mother to give, and to the grandchildren she was all that a loving and indulgent grandparent could be. She sympathized with them in their troubles and entered into their pastimes in a manner that endeared her to them, while she let no opportunity pass to instill into their minds the lessons of life and duty. While she was to her children and grandchildren a true and faithful parent, she, in her turn, received from them in her later years of helplessness the most kind and loving care, especially from her daughter Harriet, who also previously cared for an invalid brother and father, both of whom were helpless many years. The funeral was held at her late home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. T. Ringold and Rev. R. T. Capen officiating. In accord with, her tastes and desire, the floral decorations were neat and simple, consisting of a sheaf of wheat and banks of evergreen from the home farm. The hymn “Rock of Ages” was sung by Mrs. H. W. Edgecomb and Mrs. Leforest L. Robbins. The interment will be In South Belfast cemetery. (Belfast, ME, Republican Journal, 22 Mar. 1900).
Wilson, Evie K., THOMASTON -- Mrs. Evie K. Wilson, 82, widow of George Renfrew Wilson, died Feb. 6 [1972] at her residence on State Street in Bangor. Born on Nov. 5 1889 at Thomaston, she was the daughter of Joseph and Flora Stone Kalloch. She was a 1908 graduate of Thomaston High School. She was a member of the Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor. Her husband was for many years train dispatcher at Carmel. He died several years ago. Funeral services were held from the Brookline-Smith Funeral Home in Bangor. Interment will be at the family lot in the Village Cemetery, Thomaston later in the spring.
Wilson, Mabel Wiley, TENANTS HARBOR -- Mabel Wiley Wilson, 93, died July 9, 1991, at a Rockland nursing home, after a long illness. She was the widow of Willis Wilson, who died in 1972. She was born in St. George Aug. 10 1897, a daughter of Raymond M. and Alice (Kalloch) Wiley. She was a lifelong resident of Tenants Harbor. She was a 60-year member of the Tenants Harbor Baptist Church. A self-taught musician, she was organist at the church for 60 years. She was a 50-year member and Past Matron of Naomi Chapter, OES, a member of the Rebekahs and of the Knox County Extension Association. She was cook and house-keeper for the Wenthen family for 70 years, and baked for the East Wind for over 10 years. She was predeceased by a son, Ralph Wilson. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Visiting hours were held Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at Davis Funeral Home, Thomaston. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Tenants Harbor Baptist Church with the Rev. Randall Wilbur officiating. Burial will be in Seaside Cemetery.
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