Angelica Lynn (Paulin) Hayward, born July 31, 1966, died on August 1 after a courageous battle with cancer.

She was the daughter of the late Joseph Paulin and is survived by her mother, Gloria and husband Blaine Hanna of Pittston, her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Pushard of Rockland, and her maternal grandmother Pearl Moody and husband Fred Moody of Gardiner.

Angel, as she was often called, was the beloved wife of Woody Hayward for 25 years and will forever be remembered by her loving children: Karalynn Rose and her husband Stephen Harris, Vanessa Dawn and her husband Mark Wassink, Jordan Tyler, Ashlyn Beth and her fiancé Josh Lewis, Kyle Wesley and Josiah Woody Silas.

She also is survived by her brothers and sisters: Roxanna Paulin and John Dutra of Florida, Joseph and Huicha Paulin of Florida, Kimberly and Gary Howard of West Bath, Cameron and Alexandra Paulin of Chelsea, her mother-in-law, Marilyn Hayward of Alna, brothers and sisters-in-law, Gary and Connie Hayward of Alna, Steven and Dianne Paradiso of Pelham, New Hampshire, Pamela Hayward of Pelham, New Hampshire, Kelly and Sherri Jones of Wiscasset, and Jeff Hayward of Wiscasset, along with many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

She was very active in her church, enjoyed baking, teaching, sports, cheering at all the games, laughing and being with family and friends.

Visiting hours are 5-8 p.m. Tuesday August 4th at Plummer Funeral Home, located at 16 Pleasant Street in Augusta.

Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service at Noon on Wednesday, August 5^th at Church Hill Baptist Church, 258 Church Hill Road, Augusta.

The family requests all donations be sent to: Church Hill Baptist Church, P.O. Box 5190, Augusta, ME 04332. Condolences to the family may be expressed via the funeral home website at www.plum merfh.com.

Clayton Eugene Pinkham, 78, died on Friday, July 31, 2009 in Hinsdale, Illinois.

He was born June 2, 1931 in Bangor to Helen Reed Pinkham and Irving Linwood Pinkham. He was a graduate of Hampden Academy; the University of Maine, Orono; and the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. He served his country in the US Army from 1952 to 1956, being honorably discharged with the rank of technical sergeant. He married Emiko (Kay) Shimizu on August 19, 1956. Clayton taught Industrial Arts at Erskine Academy in South China for 22 years, retiring in 1993. He and his wife operated the Green Shutters Inn in Boothbay Harbor for 27 years. He was an active member and deacon of Boothbay Baptist Church.

Clayton retired to Waxhaw, North Carolina in 1995 to do volunteer work at JAARS for Wycliffe Bible Translators. He made several short-term missions trips to the Philippines, Hawaii, and Papua New Guinea.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Emiko (Kay) Shimizu Pinkham; his son and daughter-in-law Stephen and Janet Pinkham of Holland, Michigan; his son and daughter-in-law, David and Lisa Pinkham of Leesburg, Virginia; his daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Mark Macaluso of Wheaton, Illinois; one brother, Lewis Pinkham of Waxhaw, North Carolina; two sisters, Marilyn Arlow of Stafford, Connecticut; and Sylvia Robinson of Kingston, Massachusetts; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service was held on Tuesday, August 4 at Fairview Chapel, Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove, Illinois. A grave-side ceremony will be held at the Maine’s Veterans Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Road in Augusta on Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m. A gathering of family and friends will follow in Readfield.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that gifts be sent to JAARS, PO Box 248, Waxhaw, NC 28173, www.jaars.org, 1-888-773-1178.

Alberta Helene Leavitt Preston, formerly of Woolwich, died July 20^th after a short illness. She was the wife of Claude Raymond Preston of Kentucky.

She was born in Topsham on June 14 1922.

She was the daughter of the late Orren Phillip Leavitt and Eva Lillian Cromwell Leeman.

She attended and was a member of the Westport Baptist church in her youth.

She and her family moved to Kentucky in 1970.

She is survived by her husband, Claude Preston, daughters Lucille Benoit of Minnesota, Diane Carey of Kentucky, four grandchildren, Charles Benoit Jr, Michael Benoit, David Benoit, and Chris Carey and one great granddaughter, Julie Benoit.

Burial was in Camp Nelson Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Longtime Boothbay Harbor resident Robert Schmidtmann died Monday, August 3 after a long illness.

Born November 9, 1920 in Denison, Iowa to Carl and Anna Kahl Schmidtmann, he was a civil engineer, Realtor, and entrepreneur.

Smitty was nothing if not a free spirit. He bummed around Mexico in the 1930s, eventually contracting a severe liver ailment that hospitalized him for over a year. The doctors did not think he would make it to his 21st birthday, but he outlived them all. A graduate of Iowa State University, he moved to Fairbanks in the territorial days, earning his master’s degree from the University of Alaska, where he was president of his class.

While in Alaska he met the love of his life, Miriam Carlson, who by all accounts was none too impressed. She stood him up on what would have been their first date. Typically of Smitty, he did not give up easily, and after several years and thousands of miles of pursuit, they married in Okinawa where he was in charge of rebuilding the islands after World War II. There they had two sons, Michael and Karl.

Tiring of the tropical heat and humidity, they moved to Boothbay Harbor sight-unseen in 1955 because they liked a picture they had seen in a magazine. There they had another son, Brandt. They lived out their days in the region, a loving couple until Mim’s death in September 2008.

Well read and knowledgeable in wide-ranging and seemingly unrelated areas, Smitty was a talented writer. Working for Mim in her real estate office on Oak Street, he was known for penning their clever newspaper and magazine advertisements. Always a maverick, he rode a one-speed bicycle 500 miles in his 20s, participated in sports car races in his 30s, learned to fly in his 50s, and took up sailing in his 60s. He solved crossword puzzles in pen into his late 80s.

Smitty is survived by his sons Michael, Karl, and Brandt Schmidt-mann; his adopted daughter Judi Plimpton; and his grandchildren Nicole, Max, Katrina, Katie, Lindsey, and Madison Schmidtmann.

Memorial services will be held at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor at 11a.m. Monday, August 17, with a reception to follow.