Harvey Raymond Kelley Sr., 93, died December 25 at his home in Bernard.

He was born June 1, 1916 in Bernard the son of Shirley R. and Cora M. (Berry) Kelley.

Harvey attended Bernard schools and graduated Williams High School in Oakland. Harvey then went to Farmington Normal School where his education helped prepare him for his first teaching job at Islesford. During his teaching career, he continued his education at Boston University.

In 1940 Harvey married Louise Hattie Thurston. They taught together in Trevett. In 1941 he became principal of the Pemetic Grammar School until 1943. He then served as principal in Lynnfield Massachusetts Grammar School, and from there taught at Boothbay Harbor High School and coached varsity basketball.

He left Boothbay to assume the position of dean of instruction at Farmington State Teachers College. For 23 years of his teaching career he worked as a yacht captain in the summers.

On leaving Farmington in 1952, he engaged in reporting for the Rockland Courier Gazette. In the mid 1950s he returned to his true calling -- the welfare and education of young people, accepting the principal’s job at South School in Rockland, where he remained until 1960. During that time he moved his family to live aboard the schooner Mabel in Camden Harbor.

From South School, Harvey went to Norwalk, Conn. as principal of the new and innovative Fox Run School, where he worked tirelessly toward the success of the town’s newly mandated school integration plan. Because there were no favorable anchorages to accommodate a young family with two daughters and a son, sadly schooner Mabel was left behind.

On returning to Maine he was the editor of the Republican Journal in Belfast. However, as before, Harvey preferred working for the growth and well-being of the youth and left to serve as principal of Swanville, East Side and Governor Anderson Schools in MSAD34. During those summers he served as first mate of the tugboat, Clyde Holmes, thus pursuing his love for the sea.

Retirement from school administration provided Harvey the opportunity to follow his many interests. He served as an Interim Principal three times at Pemetic Grammar School and once in Northeast Harbor.

He pursued his desire to see continued growth in the education of youth by serving as supervisor to student teachers studying at the University of Maine. He did this for 23 years.

For many years he served as selectman for the Town of Tremont. He was emissary for the Town of Tremont along with two others from MDI who went to Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to establish the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. He was a founding member of the commission and served as its chairman from 1998 until 2001.

Harvey was an active member of the Bass Harbor Memorial Library; the Bass Harbor Historical Society; and the Lions Club of MDI. In 2006 the Town of Tremont presented Harvey a Good Citizenship Award. This award, now named the Harvey Kelley Good Citizenship Award, has been presented to a Tremont citizen each year since then in recognition of outstanding service to the town.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Louise; a son Harvey R. Kelley, Jr. and wife Dianne, of Sullivan; two daughters, Carolyn Gothard, of Bernard and Margaret Jones, of Northport; five grandchildren, Laurel Laster of Hamden, Conn., Jennifer Zoehler of Lebanon, Tenn., Daniel Cummings of Waldoboro, Carrie Bachman of Minneapolis, Minn., and Colin Kelley of Sullivan; eleven great grandchildren; brother-in-law, Frederick Kenney of Hope Valley, R.I.; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Keniston of Falmouth, Lillian McNeil of Thomaston and Ruth Stevens, of Rockland; several nieces and nephews and special nephew, John Upham and wife LeeAnn of Thomaston.

He was predeceased by his sister, Barbara Kenney, grandson, Raymond Cummings, sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Robinson and brother-in-law, Edward Thurston.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main Street, Mount Desert with the Rev. John MacDuffie officiating. Private spring interment will be at Lopaus Point Cemetery, Bernard.

The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that those who desire make contributions to Hospice of Hancock County, 14 McKenzie Ave., Ellsworth, 04605 or the Tremont Recreation Board for children’s programs, P.O. Box 65, Bernard, ME 04612.

Madelene Snipe Jones, 96, of Gardiner Road in Wiscasset, died Tuesday, December 22 at Glen Ridge Nursing Home in Augusta.

She was born in Arrowsic on November 12, 1913, a daughter of Edward B. and Bessie (Palmer) Snipe.

She attended Arrowsic schools and Morse High School in Bath and was employed as a chef at Miss Wiscasset Diner, Hubers Market, Fairfield's Restaurant and the Lincoln County Jail all in Wiscasset. She was employed as a first class welder at the Harding Plant in Brunswick during World War II and also employed as a housekeeper at Florida hotels, the former Wiscasset Inn and owned and operated the former Casey's Restaurant in Wiscasset.

She was a member of the Wiscasset Church of Nazarene in Wiscasset and enjoyed her dogs, cooking, gardening and spending the winters in Florida.

She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur E. Jones in 1973 and one sister, Louisa Koehling on March 15, 2008.

She is survived by one son, Arthur E. Jones Jr. of Mexico; one grandson, Chris Jones and his wife Manasi Ramanna  of England; one granddaughter, Angela Goldenstar and her husband Laurence; one daughter-in-law, Carla Wolken; one nephew, Bernard Koehling of Wiscasset; three nieces: Barbara Apt of Wiscasset, Joanne Brown of Wiscasset and  Roberta Clark of Topsham.

A graveside service will be held at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset in
the spring.  Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset.

Condolences may be made online at www.daiglefuneralhome.com.

Rexford L. "Junior" Pierce Jr., 79, of Bristol, formerly of Bath, died Monday, December 28 at a Brunswick hospital.

He was born in Bath on September 8, 1930, the son of Rexford L. and Evelyn E. (Lancaster) Pierce Sr. He attended Bath schools and entered the United States Army serving during the Korean Conflict.  He lived in Connecticut for a while where he was employed in the construction industry.

In the 1960s he moved back to Bath and was employed in the construction industry and also at Maine Yankee in Wiscasset. Junior moved to Bristol in 1988 and was employed at the Bristol Land Fill in the recycling department. On his days off he could be found collecting and organizing salvageable
items for himself and others.

Junior had many interests, a man who always kept busy, collecting
coins, playing guitar, listening to country music, telling stories of the
past, buying and selling antiques, he loved animals and enjoyed his weekly routine of lottery tickets and scratch tickets. Family gathering were especially important to him and always looked forward to those times throughout the years.
He is survived by five daughters, Sally Berry of Bath, Laura Nash and her husband David of Jacksonville, Fla., Roxanne Pierce of Jacksonville, Fla., Rebecca Baker of Damariscotta and Jessica Baker of Damariscotta; four grandchildren; and many cousins, aunts and uncles. 
Visiting hours will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4 at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath. A funeral service will be held at noon Tuesday, Jan. 5 at the funeral home with Pastor Ron McLaughlin officiating. A gathering of family and friends will follow at the American Legion in Bath on Congress Avenue. Burial, with full military honors, will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath in the spring. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, ME 04011, or the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556.

Dennis B. Savage

Dennis Bryan Savage, 52, of Kyle, Texas, died December 24, 2009 after a brief stay at the South Austin Medical Center due to complications of pneumonia.

Dennis attended Wiscasset High School where he excelled in basketball and cross country. He always enjoyed hunting and fishing.

After high school, he served eight years in the U.S. Army. Dennis then went on to work in Illinois and Texas as a landscaper.

He is survived by his twin sister, Denise and her husband Billy Cronk of Wiscasset; a brother, Raymond Savage and his wife Frieda of Alabama; a sister, Marjorie of Auburn; a sister, Ann and her husband Robert Zak of Edgecomb; a sister, Joan Day of Edgecomb; nieces, Terry Savage and Tonya Simmons; and nephew, Cory Cronk.

He will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

There will be a private service with family and friends in the spring. Donations in his memory may be made to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

Virginia McGrath Stiles, 90, formerly of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., long-time summer resident of Southport, and beloved wife of Dr. David Stiles, died Thursday, December 24, at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, where she had been a resident for the past six months. 

She was born October 18, 1919 in Ogdensburg, N.Y., the daughter of Charles and Mary Devitt McGrath. 

Virginia grew up in Ogdensburg, N.Y. She graduated from Marymount College with a bachelor’s degree and later at Manhattanville College in New York where she earned her master’s degree. She was a registered nurse at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Her final professional activity was as the head nurse for Dr. Stiles’ pediatric practice. Among her other interests was oriental brush painting to which she devoted many enjoyable hours.   

She is survived by her loving husband, Dr. David Stiles of Boothbay Harbor; a son, David Marvin Stiles of Larkspur, Calif.; daughters, Elizabeth Zerner and her husband John of Dallas, Texas and Little Diamond Island, and Joanne Conn and her husband Steven of Venice, Fla. and Southport; grandchildren, Michael S. Conn of Venice, Fla., Heather Stiles Conn and her husband Wyatt Holt of Townsend, Mass.; great-grandchildren, Gavin and Colin Holt, both of Townsend, Mass.

A memorial service to celebrate Virginia’s life will be held in the summer of 2010 at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Southport. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556.

Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay.

Muriel F. Webber, 81, of East Shore Road on Westport Island, died Friday, December 11, 2009 at her residence.

She was born in Waltham, Mass. on November 8, 1928, a daughter of Malcolm H. and Signe H. (Mickalsen) Weisel.

She graduated from Billerica High School and in October of 1947 married Charles O. Webber. She was a Girl Scout leader, swimming instructor, and professional seamstress. She was employed as an administrative assistant at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., and upon retirement in 1985, she and her husband moved to their home in Westport Island.

She was predeceased by her husband, Charles O. Webber on July 19, 2001 and one sister, Linda Ratta.

She is survived by one son, Gary Webber and his wife Eileen of Westport Island; one sister, Carol Haynes and her husband Chuck of Florida; two grandchildren, Christopher Webber and his wife Heather (Shaw) and Adam Webber and his wife Joelle (Leavitt), and three great grandchildren: Alex, Grace and Gwen.

There will be no services. Burial will be at Webber Family Cemetery in Westport Island at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Westport Island  Volunteer Fire Dept., 6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, 04578  

Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath. Condolences may be made online at www.daiglefuneralhome.com.