Obituaries from the week of 04/23/09

Willard was born July 24, 1922, in New Canaan, Connecticut, the son of Barbara Matlack and Keith Faulkner Warren, and great-grandson of August-us Stephens, former mayor of Port-land. Known throughout his life as “Brub,” according to his brother, Timothy, a nurse at the time of his birth gave him the name, Brub, which stuck with him throughout his life.

At a young age, the family summered in the Lovell area, return-ing to the area where his mother’s family had lived for generations. They vacationed at Conifer beside Lake Kezar for many years before permanently moving to Lovell in the early 1930s. For several years they lived at a farmhouse on Conifer property called Spartan Range. While living at Conifer the Warren children were home-schooled. Once the move to Lovell Village was completed in 1934, with a homestead being purchased in 1935, Willard and his siblings were able to walk to school to attend and graduate from the Annie Heald School in the Village.

Prior to attending Fryeburg Academy, Willard was fortunate to have the sort of childhood one reads about in this modern age. He fished behind the house, swam, mountain climbed, hunted por-cupines for the 25 cent bounty, caddied at the golf course, and still found time to do his share of chores to help around the house such as splitting and stacking the wood for the various stoves and fireplaces. Even with those responsibilities, Willard, became the editor of Lovell’s local newspaper at the time, The Lovell News.

While attending Fryeburg Academy, he met his future wife, Jean Stanley Cameron. Willard played football, and developed his love of skiing which he enjoyed throughout most of his life. Upon gradua-tion from the Academy, Willard attended Bowdoin College where he studied and received his degree in Economics. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity while at Bowdoin. During his last semester, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps to serve his country during World War II. He served on bases throughout the islands of the South Pacific, only to be sent home due to a medical condition and for further rehabilitation.

Upon his return, Willard returned to Bowdoin to complete his degree. At the same time, Jean and Willard became engaged, and were married August 26, 1946. A wonderful wedding and reception were held at Jean’s parent’s estate in Fryeburg, Highland Park. Following the marriage, Willard and Jean moved to Boston where Willard attended further courses at Bentley College, and went to work as part of the third generation working for Warren Publications as the Assistant Treasurer.

In later years, Willard moved to West Virginia and Pennsylvania to work as a manager for Pro-Con with Jean’s father, George Cameron. Upon completion of those jobs, Willard moved his family to the caretaker’s house at Highland Park and embarked on his career as an accountant.

In 1957, Willard became part of the Mount and Carter, an accounting firm in Boston. Throughout his accounting career, his firms merged and eventually became the Boston office of KPMG Peat Marwick, from where he retired at the Senior Tax Principle in the early 1980s. He managed to commute to Boston during the week until his retirement, and still have time for family life while at home in Fryeburg. Skiing, hiking, picnics, the Saturday night dancing, as well as the 40+ year traditional Sunday morning golf game, all made for relaxing while home in Maine.

After retirement, Willard continued to remain active, traveling the globe with his wife, his weekly golf game, as well as donating serv-ice to his community. For many years he served as a treasurer of the First Congregational Church, trustee at Fryeburg Academy, as well as participating in an active role on the Capital Campaign for the building of a new Science Building, where a classroom is named after him and his wife. He also served as the Treasurer of the Western Oxford County Agricultural Society for 20 years. Under his guidance, with help from his daughter, he computerized the account-ing and payroll systems to improve the efficiency of that organization.

Willard is survived by a son, Willard Clinton Warren, III and his wife, Daphne, of Saco; his daughter Hannah Warren and her hus-band Lewis Chasteen of Fryeburg; his brother Timothy Matlack Warren and his wife Phyllis of Topsham; a granddaughter Katie Jean Warren of Malden, Massachusetts; as well as a niece and nephews.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation. A memorial service was held Saturday, April 18th at the Church of the New Jerusalem, Oxford St., Fryeburg, Maine. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg.

On July 14, 1973, he married Sheila T. Toole. They honeymooned at The Cape Cottages in Otisfield, where Allen and his family had vacationed during his younger years. Allen and Sheila moved to Maine six months later, and they purchased and ran the Casco AG Food Store for 11 years. After selling the store in 1985, Allen entered into the field of real estate. In 1990, he and his wife opened Toole Realty Group, later known as ERA Toole Realty. In 2001, they sold the company but continued working with the agency now known as ERA Today Realty. Allen had been honored with many awards and recognitions over the years through the National Association of Realtors and the Western Maine Board of Realtors, including Realtor of the Year. Allen was well known and respected in the community and by his colleagues.

Throughout Allen’s life, he had many interests that he enjoyed, including skiing, fishing, billiards, NASCAR racing and most recently golf. One of his children’s fondest memories was of him taking them to Nugent’s Camp in Northern Maine where they would spend the days fishing and relaxing with family and friends. He had plans to move to Florida this fall and become a “snow bird” so that he could enjoy playing golf during the winter months and could spend summers near the lakes in Maine. Allen was one-of-a-kind in his character, was so full of life, and his laughter was contagious. He was truly committed to his children and to being the best father to them that he could, and would have given them the world just to see them smile. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by his three daughters, Kerrie Toole, of Milford, Mass., Meghan Stonerock, of New Gloucester, and Courtney Toole, of Naples; and one brother, Kenneth Toole, of Brewster, Mass. He was predeceased by his parents, Ralph and Charlotte, and his wife of 30 years, Sheila. A memorial service will be held at the Casco Village Church at 941 Meadow Rd. on Friday, April 24, at 2 p.m. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are being made by Hall Funeral Home.

Born in 1921 in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, Ham was raised in Grosse Point, Michigan and Luxembourg, the native country of his mother. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and Yale University, where he completed his degree in three years in order to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1943.

He landed and was wounded on Utah Beach on D-Day with the 79th Division under General Omar Bradley. He was a Forward Observer operating behind enemy lines for the U.S. Field Artillery and, with his native French, also acted as liaison to the Free French forces of Charles de Gaulle, proudly wearing the French Cross of Lorraine in that capacity. He fought from Normandy through Germany and into Czechoslovakia. The fighting was particularly heavy in Belgium, and Mr. James was knighted as a Chevalier de la Couronne de Belgique by the King of Belgium for his extraordinary service in those battles. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army by the age of 23 and served as the ranking officer in the military government of Luxembourg after the hostilities. He was also responsible for the publicly important and diplomatically sensitive funeral of General George Patton, who wished to be buried with his men in the military cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg.

After the war, he entered the new field of management consulting, joining Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He adored his years at Arthur D. Little, with its culture of a small elite group traveling the world to tackle some of business’s most interesting issues. Known for his sharp intellect, firm views and forceful manner, he rose to be head of Arthur D. Little’s global management consulting practice, helping to build the firm into a leader in the field at the time of his retirement in the 1980s. Ham and some of his closest colleagues from those years continued to meet for lunches twice every week, until his death.

Ham was a private person who loved his freedom and was always a bit of a rebel. He bristled at authority, needled the smug and the pompous, and scorned the greedy and the extravagant. For almost 60 years, Mr. James resided in Lincoln, Massachusetts and Naples.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Waleska Evans James; four sons, Hamilton of New York, David of Boston, Benjamin of Boston and Michael of Philadelphia; and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the First Parish Church in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Expressions of sympathy can be made to the DeCordova Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA 01773.

Arrangements are under the care of Glenn D. Burlamachi, Concord Funeral Home, Concord, Mass. For online guest book visit: www.concordfuneral. com

Dot was born in Portland on April 7, 1915 and graduated from Deering High in 1933. She eloped with the love of her life Franklin I. Clinch in 1933 and they raised their five children, 15 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed knitting, reading and providing words of wisdom to anyone who needed them especially young people whom she loved to encourage and guide.

She sought out thrill seeking-activities and became the oldest person to ever sky dive in Nebraska at the age of 78. Woo Woo also loved driving and the sea, spending hours on the rocks at Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Franklin I. Clinch, three brothers, Philip, Ray and Earl Harris, one sister, Eleanor Willette; one granddaughter, Amy Beth Drew and; one great-grandson, Gerran Copeland. She is survived by her brother Steven Harris of Oklahoma; five children, Franklin I. Clinch Jr., of New Port Richey, Fla., Rita Drew of Portland, Donalene Fox and Jacquelin Copeland both of Hiram, and Terry Clinch of Loomis, Neb.

Her life was always about others, their happiness and well being. For this reason she selflessly donated her body to the University of New England for medical research. As per her wishes, there will be no services. A celebration of life is planned for her family and friends this summer. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: The ALS Foundation of Maine, 1685 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102 or Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 US Rte. One, #1, Scarborough, ME 04074.

She was born in Gorham, N.H. on Oct. 10, 1936, the daughter of Clarence and Leona Perkins McDougall. She grew up in Hiram and attended Hiram schools. She worked for over 20 years at G.T.E. Sylvania in Standish. Later, she also worked at Denny’s Restaurant on Congress Street in Portland, for over five years. Betty enjoyed knitting and made hats for many children with cancer in the local area. She also loved to play bingo. Above all, she loved spending time with her loving family.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, James Forbis; her son, Harry “Skip” Thorne; and her granddaughter, Dezarae Bean. Surviving are a daughter, Tina Moody of Hollis; four sons, Wayne Thorne, of Sebago, Paul Bean, of Sorrento, Brian Bean, of Greenville, and Raymond Bean of Limerick; a brother, Clarence McDougall Jr., of Florida; 25 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and her loving friends at Longfellow Place in Westbrook. An hour of visitation will be held on Thursday, April 23, from 6-7 p.m., immediately followed by a memorial service at 7 p.m. at the Watson Funeral Home, 71 Maple St., Cornish.

He grew up in Amesbury, Mass., where he had many life-long friends. In 2001, he moved to Naples with his family. He had a passion and talent for sports. Jack became a true craftsman in his trade.

He is remembered most of all for his love of his family.

He is the son of the late Daniel Morrill. Survivors include his wife, Theresa Morrill; his daughter, Jennifer Freeman; his daughter, Braleigh Morrill; his son, Ty Morrill; his sister, Alice Moulton; and two grandchildren, with another on the way in September. Other survivors include several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held today, April 23, at 1 p.m. at Christ Chapel on Northern Pines Rd. in Raymond.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Morrill Family, 151 Wiley Rd. Naples, ME 04055. Online condolences may be left at hallfuneralhomeinc.com