Memorials
In Memory
We never lose the people we love. They live the rest of our lives with us in our heart. The following inscription taken from a headstone in Ireland - "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal"
So many things have happened
Since they were called away.
So many things to share with them
Had they been left to stay.
And now on this reunion day,
Memories do come our way.
Though absent, they are ever near,
Still missed, remembered, always dear.
Author Unknown
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Mildred Wiley (Tolman)
1928-01-20 2019-04-20
Mildred T. Wiley.
OWLS HEAD — Mildred T. Wiley, 91, passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport, April 20, 2019.
Born January 20, 1928 in East Union, she was the daughter of Donald E. and Esther Watts Tolman. She attended local schools and graduated from Rockport High School in 1947.
She married John Carver Wiley, June 29, 1947 and together they made their home in Owls Head where she since resided. During the early years of their marriage, Mildred and John worked together at Crie Hardware in Rockland. While raising her children, Mildred worked as a cook 17 years with School Administrative District 5 and continued in that profession at the Talbot Home...
Arlene Leach (Watts)
1942-01-01 2023-03-04
Arlene Dorothea (Watts) Leach.
CAMDEN — Arlene Dorothea (Watts) Leach, known to everyone as "Auntie," passed away suddenly on March 4, 2023 at Pen Bay Medical Center. She was surrounded by her loving husband, Karlo, and cherished family members.
Arlene, born in 1942, graduated from Rockport High School in 1960 and married Karlo Leach in 1969. She was a button seamstress for 27 years at Schoolhouse Togs in Rockport and Rockland. She also worked at Surroundings and Boynton McKay in Camden. What brought her the most joy in life was caring for many children for family and friends.
Auntie was predeceased by her parents, Charles and Hazel (Churchill) Watts, of Rockport; and he...
James Whitney
2024-02-13
TOPSHAM — James “Jim” F. Whitney, 96, of Topsham, passed away peacefully on Feb. 13, 2024, in his residence at The Highlands, Topsham.
Jim was born on Oct. 12, 1927, in Rockport, and his life was marked by a keen sense of adventure, love of music and entertainment and a strong commitment to family. His positive nature and kindness impacted all who knew him.
Raised in Rockport, Jim was the last surviving brother of a family of seven children. He proudly served at the end of World War II in the Army Air Corps as a radar technician on the B29 Flying Fortress. He would later leverage his military training and enter the newly developing world of computers working for Raytheon, GE an...
Carolee Hyssong (Wilson)
1925-11-16 2024-11-10
ROCKPORT — Carolee M. Hyssong, 98, died on Nov. 10, 2024, six days short of her 99th birthday.
Carolee was born in St. George on Nov. 16, 1925, the daughter of Ralph H. and Gladys L. Wilson. She was a 1944 graduate of Rockport High School.
Carolee married Dell R. Hyssong on June 29, 1946. They lived in Portland for six years before moving to Camden, where they became longtime members of Rockport Baptist Church. Upon retirement, Carolee and Dell moved to South Carolina for ten years before returning to Maine.
During her time at Rockport Baptist Church, Carolee was a deaconess, a Sunday school teacher, a member of the Ladies’ Missionary Soci...