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Castine Obituaries
Earl L. Bakeman
Earl L. Bakeman, 67, died November 27, 1996, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital.
He was born September 16, 1929, in Castine, the son of Leon and Ella (Morrey)
Bakeman. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. He enjoyed
time on the Bagaduce River and loved bird carving. He is survived by
two brothers, Woodrow Bakeman of Castine, and Norwood and his wife,
Teresa Bakeman of Penobscot, five sisters, Julia and her husband, Zeke
Weaver of Thomaston, Lurena and her husband, Maynard Black of Rockland,
Bessie and her husband, Ed Brockelbank, and Lena Bakeman of Castine. He
was predeceased by three sisters, Myra Brockelbank, Frances Sargent
and Alica Bakeman. Graveside services were held November 30, 1990, at
the Castine Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Sandra Musella Reed officiating.
David Bruce Rumney
David B. Rumney, 63, died Dec. 12, 1996, at his residence. He was born
Jan. 2, 1933, the son of Harry R. and Vivian (Witham) Rumney. He attended
grade school at Eastern State Normal School, Castine, and graduated from
Clark High School, Penobscot, Class of 1951. Dave worked at MMA for several
years as a security guard. David was an avid hunter and loved the outdoors.
He is survived by three daughters, Patricia Gross and husband, William, of
Portland, and their children, Heather and William, Janis Fitch and husband,
Ernest, of Castine, and their children, Ernie, Erik and Katie, Margaret
Smith and husband Michael, of Surry, and their children, Lindsay and Jocob;
three sons, Brian Rumney of Millinocket and his wife, Rhonda, Donald Rumney
of Bucksport and his wife, Lori, and their children, Daniel and Bruce, Richard
Rumney of Orland and his wife, Rhonda; one sister, Irene Coombs of Cherryfield;
two brothers, John R. Rumney of Penobscot and Kenneth O. Rumney of Standish;
several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was prececeased by one sister,
Ruth M. Rumney. He will be sadly missed by a very special and dear
companion for the past 16 years, Florence Dyer of Penobscot and Belfast, and
her family. At the request of David, there will by a private memorial
service at the Castine cemetery for family. Donations in his memory may
be made to the Castine Volunteer Fire Department, Court Street, Castine.
Arrangements by Mitchell Tweedie Funeral Home, 14 Elm St., Bucksport.
Philip C. Perkins
Philip C. Perkins, 87, died December 3, 1996 at his residence. He was
born May 7, 1909, in Castine, the son of Charles and Annie (Johnson)
Perkins. He was a graduate of the Castine Normal School and the University
of Maine and taught school in Connecticut for several years. After
retiring, he moved to Castine where he was very active in the Castine
Historical Society, was a member of the Casting Goft Club, and the sexton
of Castine Cemetery for many yeras. He is survived by one brother,
Edward and his wife, Shirley Perkins of Connecticut; two sisters, Velma
Bowden of Massachusetts and Charlotte Harmon of Castine; several nieces
and nephews. Funeral services were held December 7, 1996, at the Interchurch
Parish of Castine with the Rev. Dr. Sandra Musella Reed officiating.
Interment was in Castine Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the
Castine Historical Society, Castine, 04421.
Charles Russell Devereux Sr.
Charles Russell "Russ" Devereux Sr., 79, died at Eastern Maine Medical Center
March 29, 1997, after a courageous battle with heart problems. He was born in
his parents house in West Penobscot on March 5, 1918, the son of Frank R.
and Lowena (Leach) Devereux. He graduated from Castine High School as
valedictorian in 1934. An only child, he gained sever sisters and brothers
when he married Merle Orcutt in 1937. Four children were born to them:
Audrey L., wife of Berwyn Peasley of Brooksville; Andrea L., wife of James
Doyle of Waldoboro and Penobscot; Charles Russell Jr., husband of Susan
(Keils) Devereux of Fort Pierce, FL., and Allayne L., wife of Lary Snowden of
Sunset, Deer Isle. He served with the US Army in the Pacific Theater in
the Philippines and Japan during World War 2. His first wife, Merle, died
in June 1963. He married Jean Darrell in July 1964. He owned and operated
several businesses, building cars, boats, barges, airplanes, roads, airports,
houses and even an athletic field for children in Brooksville. In the
1960's, '70s and '80s, he build bulkheads, docks and piers along the Maine
coast, including the Frenchboro ferry terminal. He also barged equipment
to offshore islands and built and ran a store on Isle au Haut. Among
his inventions were a method of removing scales from fish while saving the
fish for packing, a way of spotting schools of herring from the air and
many mechanical ways for processing blueberries, sardines and vegetables.
in the 1950s he and his friend, Bruce "Buttons" Austin, invented the first
air-process potato harvester, the forerunner of machinery used commercially
today. He was instrumental in bringing electricity to Isle au Haut, contacting
the PUC, setting the poles and laying the cable from the mainland to the
island. He was a 65-year member of the Castine Grange No. 250, a member of
the Castine Men's Club, and Rising Star Lodge No. 177 in Penobscot. He
was a volunteer fireman in Brooksville, Isle au Haut and Penobscot and was
a Maine State Fire Warden for 35 years. During the 1947 forest fires he
spotted fires from the air. He kept pilot's and mechanic's licenses up
to date until the day of his death. In addition to his wife, Jean, he survived
by his children listed above; 14 grandchildren, Diane (Peasley) and Brent
Harmon, Berwyn Jr. "Buster" and Linda (Dodge) Peasley, all of Brooksville,
Debra (Doyle) and Wayne Werts of Auburn, Christine Doyle of Califonia,
Kathlenn Merle (Doyle) and Michael Plotkin of Tennessee and Massachusetts,
James Russell and Alecta Doyle of Portland, Patrick Russell D. Doyle of
Waldoboro, Merle (Devereux) Javis of Vermont, Brian and Angela (Smith)
Devereux, Michele (Devereux) and Mark Haskell, Elizabeth K. Devereux, all
of Fort Pierce, FL., Audrey Snowden of Worcester, MA, and Beverly Snowden of
Sunset and Orono; and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by
his brother-in-law and the spouses, Earl and Effie Orcutt of Vermont, Ernest
and Rebecca Orcutt of Penobscot, Boyd and Trudy Orcutt of Massachusetts,
Brandon and Hilda Orcutt of Stonington; sisters-in-law, Betty (Mrs. Earle)
Gray of Wiscasset and Evelyn (Darrell) Hill and her husband, Warner of
Massachusetts. He is survived by many nieces and nephews, and cousins and
their families, including Willis Leach and Marjoyie (Leach) Babcock of
Castine, and Robert and Cynthia Fairweather of Fairfield and Penobscot. He
was predeceased by his parents; his first wife; and his sister-in-law, Lillian
(Orcutt) Gray and Iva (Orcutt) Bowden; his brothers-in-law, Earle Gray and
Clifton "Sammy" Orcutt; his cousins, Erma (Devereux) Croxford, Marguerite
(Devereux) Fairweather, Irma (Perkins) Heal, Leola (Perkins) Gould, Thelma
(Perkins) Weaver and F. Leland Leach. Visiting hours will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday,
April 3, at Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home, 14 Elm St., Bucksport. Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 4, at the Castine Trinitarian
Church, Maine Street, Castine, with the Rev. Dr. Sandra Reed and the Rev.
Harld Babcock officiating. Interment will be in the family lot, Castine
Cemetery. Memorial donations my be made to a scholarship fund for any
high school student wanting to further his education, c/o Andrey L. Peasley,
RR 1 Box 185, Brooksville, 04617.
Edward H. Vogell
Edward "Poodle" Vogell, 83, died May 1, 1997, at his residence after a long
illness. He was born in Castine, May 20, 1913, the son of John and Alice
(Peasley) Vogell. He attended Castine schools and Heborn Academy and was a
graduate of Beal Business College. He worked at the South Portland Shipyards on
the Liberty ship Protect during World War ll and was later employed by
the New England Telephone Co. In his later years, he was self-employed.
He was a member of the Hancock Lodge No. 4 AF & AM and the Castine Fire
Department. He is survived by his wife, Francis (Wardwell) Vogell, two
daughters, Sandra Rausch and her husband, Jerry, Cheryl Heath and Mick
Billings; three sons, Peter Vogell and his wife, Roseanne, John Vogell and
Scott Vogell and his wife Robin; 14 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren,
many nieces and nephews. Private family graveside services will be held
at Castine Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Four Town Nursing
Service, P.O. Box 156, Blue Hill, 04614.
Frederick Furlong Marzolf
Frederick F. Marzolf, 79, died May 4 1997, at his residence in Castine.
He was born in Petaluma, CA, December 18, 1997, the son of Frederick and
Catherine (Furlong) Marzolf. Marzolf retired in 1972 from the US Navy
after 30 years of military service. During his service time, he received
numerous awards, including the National Defence Service Medal with first and
second awards, and the good conduct medal eight times. He served on more
than 20 ships during three wars, including World War ll, the Korean War
and Vietnam. In 1994, he retired from Maine Maritime Academy after 22 years
of service. He is survived by two sons, Frederick "Rick" Marzolf and Michael
and his wife, Judy (Brown) Marzolf, all of Castine; one daughter, Barbara (Marzolf)
Howard of Northeast Harbor; three grandchildren, Jennifer and Christopher Marzolf
of Castine Jeff Howard of Northeast Harbor; two nieces, Patricia Spezia and
John (Spezia) Stanley, both of Califonia. He was predeceased by his wife,
Frances (MeIntte) Marzolf. A memorial Mass of Christian burial was celebrated
May 8, 1997, at Our Lady of Holy Hope Catholic Church, Castine, with Father
Hart celebrant. Interment will be in the Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno, CA. Memorial donations my be made to Four Town Nursing Service,
P.O. Box 156, Blue Hill, 04614 or the General Scholarship Fund at Maine
Maritime Academy, Castine 04421.
Robert Colby Nelson, Journalist at Christian Science Monitor
by Tom Long
Robert Colby Nelson, Journalist at Christian Science Monitor; at 67
by Tom Long
Globe Staff
Robert Colby Nelson, a retired reporter and editor at The Christian Science
Monitor who hosted the "Monitor Reports" TV show, died . . . Friday in his
home in Wellesley. He was 67.
A Buffalo native who joined the paper in 1954 after earning degrees at
Northwestern and Columbia, Mr. Nelson won a Society of Professional
Journalists award for coverage of race relations in Chicago in 1960 and
1961, and was managing editor for features when the Monitor won two
Pulitzer prizes.
Mr. Nelson applied to the paper after hearing another Monitor editor, Erwin
Canham, speak at Northwestern, where Mr. Nelson was studying journalism and
political science. Although he arrived at the paper with a masters degree
in international relations and a facility with Russian that led to
collaboration on two books while still at Columbia, Mr. Nelson started as
clerk and 'copy kid' in one of the few formal apprenticeship programs in US
journalism.
It was the way the Monitor introduced its recruits to a whole community of
values. 'I began to see that Monitor journalism was bringing to the
hour-by-hour judgments that any journalist must make a conviction about
humanity that related to discovering not what was worst and needed
regeneration, but what was best and formed the texture and matrix of
society as it grew stronger in dealing with one problem after another,' he
said in a story published in the Globe on May 26, 1992.
He said Monitor journalism did not mean ignoring crime or disaster, or even
disease and death, despite the church's belief that God's design for the
world does not include sin or illness.
Assigned to cover the civil rights movement in the South, he was present at
James Meredith's integration of the University of Mississippi and arrived
in Philadelphia, Miss., within a day of the murder of three civil rights
workers, he said. The assignment was 'to understand where the human
failings were and where were the inklings of human courage and vision that
ultimately had to lead out of the incredible tension of that tragic
period.'
If the Monitor is not quick to mention death, it's because of 'a steady
unwillingness to be bullied by death,' he said.
I can speak for myself at least. I think I am prepared to face up to
death,' he said. 'Christian Scientists grieve like anybody else, but they
try to deal with the sense of loss in a radical turning in prayer to that
God which the Bible says over and over and over again is life.'
He served a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University in 1969. After a stint
in the church's public relations wing, the Committee on Publication, Mr.
Nelson returned to the Monitor when Kay Fanning became editor in 1984.
Within two years, he was one of the newspaper people asked to learn
television. Eventually he became host of the weekly news program 'Monitor
Reports.' He retired in 1992.
He enjoyed playing trumpet and was a member of the Concord Band.
He leaves his wife, Darren (Stone); two sons, Derek of Cambridge and Todd
of Chicago; a daughter, Jonatha Mallet of Newton; and five grandchildren.
Services will be private.
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