Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine (2024)

January 5, 2005

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Morning Sentineli

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Waterville, Maine

Issue Date:

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

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10

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B4 Wednesday January 2005 Local Central Maine Newspapers Obituaries Paul Quirion 1M5 1 2004 Janet Giroux 1918 2004 OAKLAND Paul Quirion 53 of Allagash Drive died Tuesdas Jan 4 2(105 al Quirion of Winslow and James Quirion and his wife Barbara of Stratham NH: two sisters Ins residence He was born in Wa lers die on July 3 1 95 1 the son ol Norman and Barbara (lore Quirion Mr Quirion was a Waterville High School graduate and had served in lhe Arms stationed in ('a I i I oi i a He had apo JP 4 Diane Quirion of lori da and Norma Quirion rappier and husband Nelson of Clinton and several nieces and nephews A celebration of life will be held at 9 am Saturday Jan 8 at Sa cred Heart Church 70 worked in shipping anil receiv ing al Maiden's for 29 years He had also worked part time tor 1 9 scars at lhe Morning Sentinel He loved old time music He was prede ceased his lather and bs a biolher David Quirion He is survived by his wife Karen II oss Quirion of Oak land: two sons Russell Quirion ol Waterville and Jordan Quiri on of Oakland: Ins mother Bar bara Quirion of Winslow three brothers Keims Quirion and his ile Debbie of Oakland Luke Pleasant St Waterville with the Rev Philip Tracy officiating Bur ial will be later in the spring at Lewis Cemetery in Oak land After the services at church a luncheon will be held at the Iron Workers Hall in Clinton Memorial dona tions may be made to HealthReach Hospice PO Box 829 Waterville ME 04943 0829 or to the American Cancer Society New England Division Inc Topsham ME 04986 riends may sign a register book and send condolences to Jeannette (Raymond) Rancourt I929Q004 WATERVILLE Jean nette "Jeannie" (Raymond) Rancourt 75 passed away on ridas' Dec 31 2004 at Red mglon airs less1 General Hospi tal in Skowhegan after a short illness She was born in Howland on Oct 7 1929 the daughter of Joseph and Laura (Gagnon) Raymond She was a graduate of Gillord High School She was owner of Pizza by Norm in Waterville for many years She was a communicant of Notre Dame Catholic Church and a member of lhe Daughters of Isabella for many years She was predeceased by her son James Rancourt her par ents her brother Wally Ray mond and her sister Joanne Cooley She is survived by her daughter Theresa Glidden her two grandchildren Tiffany and Tony Glidden one great grand child Kali Lozada three broth ers and their wives Wilfred "Babe" and Mary William Earnest and Pat and Camille and Mary two sisters and their husbands Antoinette "Tony" and John Lesser and Dorothy "Dottie" and Robert Dean sev eral nieces and nephews and two very special friends Stella Labbe and Betty Rancourt Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm Wednesday Jan 5 at Gallant uneral Home 10 Elm St Wa terville A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 1 am Thursday Jan 6 at Notre Dame Catholic Church 1 12 Sil ver St Waterville Committal prayers will be recited at church and burial will follow in St rancis Catholic Cemetery Grove Street Waterville riends may sign a register book and send condolences to BINGHAM Janet Giroux 86 died peacefully Monday Jan 3 2005 at Red ington airview General Hospi tal in Skowhegan Janet was bom Nov 3 1918 in Madison the daughter of Ralph and Lucinda (Miller) Spearrin Janet made Bingham her lifelong residence She was em ployed for many years at Quim by Veneer Mill until her retire ment She loved working in her flower gardens and spending time with her dear friends and family In her younger years Janet loved to hunt and fish and had many tales to tell of the good old days She was a com municant of St Peter's Catholic Church in Bingham Her husband Walter Giroux two brothers Charles Spearrin Sr and Reg gie Spearrin Sr and a sister in law Doris (Rodrique) Spearrin died previously She is survived by a niece Diane Bigelow and her hus band Bill of Bridgton three nephews Charles Spearrin Jr of Solon Gene Spearrin of Ban gor and Reggie Spearrin Jr of Skowhegan several great and great great nieces and nephews Janet will be sadly missed by all At Janet's request there will be no services In lieu of flow ers those who wish may make a memorial contribution to St Pe ter's Catholic Church PO Box 667 Bingham ME 04920 Arrangements are by Giberson uneral Home 18 River St Bingham Violet Wells 1931 2004 WATERVILLE Violet Wells 73 passed away on riday Dec 24 2004 with fam ily by her side at Thayer Unit MaineGeneral Medical Center She was born in Waterville on March 15 1931 the daughter of Wilfred and Mary (Thibeault) Cayouette She attended schools in Winslow and was employed for 35 years at Chinet Keyes i bre Co in Waterville before re tiring to Winslow Survivors include her son James Wells Jr of Clinton daughters Shirley Poulin of Wa terville and Mary Wells of air field a sister Doris Chamber lain of Winslow: two brothers Roland Cayouette of Winslow and lorida and Raymond Cayouette of Winslow four grandchildren Tammy Mushero Joseph Poulin Ricky Poulin and Jason Poulin eight great grandchildren several nieces and nephews There will be no visiting hours A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 1 am on Saturday Jan 8 at Sacred Heart Church Pleasant Street Water ville with a gathering after the ceremonies in the church base ment Burial will take place in the spring In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her name to Humane Society Water ville Area 120 Drummond Ave Waterville ME 04901 Deaths Giroux Janet 86 of Bingham died Jan 3 in Skowhe gan Rancourt Jeannette (Raymond) 75 of Waterville died Dec 31 in Skowhegan Quirion Paul 53 of Oakland died Jan 4 in Oakland Wells Violet 73 died Dec 24 in Waterville Wyman John Ill 90 of Cornville died Dec 21 in Cornville Death notices appear at no charge Paid announcements appear as obitu aries John Wyman III 1914 2004 CORNVILLE John Wyman III 90 of Cornville died Tuesday morning Dec 21 2004 at his home He was bom July 5 1914 in Medway Mass a son of the late Dr John and Daisy (Holway) Wyman II Mr Wyman was a 1936 graduate of the Worcester Poly technic Institute with a bache degree in electrical engi neering On Dec 11 1942 he married the former Dee Durgin in Baltimore Md He began his working career with Bendix Co now Honeywell Co in New Jersey and Kahl Engineer ing Co in New Jersey During World War II he owned an elec trical company that produced top secret tubes that were used in airplanes during the war or more than 20 years he was em ployed with the Maine Depart ment of Transportation Mr Wyman spoke in Washington DC and various states regard ing his development of weight and motion devices used to test bridges under different weather and traffic conditions This in formation was used to prevent a disaster of twisting suspension bridges His development of this test material and the data he collected have been used and valued across the United States At the age of 75 he be came self employed as a soil engineer Mr Wyman was a member of the ederated Church in New Jersey Masonic Lodge and enjoyed his years as a leader with the Boy Scouts of America taking many scouts to the jamborees in orestburg Col orado Springs and Philmont' Scout Reservation Wyman a' member of the Civil Air Patrol' in Red Bank NJ 2 Mr Wyman is survived by three sons John Wyman IV and his wife Hanh of Dublin Ohio Dr Richard Wyman and his wife Marilyn of Renselaerville NY and Ted J' Wyman of Mont Vernon NH' a daughter Bunny Hamlin and her husband John Cornville 10 grandchildren" seven great grandchildren In addition to his parents Mr Wyman was preceded in death by his wife of more than 59 years who died eb 28 2004 and his brother Walter" Wyman of lorida Mr Wyman will be remem bered by all who knew him as a highly intelligent man who en joyed his family and his great grandchildren and was always there for them Services will be held at the convenience of his family in May Arrangements are under the direction of Western Moun tains Cremation and uneral Service armington Should friends so desire 1 donations may be made in Mr Wyman's memory to the Healthreach Hospice 212J Main St Waterville ME? 04903 Services Barron Wallace 89 of Bingham died Jan 1 memorial service 1 1 am Saturday Giber son uneral Home 18 River St Bingham Mcarlane Vernon 80 of Industry died Jan 2 visitation 2 4 and 6 8 pm to day Adams uneral Home 108 Court St armington Mass of Christian burial 1 1 am Thursday St Catholic Church armington Pollard Phillip 68 ofr Waterville died Jan 3 visiting hours 2 4 and 6 8 pm today Lawry Brothers uneral Home 107 Main St airfield where a 7 pm service of remembrance and prayers will be held Richards Raymond red erick 38 of New Bedford Mass died Dec 20 memorial celebration of life 3 pm Satur day irst United Pentecostal Church Wilson Street Augusta Skowhegan to work on budget requests By DARLA PICKETT Staff Writer SKOWHEGAN Town officials tonight will review and act on proposed 2005 agency requests most of which have been cut by half Interim Town Manager Butch Asselin said he sent each agency a letter in Octo ber asking them to trim their budgets by 50 percent "Most Asselin said made attempts to pare the request down as much as they felt they The Skowhegan ree Public Library stands out as an organization that only managed to trim about $4500 from last $95000 request or good reason Librarian Blynn Cur rier explained Tuesday we cut to $47500 in order to keep the three staff we have now the most we could be open would be 25 hours a Currier said without buying things Since we don't have programs salaries are the only places we could The library also gets funding from the Bloomfield Academy Trustees Currier said Last year that was $37500 The library currently is open 45 hours a week: from 10 am to 6 pm Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays and ridays 10 am to 7 pm Thursdays and 10 am to 2 pm Saturdays Currier said the library budget in cludes his salary that of his full time as sistant and 30 hours for the li brarian About $7500 a year is spent on books and about another $10000 is spent on insurance for two people Currier does not get the insurance rather not cut materials so hard to get it back Currier said To cut insurance as a fringe benefit is a disservice to employees and makes it difficult to retain reliable help Currier said Currier said he just obtained six new computers through a grant The older five computers also obtained through a grant are being moved upstairs to the section The Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce trimmed its budget by a third from $21700 to $14550 The other 11 agen cies requesting town support either cut their budgets in half or kept them the same Cutting their requests in half were Coburn Park Commission Skowhegan History House Headstart amily Vio lence Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center Senior Spectrum American Red Cross and Hospice Volunteers of Somer set County Police probe theft of inspection stickers Staff report NORRIDGEWOCK Police are asking for help in solving the theft of more than 50 vehi cle inspection stickers from a service station sometime over the weekend Service Station on Mercer Road was burglarized between Thursday and Mon day morning according to Maine State Trooper Joseph Parker Parker said the thief or thieves entered by pushing in a and apparently only took 39 blue 2005 06 inspection stickers and 15 2004 05 stick ers The crime remains under in vestigation Parker said He warned that anyone who has one of the inspection stickers on their vehicle the num bers of the 200506 stickers run from 0167745 to 0167784 while the 2004 05 stickers are num bered from 0938965 to 0938980 could face jail time as well as hundreds of dollars in fines are looking at a myriad of said Lt Dale Lan caster Police are also concerned the stickers could be used to keep unsafe vehicles on the roads threatening the safety of the drivers of those vehicles as well as other motorists Those charges include pos session of stolen property for gery and driving an uninspect ed vehicle Lancaster said po lice are also concerned the stickers could be used to keep unsafe vehicles on the roads threatening the safety of the drivers of those vehicles as well as other motorists Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call 1 800 452 4664 W8724973 Heating Service Heating Equipment Sales Service 24 Hour Emergency Service" Senior Citizen Discount Multi Unit Discount Public invited to downtown revitalization planning session By AMY CALDER Staff Writer WATERVILLE The public is invited to attend a meeting tonight to discuss goals for im proving the downtown The meeting will be held at 5:30 pm in The orum at The Center downtown and will be fa cilitated by Peter Lyford of Community Outreach Develop ment Consulting Lyford was hired by Waterville Development Corp and Water ville Main Street Program to draft a redevelopment plan for downtown At a meeting held in Novem ber participants reviewed down town efforts to date brain stormed current issues and needs and started developing a process for prioritizing projects and activities Tonight participants will dis cuss four goals for downtown that came out of the first session: re taining existing downtown busi NOTICE Customers wishing to place the following advertisem*nts: In Memoriams Cards of Thanks Birthday Advertising and Novenas Advertising deadlines are as follows: Run Dates Deadline Sat Sun Mon Thurs Noon Tues ri Noon Weds Mon Noon Thurs Tues Noon ri Wed Noon Ads must be prepaid Call: Augusta 207 623 381 1 or 1 800 537 5508 Waterville 207 861 9203 or 1 8004524666 Skowhegan 207474 9534 or 1 800439 9534 MEETING INO WHAT: Downtown Improve i ment Goals Planning WHEN: 5:30 Tonight WHERE: The orum at The i Center Waterville nesses and developing new busi nesses re creating the traditional central business district encour aging private developmentinvest ment in downtown and rehabili tating and constructing critical public infrastructure downtown The purpose of meet ing is to take the needs and is sues discussed in the first meet ing and try to categorize and pri oritize them Lyford said Tuesday Officials hope to develop a time IN LOVING MEMORY I I 1 IRMA GRA Jan 5 1924 Nov 32004 This has been our first Christmas without you and we missed you so much during the holiday season It was always your favorite time of year We love you Happy Birthday Mom Sadly Missed By Your amily frame for implementing work on downtown issues he said entire community is invit ed to the meeting and the hope is a large number of people in par ticular downtown property own ers business owners employees people who shop and anybody and everybody who has any con nection to down Lyford said is an open Ultimately Lyford will draft a written plan for downtown and present it to the city Amy Calder 861 9247 acalder centralmainecom Cremation $785 Complete We are not a "national cremation owned by an out of state funeral conglomerate We are amily Owned and Operated Most urns are ready in 5 days We handle all obituaries and Veterans paperwork Cremation Services Of Maine 182 Waldo Avenue Belfast TOLL REE 1 866 338 9199 CremationServicesOJMainecom 5 injured in 3 car accident Staff report ARMINGTON A three car chain reaction noontime crash on Wilton Road sent five people to the hospital fl According to armington po lice Officer Brian Ross Jessica itch 29 of Phillips driving a 1998 Jeep Cherokee was driving with her father John Witham 55 when they stopped in the" eastbound traffic lane to turn left into Silver Shears hair salon The 1999 Buick behind her driv 1 en by Mona Linder who was with her husband Thomas both 79 also stopped However Robert Jones 73 of armington told Ross that road 1 glare prevented him from see ing the two stopped cars before he rear ended the Linder car with his 1990 Chevrolet sedan 1 police said All three cars were heavily damaged and the victims were taken to MH by either ambu lance or police cruiser where they were treated for a variety of cuts bruises and complaints of neck and back pain authori ties said Look for Legal Advertisem*nts 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