[50682] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 26 May 1986, p. 9: "Cornville - Ervin F. Demmons, 71, died at a local hospital May 24, 1986 after a long illness. He was born in Exeter May 29, 1914, son of Walter and Leila Hughes Demmons. He married Evelyn Leighton on Oct 30 1939 in Monson. A mechanic all his life, he had operated the Riverside Garage since 1958. He is survived by his spouse of Cornville; two sons, Arthur and his wife, Gail, and Carlton and his wife, Diana, all of Skowhegan; a brother, Bruce G. of East Corinth; a sister, Mrs. Thomas (Dorothy) Sturgeon of Milford; three grandchildren, Scott, Todd and Kim; many nieces and nephews." Ervin is son of Walter Isaac Demmons (1886-1930) & Leila Maud Hughes (1881-1969; m. 10 October 1906 in Garland, Penobscot Co., ME).
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[50218] "Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine], 1 March 2020": "Susan Jane (Gerrish) Hynson of Pittston passed peacefully surrounded by her husband and children on February 28, 2020. She came into the world on August 29, 1945, in Winter Harbor, Maine as the middle daughter of five to Leroy and Annie (Ross) Gerrish. Susan spent the first nine years of her life in Winter Harbor under watchful eyes of a lobster fisherman and a schoolteacher. When her mother was offered a position in Lubec, where she grew up, the family moved there. Subsequently, Susan graduated from Lubec High School, the University of Maine at Orono with a B.A. in political science, and the University of Maine at Augusta with qualifications necessary to become a Registered Nurse. She worked her career as an RN, usually on the night shift at the then Augusta General Hospital. She specialized in the critical care areas, including the Emergency Room, the Coronary Care Unit, and the Intensive Care Unit. During her career, she became the night charge nurse of each of those units as well as the night supervisor of the hospital. Susan actively participated in her churches, learning from her mother who played the organ at no less than 6 churches in the Lubec area. She was very active in the Highland Avenue United Methodist Church, where she volunteered for everything possible, including becoming the church's lay leader. Previously, she had been active at All Souls Unitarian Church in Augusta (later renamed the Augusta Area Community Church), where she volunteered as the Treasurer of the church. Susan also gave of her time to serve the Augusta Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in several offices, including President. She even helped with James' organizations, serving as the Secretary of the Merrymeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Susan is survived by her husband, James; four sisters: Cathrine Knight of Lubec, Nancy Strayer of Newport, and Ethel Mahany and Dorothy Henry of Frankfort; two children, Peter Chandler and spouse Kirk Webber of Arrowsic, and Susanne Chandler and spouse George Crumley of Hallowell; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews."
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[44688] Find A Grave memorial 190469210 offers his obituary: "Funeral services for Captain Weston P. Whitcomb, veteran navigator on the Willamette and Columbia rivers, whose death occurred Thursday at the family home, 757 East Twenty-eighth street, are to be conducted at 2:30 oclock this afternoon at Finleys chapel. Commitment is to be at Memorial hall, Portland crematorium. At the time he retired from river service, Captain Whitcomb was master of the steamer Joseph Kellogg in which capacity he had served a number of years. He was born at Milwaukie, Or., in 1848. His parents had crossed the plains the preceding year. His father, James Henry Whitcomb, also was a steamboat master. The widow, a sister, Mrs. Rose Thomas of Portland, and a brother, George A. Whitcomb, of Willapa, survive. [The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Saturday, October 3, 1925, page 18].