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Germany during the Vietnam (Regina Baker Cunliffe Alzheimer’s Disease. Mardi Brooklyn, including Frank’s
era, where she met her ‘61) the other day. She and was born in Houlton, Maine, community chorus, and
husband of 51 years, David Dale were married in April on June 15, 1943, to Margaret return to Maine after black fly
Pedersen. of 2017, a second marriage Barnes Ebbett and George season and in time for him to
Martha continued her nursing for both. His health eroded Hudson Ebbett. participate in McGill’s band.
career while raising two by Parkinson’s disease, Dale She attended Ricker Classical Hope to see you then and that
children and later earned had faded greatly in the last Institute in Houlton and then all is well with you and yours.
her BSN from Old Dominion three or four months. He Boston University where she Love to you all,
University. She worked in checked into the hospital earned her bachelor’s degree
geriatrics for nearly two on the Sunday before his in nursing and then embarked Barbara McGillicuddy
decades before retiring in death and was diagnosed on a passionate lifelong career Bolton
Colorado. Known for her with Covid and double as a psychiatric nurse. While Class of 1961
sharp wit, deep loyalty, and pneumonia. The body was attending school in Boston, Editor’s Note: My apologies to
vibrant Irish spirit, Martha was cremated, and there will be a Mardi met and married John both Barbara and Linda Leavitt
the heart of her military family graveside service in Evergreen Coggeshall; together they St. Peter for mixing some of
and a devoted caregiver Cemetery, probably in June, had three children, George, Linda’s news from ’60 in with
throughout her life. depending on when the four Robert, and Margaret. Barbara’s news in the Fall/
grandchildren who are in
She is survived by her two the Air Force Reserve can get Mardi loved Houlton and took Winter ’24 issue. 4 or 5 proofers
children, five grandchildren, the time off. Jeannie spoke great pride in being a “County and we still missed it. Didn’t
and many beloved friends and of how happy she and Dale Girl.” Until quite recently she make the reading any less
extended family. A private were together. They had taken could name almost every interesting, however.
interment will take place in care of final arrangements person she attended school
Massachusetts. Donations well ahead of time, she said, with as a child. Class of 1962
in her memory can be made so that his children wouldn’t Hi Jon, Dave McGillicuddy
to dementia or Alzheimer’s be burdened with decision- 8 Green Street, Apt. 2
research. making—a good reminder to I’ve lost track of when my Houlton, ME 04730

Classmate, Ted Mason the rest of us! Memorial gifts info for the next issue is due. davemcgillicuddy@gmail.com
Don’t tell me I’ve missed the
responded to Barbara: My may be made to the building deadline!
mother was a graduate of the fund of Shiretown Baptist Mary Donald Peabody
New England Baptist School Church or to Parkinson’s Frank and I along with my 3 Ridgeway Court
of Nursing, and I remember Foundation. Jeannie’s address brother Charles aka Charlie Houlton, ME 04730
how pleased she was when is PO Box 243, Houlton, HHS ‘65 and his wife will mdpeabody5@gmail.com
Martha applied there, and ME 04730; her phone # is arrive at our camp at Grand
even more pleased when she 207-267-5758; her email is Lake on June 1. We’ll open From Mary Donald Peabody:
heard through the nursing reginacunliffe@yahoo.com. but then drive to Waterville Little did I dream when
grapevine, how well Martha And still more sad news: the following weekend to I graduated from HHS in
did there and afterwards as a Clara sent me an obit from attend my 60th reunion from 1962 that I’d be trying to
nurse. Ted The Bangor Daily News about Colby. From there we will contact (in fact pestering)
Barbara Bolton wrote in Mardi Ebbett, who, although proceed on to a family party my old Houlton High School
in Westbrook to celebrate the
with more sad news about a not in our class, would have high school graduation of classmates for any personal
classmate. been in school with many of my brother Tom’s grandson news they might have in the
us prior to high school. Here year 2025, at age 80!
Dear Classmates, Ethan. Then onto Brooklyn
is the beginning of the obit; I have really enjoyed keeping
More sad news for our class. Winterport - Margaret “Mardi” until the very last day of June up with those who have
Dale Thibideau died on Ebbett Coggeshall, 81, passed when we return to the camp humored me, and I thank all
Thursday, January 9. I talked away on December 12, 2024, for the summer. This way we who have contributed to our
on the phone with Jeannie following a brave battle with take part in activities here in

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