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Evelyn Blake  Evelyn E. (Blake) Sprague, 93, died at Freeport Nursing Home. Born Calais daughter of James & Evelyn Mae (Gibson) Blake, Graduated Calais Academy class 1920, from Lawrence General School of Nursing Class of 1923 in Lawrence MA. She married Calvin Philip Sprague in 1927. Lived Alston MA then moved to Princeton 1952, to Augusta, retiring in 1956. Member of Princeton Grange, Taught home nursing with Red Cross in WWII. Predeceased by husband Philip who died 1971. Survived by daughter Mrs. Richard (Margery) Dreselly of Brunswick, sister Mrs. Frank (Beulah) Robe Sr. of Panama City FL, grand son Philip Pierce, Columbia MD. She was buried in Princeton. [Provided by Thelma Eye Brook]

Leon Densmore Obituary [Provided by Thelma Eye Brooks] 

Bessie Hanson Gibson, 99, died Jan. 19, 2001, at the Camden Health Care Center after a brief illness. She was born in Calais, a daughter of Busby Leeman and Amanda Wilcox Hanson, and attended Calais schools. She graduated with honors from Calais Academy in 1920. She married John Edward Gibson and lived for many years in the Rangeley region. She moved to Wakefield, Mass., where she worked as a dietician's assistant in the Wakefield school system. She lived in the North Berwick and Sanford area, and since 1991 had been a resident of St. Marks Home for Women in Augusta. Mrs. Gibson was a member of the First Congregational Church of Wakefield and participated in fund-raising activities for church programs. She was active in creating parent-teacher associations in Wakefield. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Anchor Club, a railroad Masonic organization in which her husband was an officer, and the First Congregational Church of North Berwick, where she participated in the Ladies Guild and Plus Ultra Club. She crafted items for the church's annual fair. Her interests included reading, gardening, crocheting, knitting and playing Scrabble. She is survived by a son, John W. Gibson of Camden; a nephew, Robert D. Robbins of Largo, Fla.; two nieces, Betty Lou Traynor of Gorham and Pauline Hanson of Florida; and a grandniece, Martha Steeves of Westford, Mass. No services are yet scheduled. From the Portland Press Herald, provided by Sharon Howland.

Charlotte Lello Blumenthol Obituary [Provided by Thelma Eye Brooks]