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Albert Barstow - ENGLEWOOD, FLORIDA--Albert L (Adge) Barstow, 85, died November 14, 1992 at Englewood, Florida, following a protracted illness. He was born December 16, 1906, in Calais, Maine, to parents Charles and Eunice Barstow. Albert left Calais, upon completing school to take a job with the United Shoe Company of Boston, where he worked for several years before returning to Calais to marry Lois Walker and embark on a career as a cost accountant with Saint Ctoix Paper Company, which later was taken over by Georgia Pacfic. Lois Barstow died in 1968, and a year later Albert married Eleanor Peterson Offinger of Calais. Albert retired from Georgia Pacific in 1969, having become a member of GP's "Quarter Century Club". In 1970, Albert and Eleanor moved to Englewood, Florida, where they resided for 22 years. The couple returned to the Calais area each year to spend summers at their cottage on Cathance Lake in Cooper, and to visit with friends and family. Albert was well known in the Calais area for his extensive collections of coins, antique bottles, and rocks. In Florida, he also become a knowledgeable horticulturist, and an avid shell and drift wood collector. In his latest project, Albert hand carved a handsome collection of canes and walking sticks, featuring all woods indigenous to Washington County Maine. Albert had a talent for turning things found dull and ordinary in nature into interesting, beautiful, and useful objects. His family and friends will also remember him for his quick wit and humor. An ardent writer, Albert had compiled a manuscript of more than five hundred pages of poems he had written on practically every conceivable subject. Albert is survived by his wife, Eleanor Peterson Barstow. of Englewood, Florida; sons Richard Offinger of Freeport, Maine and William Offinger of Englewood, Florida, Daughter Marjorie Offinger Davidoff of Granville, Ohio; Nephews, Don Lewis of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Roger Walker of Calais: grandchildren Michelle Golobish, Nicole Bonesteel, and Tara Elwell of Charlotte, North Carolina; Carrie and Jamie Offinger of Freeport, Maine; Adam and Michael Davidoff of Granville, Ohio; and great-grandson Cory Eric Golobish. A memorial Service was held Monday, November 16, at the Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Englewood, Florida. Interment will be scheduled in Maine next summer. Memorial donations to the American Heart Association will be greatly appreciated. [provided by Donna Furlong] 

Arlo Bates  CALAIS--Arlo T Bates, 70, died February 1, 1978 in a Bangor hospital. He was born in Calais May 9, 1907, son of George and Julia Taylor Bates. He was a retired businessman. He was a member and former deacon of the First Congregational Church, a member and former director of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce. He was a member and past president of the Calais Rotary Club, a former member of the Calais City Council, and the Calais School Board. He was a director of ERCOM, a member of the Maine Audubon Society and a member of Economic Development Board and had been employed by the US Post Office. He was an Army Veteran of World War 11. He is survived by his wife, Helen Sears Bates; one son, Richard of Bangor; a brother, Dr James Bates of Eastport; one sister, Mrs John (Charlotte) Brooks of Robbinston; one nephew, five nieces, several cousins. Funeral services will be held Friday, 1:30 pm, at the First Congregational Church with the Rev Donald Krohn officiating. Interment will follow in the Calais Cemetery. Friends may call at the Scoll Funeral Chapel Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations to the First Congregational Church Memorial Fund, or to Arlo T Bates Memorial Fund of the Calais Regional Hospital. [Provided by Donna Furlong]