Bessie Bartlett

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• Census: 1930

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Obituary:
BESSIE R. HOAR: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Portland Press Herald (ME) - September 11, 1995
Deceased Name: BESSIE R. HOAR
Bessie R. Hoar, 90, of West Street died Sunday in a Portland hospital after a brief illness.
She was born in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of Abner and Flora Wilbur Bartlett. She attended New Brunswick schools, moving to Westbrook in 1926. For 10 years she was employed by the Portland Newspapers as a proofreader.
She was a member of the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church and was the last surviving member of the Craigie Class of the former Warren Congregational Church.
She was fond of knitting and crocheting and was always available to furnish candy and pastries at church functions.
Her husband, Leonard T. Hoar, died in 1979.
She is survived by a son, Gerald W. Hoar of North Windham; a sister, Allene Steeves of Hillsborough, N.B.; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services and burial will be in Hopewell Hill, N.B. Arrangements are by the Hay Funeral Home, Westbrook.
Edition: CITY
Page: 5B

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Bessie married Leonard Hoar on 6 Jun 1926 in Hopewell, Albert Co, New Brunswick, Canada. Leonard (son of Walter Hoar, Sr. and Abigail Tingley) was born on 25 Jan 1903 in Riverside, Albert Co, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1979 in Portland, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; was buried in Hopewell, Albert Co, New Brunswick, Canada (Hopewell Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

1. Gerald Hoar was born on 1 Aug 1927 in Westbrook, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 4 Apr 2000 in Portland, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; was buried in South Hadley, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA (Evergreen Cemetery).

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Abner married Flora Alfretta Wilbur. [Group Sheet]

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