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Saturday, June 10, 2017Duroc hogs and beef cattle.He continued dairy farming until 1992, at which time he retired to his next life chapter, raising and breeding Norwegian Fjord horses, developing blood lines from Norway which are known across the U.S.James was active at various times in the French Creek Lutheran Church Council, Farm Bureau Board, Registered Holstein Association, Sons of Norway Fagernes Lodge 616, Soil and Water Conservation Stream Bank Improvement and the Norwegian Fjord Horse Association. Bowling and curling were outside activities he enjoyed most.He will be missed by many and his dedication to his Norwegian heritage was evident to everyone that knew him.James is survived by his wife, Vicki Hovre of Ettrick; two sons, Timothy (fiancée, Darla Tyznik) Hovre of Marshfield and John Hovre of Ettrick; a son-in-law, Randy (Linda) Holthaus of Bangor; three stepchildren, Kevin and Jason Kittleson both of Caledonia, Minn. and Karmen (Paul) Haugland of Spring Grove, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Megan Hovre, Ross (fiancée, Kayla Leis) Holtaus, Reed Holthaus, Rachel (fiance,`Ryan Allen) Holthaus, Ranae (Tyler) Herman, Jessica (Matt) Hesse, Erik Haugland, Kristin (Shane) O’Brien, Laura Kittleson and John Kittleson; and five great-grandchildren.In addition to his parents and first wife, James was preceded in death by a daughter, Rebecca Holthaus; and a son, James E. Hovre.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the French Creek Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery both in rural Ettrick. Pastor Anna Sorenson will officiate.Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 12, in the French Creek Lutheran Church in rural Ettrick and also one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.The Jack Funeral Home in Blair is assisting the family with arrangements.
Monday, March 27, 2017Finance and Entrepreneurship. In 2005, he went to work for ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he had the opportunity to travel to many countries, including Canada, Costa Rica, Norway, Russia, Peru and Indonesia.He moved to Dallas, Texas in 2007 to work for Hunt Oil Company, during which time he met Liesl Austin. They married in July of 2011 on the Franklin Ranch near Amarillo, Texas. Sloan and Liesl moved to Breckenridge in 2012, and Sloan began his life-long goal and dream, and that of his father's, of working on the family ranch. They had two children in the years following: Scarlett Austin Everett, born in 2013, and Samuel Sloan Everett, born in 2015. The couple's third child is expected in August of this year.Sloan was a devoted Christian and a loving husband, father, brother and son. Those who knew him will always remember his fun-loving nature, boyish smile, playful mischievousness and a radical commitment to excellence in everything to which he put his hand.He was a tremendous athlete and a natural leader, a man among men. In recent years, Sloan was very active in the student ministry of the First Baptist Church of Breckenridge, volunteering much time and effort to their spiritual development. He truly pointed all who came within his realm of influence, both personally and professionally, to the cross of Christ and the hope of the Gospel. He enjoyed music and had an uncanny ability to recall just about every lyric he ever heard.He loved his ranch work and the wide-open spaces of Texas. Sloan's strong ambition, hard work ethic and management and leadership skills soon made him indispensable to his father on the ranch. He had a heart for others and quickly began forging friendships among the many people he met in the cattle b...
Monday, February 20, 2017Daniel and Maggie Frank of Syracuse, NY; her son, Stephen Maine, and his wife, Gelah Penn, of Brooklyn, NY; her daughter, Elizabeth Maine, and grandson Paul Gyllensten of Stavanger, Norway; and son, David Maine, and his wife, Uzma Aslam Khan, of Hadley, MA; and many nieces and nephews, and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 17 at the Church of Saint Peter Claver, 47 Pleasant St, West Hartford. Calling hours will be Thursday evening, Feb. 16 from 5 pm - 7 pm at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home, 136 South Main St., West Hartford. Burial will be private at Old Saint Francis Cemetery in Torrington. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any charity of the donor's choice. For directions and online condolences, please visit www.taylorandmodeen.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2017Sunday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred A. Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston, 784-4023.MILLS — Thelma C., 77, of Norway passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8. Visitation will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris, where a memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the Norway Pine Grove Cemetery in the spring.PARENT — Fernande Rita C., 95, of Auburn died Wednesday, Feb. 8. Visitation will be held Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 10 a.m. in the upper church of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Interment will be in the spring, Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society, 217 Turner St., Auburn, ME 04210. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.SCHEIB — Susan K., passed away Friday, Jan. 27. A memorial will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Brunswick, on Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lustgarten Foundation whose mission is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer: www.Lustgarten.com.SHEINK — Roland, 85, of Wales died Wednesday, Feb. 8. Services will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m., at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in the spring at St. Ann’s Cemetery, Lisbon Falls. No visitation. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice Services, Hospice House Fund, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.TERRIO — Lucille L., 92, died Friday, Feb. 10. There will be no visitation. The Mass of Christian burial is canceled due to the storm. Funeral services will be held at a later date and time to be determined. Burial will be held later in the spring at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sabattus. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to Loaves and Fishes, 61 Lisbon Road, Sabattus, ME 04280. Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston, 784-4023.WAGNER — Clayton G., 88, of Livermore Falls passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8. Interment in the spring with full military honors at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, 100 Fayette Road, Livermore Falls. If desired, contributions may be made in memory of Clayton Wagner to: Maine Parkinson Society, 359 Perry Road, Bangor, ME 04401. Arrangements are under Finley Funeral Home.YEATON — Barbara L., went to dance with the angels on Monday, Jan. 30. A celebration of life will be held at the Silver Spur, Route 121, Mechanic Falls, on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information call 890-7595.
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Duroc hogs and beef cattle.He continued dairy farming until 1992, at which time he retired to his next life chapter, raising and breeding Norwegian Fjord horses, developing blood lines from Norway which are known across the U.S.James was active at various times in the French Creek Lutheran Church Council, Farm Bureau Board, Registered Holstein Association, Sons of Norway Fagernes Lodge 616, Soil and Water Conservation Stream Bank Improvement and the Norwegian Fjord Horse Association. Bowling and curling were outside activities he enjoyed most.He will be missed by many and his dedication to his Norwegian heritage was evident to everyone that knew him.James is survived by his wife, Vicki Hovre of Ettrick; two sons, Timothy (fiancée, Darla Tyznik) Hovre of Marshfield and John Hovre of Ettrick; a son-in-law, Randy (Linda) Holthaus of Bangor; three stepchildren, Kevin and Jason Kittleson both of Caledonia, Minn. and Karmen (Paul) Haugland of Spring Grove, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Megan Hovre, Ross (fiancée, Kayla Leis) Holtaus, Reed Holthaus, Rachel (fiance,`Ryan Allen) Holthaus, Ranae (Tyler) Herman, Jessica (Matt) Hesse, Erik Haugland, Kristin (Shane) O’Brien, Laura Kittleson and John Kittleson; and five great-grandchildren.In addition to his parents and first wife, James was preceded in death by a daughter, Rebecca Holthaus; and a son, James E. Hovre.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the French Creek Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery both in rural Ettrick. Pastor Anna Sorenson will officiate.Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 12, in the French Creek Lutheran Church in rural Ettrick and also one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.The Jack Funeral Home in Blair is assisting the family with arrangements.
Monday, March 27, 2017Finance and Entrepreneurship. In 2005, he went to work for ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he had the opportunity to travel to many countries, including Canada, Costa Rica, Norway, Russia, Peru and Indonesia.He moved to Dallas, Texas in 2007 to work for Hunt Oil Company, during which time he met Liesl Austin. They married in July of 2011 on the Franklin Ranch near Amarillo, Texas. Sloan and Liesl moved to Breckenridge in 2012, and Sloan began his life-long goal and dream, and that of his father's, of working on the family ranch. They had two children in the years following: Scarlett Austin Everett, born in 2013, and Samuel Sloan Everett, born in 2015. The couple's third child is expected in August of this year.Sloan was a devoted Christian and a loving husband, father, brother and son. Those who knew him will always remember his fun-loving nature, boyish smile, playful mischievousness and a radical commitment to excellence in everything to which he put his hand.He was a tremendous athlete and a natural leader, a man among men. In recent years, Sloan was very active in the student ministry of the First Baptist Church of Breckenridge, volunteering much time and effort to their spiritual development. He truly pointed all who came within his realm of influence, both personally and professionally, to the cross of Christ and the hope of the Gospel. He enjoyed music and had an uncanny ability to recall just about every lyric he ever heard.He loved his ranch work and the wide-open spaces of Texas. Sloan's strong ambition, hard work ethic and management and leadership skills soon made him indispensable to his father on the ranch. He had a heart for others and quickly began forging friendships among the many people he met in the cattle b...
Monday, February 20, 2017Daniel and Maggie Frank of Syracuse, NY; her son, Stephen Maine, and his wife, Gelah Penn, of Brooklyn, NY; her daughter, Elizabeth Maine, and grandson Paul Gyllensten of Stavanger, Norway; and son, David Maine, and his wife, Uzma Aslam Khan, of Hadley, MA; and many nieces and nephews, and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 17 at the Church of Saint Peter Claver, 47 Pleasant St, West Hartford. Calling hours will be Thursday evening, Feb. 16 from 5 pm - 7 pm at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home, 136 South Main St., West Hartford. Burial will be private at Old Saint Francis Cemetery in Torrington. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any charity of the donor's choice. For directions and online condolences, please visit www.taylorandmodeen.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2017Sunday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred A. Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston, 784-4023.MILLS — Thelma C., 77, of Norway passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8. Visitation will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris, where a memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the Norway Pine Grove Cemetery in the spring.PARENT — Fernande Rita C., 95, of Auburn died Wednesday, Feb. 8. Visitation will be held Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 10 a.m. in the upper church of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Interment will be in the spring, Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society, 217 Turner St., Auburn, ME 04210. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.SCHEIB — Susan K., passed away Friday, Jan. 27. A memorial will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Brunswick, on Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lustgarten Foundation whose mission is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer: www.Lustgarten.com.SHEINK — Roland, 85, of Wales died Wednesday, Feb. 8. Services will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m., at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in the spring at St. Ann’s Cemetery, Lisbon Falls. No visitation. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice Services, Hospice House Fund, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.TERRIO — Lucille L., 92, died Friday, Feb. 10. There will be no visitation. The Mass of Christian burial is canceled due to the storm. Funeral services will be held at a later date and time to be determined. Burial will be held later in the spring at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sabattus. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to Loaves and Fishes, 61 Lisbon Road, Sabattus, ME 04280. Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston, 784-4023.WAGNER — Clayton G., 88, of Livermore Falls passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8. Interment in the spring with full military honors at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, 100 Fayette Road, Livermore Falls. If desired, contributions may be made in memory of Clayton Wagner to: Maine Parkinson Society, 359 Perry Road, Bangor, ME 04401. Arrangements are under Finley Funeral Home.YEATON — Barbara L., went to dance with the angels on Monday, Jan. 30. A celebration of life will be held at the Silver Spur, Route 121, Mechanic Falls, on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information call 890-7595.