DOROTHY VEINOTE ‘GRAM’ NEWBURGH – Dorothy Pearl (Croxford) Veinote, 93, beloved wife of the late Ford E. “Papa” Veinote, died peacefully in her sleep at a Bangor hospital early Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. She was born June 7, 1910, in Dixmont, the daughter of Frank Ernest and Jennie Grace (Garland) Croxford. In addition to raising her four children, she worked at Grant’s, Freeses and Rines Department stores and Drew’s Convalescent Home in Bangor and Rowell’s Convalescent Home in Hampden. Dorothy enjoyed playing bingo and loved to write, and wrote many stories about the old times with her family and friends and her childhood. She would sit for hours and crochet baby sweater sets while her husband was out plowing roads. Some nights, she would set there all night and crochet. These sweater sets were made by the dozen, for a lady in Unity. Dorothy and Ford were the two oldest citizens of Newburgh and held the Boston Gold Cane for the last eight years from 1996. She and her husband were former members of the Newburgh Grange, The Jolly Neighbors Senior Citizens of Brooks, the Dixmont Methodist Church and South Newburgh Christian Church. Dorothy and her family enjoyed the north woods and spent many hours in their younger years hunting, fishing and camping. Dorothy is survived by three sons, Robert and his wife, Lucille, Paul and his wife, Frances, and Gene and his wife, Bonnie, all of Newburgh; a daughter, Jennie Richardson and her husband, Robert, of Enfield, N.H.; a sister, Sylvia Tenny of Lake Wales, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; one stepgranddaughter; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews; and one sister-in-law, Annie Lord. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 72 years, Ford, in 2003; and by two grandsons, Dennis and Randy Veinote; one great-granddaughter, Heather Mae Mitchell; two sisters, Julia Marie Cummings and Erma Winnie Curtis; and three brothers, Raymond, Lyle and Frank Croxford Jr. Dorothy’s family would like to thank the staff of Grant six at EMMC, the EMMC Emergency room staff and Dr. Doug Cravens and Dr. McCarthy for the special care they gave Dorothy and her family during her illness, and the staff of Hampden Family Medicine. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Dorothy’s memory may be made to Eastern Maine Charities for EMMC, Grant Six, In-patient Unit, P.O. Box 404, Bangor, ME 04402-0404. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1 2004, at Chapman Cemetery, Newburgh. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden. For those unable to attend condolences may be expressed through www.hampdengilpatrick.com.
DOROTHY VEINOTE
