BROOKSVILLE – Ellenore W. Doudiet died on Feb. 16, 2004. She was born in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1912, the daughter of Georgia J. and Dr. J. Howard Wilson. Her husband, Lt. Comdr. Norman W. Doudiet, was among those lost on the light carrier Juneau during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. After his death, Ellenore trained with the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and later when the war ended returned with her mother to settle permanently in the family’s summer home in Brooksville. Ellenore was predeceased by her two brothers, Birkbeck Wilson, in 1946, and Sturgis Wilson, in 1983. Through Sturgis are her nephew, David Wilson; and nieces, Margaret Brooke and Alice Trowbridge; great-nephews and great-nieces. On her maternal side are many cousins. Ellenore devoted much of her life to the advancement of the Wilson Museum, which was founded by her father in 1921. The museum had suffered through the Depression, the death in 1936 of Dr. Wilson, its founder and greatest enthusiast, and World War II when she began work in earnest in the early 1950s. She undertook the challenges and moved the museum forward into the 21st century, creating the Wilson Museum Bulletin, and adding to the grounds the historic John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop and Hearse House. In pursuit of her inquiries she traveled throughout the country and abroad, studying and occasionally speaking or writing for various scientific and historic organizations. Her research on local history is a valuable legacy to the community. Arrangements by Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home, 28 Elm St., Bucksport.
ELLENORE W. DOUDIET
