CARIBOU – Margaret Grazebrook Sewall Page died March 1, 2005, at a Bangor hospital after a brief illness. Margaret was born Sept. 19, 1914, in Old Town, the third of six children of James W. Sewall and Louise Gray Sewall. Margaret was raised and educated in Old Town. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. James Episcopal Church, was a graduate of Old Town High School, Class of 1932, and the University of Maine, Class of 1936, where she was elected an All Maine Woman. Following university she worked as a cartographer at her father’s mapping firm where, among her accomplishments, she composed the first topographic map of Cape Breton Highland’s National Park whose boundaries had been negotiated by her father on behalf of the Canadian government. She remained interested in maps and mapping sciences throughout her life. During World War II she was a member of the Red Cross Ambulance Corps serving in Maine. In 1945, she married James H. “Bill” Page of Fort Kent. They moved to Caribou where she lived until her last illness. She was active in a number of educational, social and philanthropic organizations in central and northern Maine including the Old Town Library League, the Neeburban Club, the Shakespeare Club and the Social Club of Caribou. She remained a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Caribou from 1945 until her death. Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Bill; sister, Mary S. Alden of New Harbor; and brothers, George T. Sewall of New York City and Daniel S. Sewall of Old Town. She is survived by daughter, Belinda S. Page of Caribou; son, James H. Page and daughter-in-law, Liane E.M. Judd of Old Town; granddaughter, Alexandra S. Weeks and husband, Marc Weeks, of Jacksonville, Fla. and granddaughters, Hannah Carter of Gainesville, Fla., and Madeleine S.J. Page of Old Town. She is also survived by a brother, Joseph Sewall of Castine; and sister, Elizabeth Gary of Buzzards Bay, Mass.; four cousins, Louise G. Moody and Ruth Gray of Old Town, Nancy W. Atkinson of Falmouth and Sydney Klenk of Yarmouth; brother-in-law, Richard C. Alden of New Harbor; and many nieces and nephews. She was especially close to niece, Laura P. Mills, of Phoenix, Ariz. Margaret believed greatly in education, civic responsibility and doing things well, all better done if accomplished with enjoyment and a sense of adventure. She had a great impact on her family and many friends, and will be very much missed. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at St. Luke’s, Caribou. Spring burial will be in the Christ Congregational Cemetery, Fort Kent. Funeral arrangements are being made by Lancaster Funeral Home, Caribou. There will be no visiting hours. Those wishing may make a contribution in her memory to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 650 Main St., Suite A., Caribou, ME 04736.
MARGARET SEWALL PAGE
