SEAL HARBOR – Marie H. Jordan, 102, died Feb. 3, 2008, with family members at her bedside at Sonogee Nursing Home, Bar Harbor. She was born July 31, 1905, in Edmunds, the daughter of Robert S. and Mary K. Hallowell. She graduated from Dennysville High School and Washington State Normal School, Machias. She continued her education at the University of Maine, Orono. She loved children and teaching became her career, with all her teaching done in Maine. In 1926 she came to Seal Harbor and served intermittently as teacher and principal of Dunham School. She retired in 1963 for a few years. Marie was too active for complete retirement, so from 1966 to 1969, she accepted a reading teacher position at Acadia Center Job Corp., Bar Harbor. While there, she attended a Reading Institute at Stanford University. In 1932 she married her beloved husband, John E. Jordan Sr., who predeceased her in 1990, after 58 years of marriage. She was a member of Seal Harbor Congregational Church and served as church clerk for several years. She was a willing and capable worker in many community activities and was affiliated with many educational associations. In the period from 1963 to 1987, she and her husband spent several winters at their second home in Saint Petersburg Beach, Fla. In 2003 she was honored as the oldest citizen in the town of Mount Desert and was presented with the Boston Post Cane by the town manager. She is survived by a son, John E. Jordan Jr. and his wife, Eleanor, of Saint Petersburg Beach, Fla.; two daughters, Judith Harvel of West Roxbury, Mass., and Esther Gorman and husband, William, of Treasure Island, Fla.; five grandchildren, James Jordan of Bar Harbor, Ronald Jordan of Portland, Melissa Harvel of San Francisco, Johanna Harvel of West-minster, Md., and Bruce Gorman of Pinellas Park, Fla.; two great-grandchildren, Jason Jordan of Ellsworth and Brian Jordan of Trenton; several special nieces and nephews. Four brothers and four sisters predeceased her. Marie will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by all who knew her as an exceptional person. Family services and interment will be in Seal Harbor at a later date. Contributions in Marie’s memory may be made to “Old Timers Seal Harbor Fountain Restoration Fund,” P.O. Box 74, Seal Harbor, ME 04675. Arrangments by Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount Desert. Condolences may be expressed online at www.jordanfernald.com.
MARIE H. JORDAN
