HOULTON – Nellie B. Barton, 97, passed away July 31, 2008, with her son and daughter in attendance at her home. She was born Oct. 7, 1910, at her home in Houlton, the daughter of Miles and May (Armstrong) Green. Nellie graduated from Houlton High School, Class of 1929. She worked a few years at Fishman’s and Tingley’s Bakery. She married Cecil Barton in 1932. They had two children; a daughter, Beatrice and a son, Robert. After the children were born, Nellie stayed home to be a housewife and mother. When Cecil started his own business, a service station in 1946, Nellie helped by doing the books and taking his meals to him. She enjoyed crocheting, cooking, bowling, reading, crossword puzzles, babysitting the grandchildren, camping and traveling in the camper. She was a member of Houlton United Methodist Church for 65 years, the Rebekah’s in the Odd Fellow Lodge and Houlton Grange. Nellie is survived by her daughter, Beatice Steeves and her husband, John; her son, Robert Barton and his wife, Jo-Ann; eight grandchildren, Susan Pattershall and her husband, Michael, Pamela Sidell and her husband, Oran, Michael Steeves and his wife, Cheryl, Elaine Caron, Sandra Morris and her husband, Tim, Karen Beaulieu, Brian Barton and his wife, Billie and Judi Sewell and her husband, Douglas; 21 great-grandchildren, Michael Pattershall, Jennifer Tabor and her husband, John, Wendy, Andrea and Tabitha Caron, Christopher and Matthew Steeves, Indiana, Drew, Daniel and Micaiah Sidell, Lindsay Corey, Steven and his wife, Monica, Paul and Jason Beaulieu, Jennifer, Brain J. and his wife, Courtney, Malerie and Eric Barton, Christopher and Lucas Sewell; eight great-great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Judson and Doris McLean; sister-in-law, Edith Betty Green; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Cecil; three sisters, Mildred Clark, Priscilla Fortier and Annie Spellman; and two brothers, George and Cecil Green. Friends may call 10 a.m. until the time of service Tuesday at Houlton United Methodist Church, where services will be held 11 a.m. with the Rev. Naomi Sam’Kpakra officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery. Gifts may be made in Nellie’s memory to Houlton United Methodist Church, Visiting Nurses of Aroostook, Hospice of Aroostook or the charity of one’s choice, care of Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park St., Houlton, ME 04730.
NELLIE B. BARTON
