ABBOT – Seldon L. Mitchell, 77, passed away, March 17, 2005, at Hibbard Nursing Home in Dover-Foxcroft. He was born March 17, 1928, in Abbot, son of Lester and Edith (Perkins) Mitchell. He attended Abbot schools. Seldon worked for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and later as a kitchen worker at Ripogenus Dam in East Millinocket, the Birches, and at Spencer Bay Camps. He was a 60 year member of the Valley Grange. He is survived by two sisters, Harriett C. Mitchell and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Bickford of Abbot; many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews, and four cousins. He was predeceased by his parents, three brothers, Theodore, Russell and Maynard; two sisters, Addie Mitchell, and Donna (Mitchell) Fogg; two sisters-in-law, Myona (Roberts) Mitchell, and Lorraine Mitchell; two brothers-in-law, Millard Fogg and Ivory Mitchell. Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2005, at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 21 Oak St., in Guilford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home, with Pastor Marilyn Sargent officiating. Spring burial will be in the Abbot Village Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Abbot Historical Society, P.O. Box 105, Abbot ME 04406, or to the Monson United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 204, Monson, ME 04464.
SELDON L. MITCHELL
