TOPSHAM and STONINGTON – Vera Mildred (Colby) Stoddard, 95, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Amen-ity Manor, Topsham. She was born Dec. 30, 1911, in Stonington, the daughter of Harry and Lillian (Coombs) Colby. She graduated from Stonington High School in 1929, and after attending Gorham Normal School, taught in the one-room Reach Schoolhouse, Deer Isle. During the summers she worked at the Torrey boarding home where she met her husband, Robert. They moved to Boston during the Depression and were married for 65 years; 50 of which were in Medford, Mass., where they raised their family. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Allen of Topsham, with whom she resided for 10 years after the death of her husband in 1998; grandsons, Scott Allen of Bowdoinham and Glenn Allen and his wife, Karie, of Marysville, Wash.; great-grandsons, Corey Allen of Bowdoinham, Addison Allen of Marysville, Wash.; a great-granddaughter, Aden Allen of Marysville, Wash.; nieces, Anita Stanley of Troy, N.Y., Pauline Foster of Palermo and Patricia Clements of Belfast; and a nephew, Donald Fifield of Rumford. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert E. Stoddard; her son, Robert W. Stoddard; a sister, Dorothy Hodges; and a baby brother, William Nelson Colby. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. June 23, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Reach Road, Deer Isle, with the Rev. Valerie Duecker, from the Stonington United Methodist Church, officiating. Arrangements will be made by Bragdon-Kelley-Campbell Funeral Home, Stonington. www.bragdonkelley.com
VERA MILDRED (COLBY) STODDARD
