BAR HARBOR – Thelma Elaine Whitney, 101, died Feb. 27, 2012, at a Bar Harbor health care facility. She was born Aug. 6, 1910, in Bar Harbor, daughter of Lester and Grace (Tucker) Hanson. Thelma was the oldest of nine brothers and sisters, born at home.
She graduated from Bar Harbor High School in 1926, then went to Normal School, Castine and graduated in 1928. Thelma taught school for four years, then she married Arden Whitney, in June 1932 and raised one daughter. She later worked at Mount Desert Island Hospital as a nurse’s aide until she retired in 1975.
She is survived by her daughter, Elaine and her husband, Merrill Seavey Jr.; one brother, Steve Hanson and his wife, Carol; one sister, Emma and her husband, Fred Cunningham; sisters-in-law, Barbara, Irene and Eileen Hanson; three grandchildren, Glenn Manring III, Lisa Manring and Betty Boghogian; six great-grandchildren, Glenn IV, Clora, Mairi, Amanda, Jared and Jessica; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Thelma was predeceased by three brothers, Lester “Bud” Hanson, Donnie Hanson and Reg Hanson; and three sisters, Myra Black, Charlette Otto and Helen Dorr.
Graveside services will be announced in the spring. Contributions in Thelma’s memory may be made to Southwest Animal Welfare, Inc., P.O. Box 434, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679. Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount Desert. Condolences may be expressed at
www.jordanfernald.com.