Ethel married Edward O'Brien Gonia on 19 October 1895 in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine. They had a daughter, Evelyn Lenette Gonia, who became the wife of Dr. Edward Warren Peaslee. Following the death of Ethel's mother in 1896, she became the beloved guardian to her younger sister, (Carrie) Louise Freeman, until the latter's graduation from Rockland High School in June of 1903. In addition to her sister, Louise, Ethel had two brothers, Eugene & Elmer, two half brothers, John Jr. & Ronald and two half sisters, Gertrude & Eliza.
Ethel's obituary, as it appeared in a Rockland, Maine newspaper, was as follows:
Ethel C. (Freeman), wife of Edward O'B. Gonia, died Tuesday morning after a long period of failing health, the end of which was three weeks' confinement to her bed. An overtaxed heart finally yielded to the strain.
The deceased was born in this city Aug. 10, 1877, daughter of John H. and Mabel V. (Larrabee) Freeman. She was married to Mr. Gonia Oct. 26, 1895, and in the quarter century which followed the couple had resided in Portland, Boston, New York and one year in the Panama Canal Zone, while Mr. Gonia was acting as captain of the army mine planter William M. Graham.
From Panama Mr. and Mrs. Gonia returned to their home city, where the former has been actively engaged in business for some years. Mr. Gonia became a member of the Church of Immanuel, Universalist, and had also busily identified herself with Edwin Libby Relief Corps and Golden Rod Chapter, O.E.S., and a number of social organizations. It was known to her for some years that she was suffering from a fatal malady, and that the end could not be far away, but she resolved to make her remaining years as cheerful as possible, and was able to do so through the aid of a remarkable constitution. She possessed the faculty of making friends at sight, and was the model hostess inspiring others with a cheerfulness which completely hid the shadow under which she was living. Surrounded by the care and affection of her family and with everything she craved, happiness marked her final years.
During the last days the room was filled flowers, and at the funeral services in the Universalist vestry Thursday there was a remarkable display of floral offerings, including many handsome designs. Golden Rod Chapter attended in a body. Rev. John Smith Lowe officiated. The bearers were Milton M. Griffin, C. Earle Ludwick, George W. Gay and A. B. Borgerson. Interment was in the family lot in Thomaston.
Among those who came from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fales, Attleboro, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gonia, Quincy, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Clark and Kenneth E. Clark, Marlborough, Mass.; Mrs. Lena K. Sargent, Portland.
Mrs. Gonia is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Edward W. Peaslee; two grandchildren, Edward W. Peaslee, Jr., and Emma Lucille Peaslee; two brothers, Eugene Freeman of Cohasset, Mass., and Capt. Elmer W. Freeman of Rockland; a sister, Mrs. Carl Clark of Marlborough, Mass.; two half-brothers, Ronald Freeman of Camden and John H. Freeman of Rockland; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Alton Dunbar and Mrs. Arthur Lindsey of Camden.
Ethel's obituary, as it appeared in a Rockland, Maine newspaper, was as follows:
Ethel C. (Freeman), wife of Edward O'B. Gonia, died Tuesday morning after a long period of failing health, the end of which was three weeks' confinement to her bed. An overtaxed heart finally yielded to the strain.
The deceased was born in this city Aug. 10, 1877, daughter of John H. and Mabel V. (Larrabee) Freeman. She was married to Mr. Gonia Oct. 26, 1895, and in the quarter century which followed the couple had resided in Portland, Boston, New York and one year in the Panama Canal Zone, while Mr. Gonia was acting as captain of the army mine planter William M. Graham.
From Panama Mr. and Mrs. Gonia returned to their home city, where the former has been actively engaged in business for some years. Mr. Gonia became a member of the Church of Immanuel, Universalist, and had also busily identified herself with Edwin Libby Relief Corps and Golden Rod Chapter, O.E.S., and a number of social organizations. It was known to her for some years that she was suffering from a fatal malady, and that the end could not be far away, but she resolved to make her remaining years as cheerful as possible, and was able to do so through the aid of a remarkable constitution. She possessed the faculty of making friends at sight, and was the model hostess inspiring others with a cheerfulness which completely hid the shadow under which she was living. Surrounded by the care and affection of her family and with everything she craved, happiness marked her final years.
During the last days the room was filled flowers, and at the funeral services in the Universalist vestry Thursday there was a remarkable display of floral offerings, including many handsome designs. Golden Rod Chapter attended in a body. Rev. John Smith Lowe officiated. The bearers were Milton M. Griffin, C. Earle Ludwick, George W. Gay and A. B. Borgerson. Interment was in the family lot in Thomaston.
Among those who came from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fales, Attleboro, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gonia, Quincy, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Clark and Kenneth E. Clark, Marlborough, Mass.; Mrs. Lena K. Sargent, Portland.
Mrs. Gonia is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Edward W. Peaslee; two grandchildren, Edward W. Peaslee, Jr., and Emma Lucille Peaslee; two brothers, Eugene Freeman of Cohasset, Mass., and Capt. Elmer W. Freeman of Rockland; a sister, Mrs. Carl Clark of Marlborough, Mass.; two half-brothers, Ronald Freeman of Camden and John H. Freeman of Rockland; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Alton Dunbar and Mrs. Arthur Lindsey of Camden.
Ethel married Edward O'Brien Gonia on 19 October 1895 in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine. They had a daughter, Evelyn Lenette Gonia, who became the wife of Dr. Edward Warren Peaslee. Following the death of Ethel's mother in 1896, she became the beloved guardian to her younger sister, (Carrie) Louise Freeman, until the latter's graduation from Rockland High School in June of 1903. In addition to her sister, Louise, Ethel had two brothers, Eugene & Elmer, two half brothers, John Jr. & Ronald and two half sisters, Gertrude & Eliza.
Ethel's obituary, as it appeared in a Rockland, Maine newspaper, was as follows:
Ethel C. (Freeman), wife of Edward O'B. Gonia, died Tuesday morning after a long period of failing health, the end of which was three weeks' confinement to her bed. An overtaxed heart finally yielded to the strain.
The deceased was born in this city Aug. 10, 1877, daughter of John H. and Mabel V. (Larrabee) Freeman. She was married to Mr. Gonia Oct. 26, 1895, and in the quarter century which followed the couple had resided in Portland, Boston, New York and one year in the Panama Canal Zone, while Mr. Gonia was acting as captain of the army mine planter William M. Graham.
From Panama Mr. and Mrs. Gonia returned to their home city, where the former has been actively engaged in business for some years. Mr. Gonia became a member of the Church of Immanuel, Universalist, and had also busily identified herself with Edwin Libby Relief Corps and Golden Rod Chapter, O.E.S., and a number of social organizations. It was known to her for some years that she was suffering from a fatal malady, and that the end could not be far away, but she resolved to make her remaining years as cheerful as possible, and was able to do so through the aid of a remarkable constitution. She possessed the faculty of making friends at sight, and was the model hostess inspiring others with a cheerfulness which completely hid the shadow under which she was living. Surrounded by the care and affection of her family and with everything she craved, happiness marked her final years.
During the last days the room was filled flowers, and at the funeral services in the Universalist vestry Thursday there was a remarkable display of floral offerings, including many handsome designs. Golden Rod Chapter attended in a body. Rev. John Smith Lowe officiated. The bearers were Milton M. Griffin, C. Earle Ludwick, George W. Gay and A. B. Borgerson. Interment was in the family lot in Thomaston.
Among those who came from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fales, Attleboro, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gonia, Quincy, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Clark and Kenneth E. Clark, Marlborough, Mass.; Mrs. Lena K. Sargent, Portland.
Mrs. Gonia is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Edward W. Peaslee; two grandchildren, Edward W. Peaslee, Jr., and Emma Lucille Peaslee; two brothers, Eugene Freeman of Cohasset, Mass., and Capt. Elmer W. Freeman of Rockland; a sister, Mrs. Carl Clark of Marlborough, Mass.; two half-brothers, Ronald Freeman of Camden and John H. Freeman of Rockland; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Alton Dunbar and Mrs. Arthur Lindsey of Camden.
Ethel's obituary, as it appeared in a Rockland, Maine newspaper, was as follows:
Ethel C. (Freeman), wife of Edward O'B. Gonia, died Tuesday morning after a long period of failing health, the end of which was three weeks' confinement to her bed. An overtaxed heart finally yielded to the strain.
The deceased was born in this city Aug. 10, 1877, daughter of John H. and Mabel V. (Larrabee) Freeman. She was married to Mr. Gonia Oct. 26, 1895, and in the quarter century which followed the couple had resided in Portland, Boston, New York and one year in the Panama Canal Zone, while Mr. Gonia was acting as captain of the army mine planter William M. Graham.
From Panama Mr. and Mrs. Gonia returned to their home city, where the former has been actively engaged in business for some years. Mr. Gonia became a member of the Church of Immanuel, Universalist, and had also busily identified herself with Edwin Libby Relief Corps and Golden Rod Chapter, O.E.S., and a number of social organizations. It was known to her for some years that she was suffering from a fatal malady, and that the end could not be far away, but she resolved to make her remaining years as cheerful as possible, and was able to do so through the aid of a remarkable constitution. She possessed the faculty of making friends at sight, and was the model hostess inspiring others with a cheerfulness which completely hid the shadow under which she was living. Surrounded by the care and affection of her family and with everything she craved, happiness marked her final years.
During the last days the room was filled flowers, and at the funeral services in the Universalist vestry Thursday there was a remarkable display of floral offerings, including many handsome designs. Golden Rod Chapter attended in a body. Rev. John Smith Lowe officiated. The bearers were Milton M. Griffin, C. Earle Ludwick, George W. Gay and A. B. Borgerson. Interment was in the family lot in Thomaston.
Among those who came from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fales, Attleboro, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gonia, Quincy, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Clark and Kenneth E. Clark, Marlborough, Mass.; Mrs. Lena K. Sargent, Portland.
Mrs. Gonia is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Edward W. Peaslee; two grandchildren, Edward W. Peaslee, Jr., and Emma Lucille Peaslee; two brothers, Eugene Freeman of Cohasset, Mass., and Capt. Elmer W. Freeman of Rockland; a sister, Mrs. Carl Clark of Marlborough, Mass.; two half-brothers, Ronald Freeman of Camden and John H. Freeman of Rockland; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Alton Dunbar and Mrs. Arthur Lindsey of Camden.
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