GREAT UNCLE
****** UNITED STATES MARINE ******
James A. Heath, 83, of West Gardiner died Thursday, Jan. 7 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. He was born in Gardiner on Feb. 19, 1926, a son of Frederick O. and Daisy Ross McElhiney Heath.
James was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the USS Wyoming based in Virginia patrolling the North Atlantic for German submarines.
James was a nursing aide at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at Togus, retiring in 1981 after 30 years of service.
He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, the love of his life, Phyllis Newton Heath; three brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughters, Pauline Caron, Betty Stevens, and Nancy Dodge and her husband, Ronald, all of West Gardiner; a son, James E. Heath and his wife, Kelly, of Augusta; a sister-in-law, Constance Heath, of Florida; 11 grandchildren, Deborah J. Heath, Ronald S. and his wife, Jenifer Dodge, Jason J. Dodge, Tracey and her husband, David Wheeler, Garron Heath, Stacey Badillo, Shelly and her husband, Steve Sirois, Robert and his wife, Kristina Heath, Gabe and his wife, Melissa Caron, Carrie and her husband, Todd Cahill, and Jamie and her husband, Tim Lancaster; many nieces and nephews; and lifetime friend Glenice Huntley, of Raymond.
Burial will be in the new Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Augusta beside his wife, Phyllis. (Kennebec Journal 1/9/2010)
(Copied with permission from the Kennebec Journal)
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Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~
PARENTS
Frederick O. Heath
Daisy Liza(Ross) Heath
GRANDPARENTS
Melvin A. & Harriet A. Heath
Ludlow & Nancy Ross
AUNTS & UNCLES
Susan ~ b.1867
Abbie ~ b.1872
Emily ~ b.1875 / d.1946
Melvin ~ b.1877
-----
Gertrude E. ~ b.1875
{Married George Belyea}
Thaddeus Daniel ~ 9-5-1879 / 7-28-1977
(Married Hattie Clair Belyea/1905)
Martha Jane ~ b.1882
{Married George Beckwith}
Lucy Agnes ~ 11-14-1885 / 5-25-1952
(Married Wilmot Archie Nickerson/1905)
Ethel ~ b.3-31-1892
Inez ~ 1-23-1895 / 7-23-1900
SIBLINGS
Laura ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
(14 children)
Carl ~ 7-1-1913 / 10-5-1981
(3 children)
Grace ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
(0 children)
Dorothy ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
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Fred ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
(6 children)
Barbara ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
(0 children)
LeRoy ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
(3 children)
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~♦~Thank you for the photos Dani & Alex~♦~
****** UNITED STATES MARINE ******
James A. Heath, 83, of West Gardiner died Thursday, Jan. 7 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. He was born in Gardiner on Feb. 19, 1926, a son of Frederick O. and Daisy Ross McElhiney Heath.
James was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the USS Wyoming based in Virginia patrolling the North Atlantic for German submarines.
James was a nursing aide at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at Togus, retiring in 1981 after 30 years of service.
He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, the love of his life, Phyllis Newton Heath; three brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughters, Pauline Caron, Betty Stevens, and Nancy Dodge and her husband, Ronald, all of West Gardiner; a son, James E. Heath and his wife, Kelly, of Augusta; a sister-in-law, Constance Heath, of Florida; 11 grandchildren, Deborah J. Heath, Ronald S. and his wife, Jenifer Dodge, Jason J. Dodge, Tracey and her husband, David Wheeler, Garron Heath, Stacey Badillo, Shelly and her husband, Steve Sirois, Robert and his wife, Kristina Heath, Gabe and his wife, Melissa Caron, Carrie and her husband, Todd Cahill, and Jamie and her husband, Tim Lancaster; many nieces and nephews; and lifetime friend Glenice Huntley, of Raymond.
Burial will be in the new Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Augusta beside his wife, Phyllis. (Kennebec Journal 1/9/2010)
(Copied with permission from the Kennebec Journal)
=======
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~
PARENTS
Frederick O. Heath
Daisy Liza(Ross) Heath
GRANDPARENTS
Melvin A. & Harriet A. Heath
Ludlow & Nancy Ross
AUNTS & UNCLES
Susan ~ b.1867
Abbie ~ b.1872
Emily ~ b.1875 / d.1946
Melvin ~ b.1877
-----
Gertrude E. ~ b.1875
{Married George Belyea}
Thaddeus Daniel ~ 9-5-1879 / 7-28-1977
(Married Hattie Clair Belyea/1905)
Martha Jane ~ b.1882
{Married George Beckwith}
Lucy Agnes ~ 11-14-1885 / 5-25-1952
(Married Wilmot Archie Nickerson/1905)
Ethel ~ b.3-31-1892
Inez ~ 1-23-1895 / 7-23-1900
SIBLINGS
Laura ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
(14 children)
Carl ~ 7-1-1913 / 10-5-1981
(3 children)
Grace ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
(0 children)
Dorothy ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
-----
Fred ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
(6 children)
Barbara ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
(0 children)
LeRoy ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
(3 children)
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~♦~Thank you for the photos Dani & Alex~♦~
GREAT UNCLE
****** UNITED STATES MARINE ******
James A. Heath, 83, of West Gardiner died Thursday, Jan. 7 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. He was born in Gardiner on Feb. 19, 1926, a son of Frederick O. and Daisy Ross McElhiney Heath.
James was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the USS Wyoming based in Virginia patrolling the North Atlantic for German submarines.
James was a nursing aide at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at Togus, retiring in 1981 after 30 years of service.
He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, the love of his life, Phyllis Newton Heath; three brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughters, Pauline Caron, Betty Stevens, and Nancy Dodge and her husband, Ronald, all of West Gardiner; a son, James E. Heath and his wife, Kelly, of Augusta; a sister-in-law, Constance Heath, of Florida; 11 grandchildren, Deborah J. Heath, Ronald S. and his wife, Jenifer Dodge, Jason J. Dodge, Tracey and her husband, David Wheeler, Garron Heath, Stacey Badillo, Shelly and her husband, Steve Sirois, Robert and his wife, Kristina Heath, Gabe and his wife, Melissa Caron, Carrie and her husband, Todd Cahill, and Jamie and her husband, Tim Lancaster; many nieces and nephews; and lifetime friend Glenice Huntley, of Raymond.
Burial will be in the new Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Augusta beside his wife, Phyllis. (Kennebec Journal 1/9/2010)
(Copied with permission from the Kennebec Journal)
=======
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~
PARENTS
Frederick O. Heath
Daisy Liza(Ross) Heath
GRANDPARENTS
Melvin A. & Harriet A. Heath
Ludlow & Nancy Ross
AUNTS & UNCLES
Susan ~ b.1867
Abbie ~ b.1872
Emily ~ b.1875 / d.1946
Melvin ~ b.1877
-----
Gertrude E. ~ b.1875
{Married George Belyea}
Thaddeus Daniel ~ 9-5-1879 / 7-28-1977
(Married Hattie Clair Belyea/1905)
Martha Jane ~ b.1882
{Married George Beckwith}
Lucy Agnes ~ 11-14-1885 / 5-25-1952
(Married Wilmot Archie Nickerson/1905)
Ethel ~ b.3-31-1892
Inez ~ 1-23-1895 / 7-23-1900
SIBLINGS
Laura ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
(14 children)
Carl ~ 7-1-1913 / 10-5-1981
(3 children)
Grace ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
(0 children)
Dorothy ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
-----
Fred ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
(6 children)
Barbara ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
(0 children)
LeRoy ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
(3 children)
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~♦~Thank you for the photos Dani & Alex~♦~
****** UNITED STATES MARINE ******
James A. Heath, 83, of West Gardiner died Thursday, Jan. 7 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. He was born in Gardiner on Feb. 19, 1926, a son of Frederick O. and Daisy Ross McElhiney Heath.
James was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the USS Wyoming based in Virginia patrolling the North Atlantic for German submarines.
James was a nursing aide at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at Togus, retiring in 1981 after 30 years of service.
He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, the love of his life, Phyllis Newton Heath; three brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughters, Pauline Caron, Betty Stevens, and Nancy Dodge and her husband, Ronald, all of West Gardiner; a son, James E. Heath and his wife, Kelly, of Augusta; a sister-in-law, Constance Heath, of Florida; 11 grandchildren, Deborah J. Heath, Ronald S. and his wife, Jenifer Dodge, Jason J. Dodge, Tracey and her husband, David Wheeler, Garron Heath, Stacey Badillo, Shelly and her husband, Steve Sirois, Robert and his wife, Kristina Heath, Gabe and his wife, Melissa Caron, Carrie and her husband, Todd Cahill, and Jamie and her husband, Tim Lancaster; many nieces and nephews; and lifetime friend Glenice Huntley, of Raymond.
Burial will be in the new Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Augusta beside his wife, Phyllis. (Kennebec Journal 1/9/2010)
(Copied with permission from the Kennebec Journal)
=======
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~
PARENTS
Frederick O. Heath
Daisy Liza(Ross) Heath
GRANDPARENTS
Melvin A. & Harriet A. Heath
Ludlow & Nancy Ross
AUNTS & UNCLES
Susan ~ b.1867
Abbie ~ b.1872
Emily ~ b.1875 / d.1946
Melvin ~ b.1877
-----
Gertrude E. ~ b.1875
{Married George Belyea}
Thaddeus Daniel ~ 9-5-1879 / 7-28-1977
(Married Hattie Clair Belyea/1905)
Martha Jane ~ b.1882
{Married George Beckwith}
Lucy Agnes ~ 11-14-1885 / 5-25-1952
(Married Wilmot Archie Nickerson/1905)
Ethel ~ b.3-31-1892
Inez ~ 1-23-1895 / 7-23-1900
SIBLINGS
Laura ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
(14 children)
Carl ~ 7-1-1913 / 10-5-1981
(3 children)
Grace ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
(0 children)
Dorothy ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
-----
Fred ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
(6 children)
Barbara ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
(0 children)
LeRoy ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
(3 children)
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~♦~Thank you for the photos Dani & Alex~♦~
