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- Alice Hodgkins Dean, 102, passed away peacefully Jan. 17, 2012, at Windward Gardens in Camden. A lifelong and one of the oldest residents of Rockland, Alice was born Jan. 10, 1910, and was the daughter of David G. and Claire (Studley) Hodgkins. Alice and her three siblings grew up in the north end section of Rockland and she was a 1927 graduate of Rockland High School. Alice entered the workforce following high school and was selected as one of the first telephone operators to be hired in the Rockland office of the New England Telephone Company.
In 1938, Alice married her soul mate, William T. Dean, in Rockland. The oldest living member of the Rockland Congregational Church having joined in 1927, Alice had been active with the Women's Guild in her younger years. Alice was a member of the Rockland Women's Club for many years and enjoyed playing Bridge.
A devoted wife and mother, Mrs. Dean enjoyed her role as a homemaker. She looked forward to the annual fall trips to the White Mountains of New Hampshire with her husband. In her later years, Alice appreciated receiving telephone calls and spending time with friends and neighbors who talked about old times and local history. Alice could recall riding on the trolley car from Rockland to Oakland Park in Rockport for picnics on Sunday and dances there. As a child, she enjoyed rollicking buggy rides in a horse-drawn carriage with favorite uncle, Ted.
Surviving are her two children, William T. Dean Jr. of Rockland and Claire D. Perry of Liberty; several nieces and nephews including a very special nephew, Stephen Hodgkins who kept in touch with her; cousin, Wendell and Helena Hodgkins; and several very dear friends, Annette Brooks, Bob Anderson, Irene Payson and Eleanor Eaton.
Alice was predeceased by her husband, William T. Dean Sr., who died in 1990; brother, David G. Hodgkins Jr.; sisters, Lucille Tibbetts and Faye Winslow; niece, Katrina Hodgkins Windred, who died in 2010; cousin, Ruth Hodgkins Hewitt; great-nephew, Christopher Vose; and close friends, Nelson and Mary Glidden, Willie and Eleanor Sallinen, and Alice Glidden.
A graveside service will be announced in the spring and will be held at Achorn Cemetery in Rockland. Memorial contributions in her memory may be made to the Humane Society of Knox County, P.O. Box 1294, Rockland, ME 04841. Condolences and memories may be shared with the Dean family by visiting their book of memories at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com. Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home, 9 Mountain St., Camden.
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1910 - 2012 (102 år)
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