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Gertrude Maude DOUGHTY

Female 1924 - 2015  (90 years)


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  • Name Gertrude Maude DOUGHTY 
    Birth 3 Feb 1924  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1930  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence From 2005 to 2008  Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 28 Jan 2015  Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Maine Mount Vernon Road Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Siblings 14 brothers and 5 sisters 
    Person ID I7940  bmds
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 

    Father William Henry DOUGHTY,   b. 13 Jan 1884, Limestone, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1946, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Janet Elizabeth COES,   b. 8 May 1888, Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1933, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F2943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bernard George SMITH,   b. 8 Nov 1919, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 2002, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1941 
    Age at Marriage Gertrude : 17 years old | Bernard : 21 years old. 
    Children 1 son and 1 daughter 
    +1Male. Theodore W. SMITH,   b. Abt 1943 (Age 81 years)
    +2Female. Mary SMITH,   b. Abt 1946 (Age 78 years)
     
    Family ID F3130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Feb 1924 - Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 2005 to 2008 - Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Jan 2015 - Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Maine Mount Vernon Road Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] 1930 US Census.

    2. [S4] Obituary.
      BRUNSWICK – Gertrude Maude (Doughty) Smith, 90, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine due to a severe fall and dementia. She was a long time resident of Dionne Commons Assisted Living facility in Brunswick.
       She was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine on Feb. 3, 1924, the daughter of Janet (Coes) and William Doughty. Gertrude was the 16th child of 20 children and the last remaining sibling. She was educated in the Fort Fairfield schools. She married Bernard Smith on October 18, 1941. They were married for 61 years and had two children, Theodore Smith and Mary Smith.
       Gertrude worked as a cook in the Richmond School cafeteria for 33 years before retiring. She was a member of the Richmond First Baptist Church and played piano for several occasions until the church burned down. She then became a member of the Richmond Nazarene Church and worshipped there for several years.
       Gertrude loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved walking, working in the garden, her flowers and just being outdoors, and visiting with her brothers and sisters.
       She is survived by her son Theodore Smith and his wife Muriel of Litchfield, Maine, and her daughter Mary (Smith) Sturtevant and her husband Paul of Whitwell, Tenn; four grandchildren, Shawn Smith and his wife Kim of Manchester, Maine, Tammy (Smith) Scott and her husband Michael of Auburn, Maine, Julie Swafford and her husband Gary of Whitwell, Tenn., and Rebecca Sitz of Whitwell, Tenn.; eight great-grandchildren, Meghan and Shelby Smith of Manchester, Maine, Mikaela and Madisyn Scott of Auburn, Maine, Peige and her husband Doug Vaughan of Midway, Tenn., Gabrielle and Daytona Swafford of Whitwell, Tenn. and Jenna Sitz of Whitwell, Tenn.; and two great-great-grandchildren, Payton and Devyn Vaughan of Midway, Tenn.
       Gertrude is predeceased by her parents William and Janet Doughty; her husband Bernard, all of her 19 brothers and sisters.
       There will be no funeral services at this time and a spring interment service will be held at the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery chapel on the Mount Vernon Road in Augusta. Condolences and sharing memories may be expressed at: www.kincerfuneralhome.com. Gertrude’s family would like to thank the staff of Dionne Commons Assisted Living Home in Brunswick, ME, as well as the doctors and nursing staff on the second floor, room 218, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, ME, for their loving and tender care while she was there. Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home, 130 Pleasant St., Richmond. For those wishing to make a charitable donation in Gertrude’s memory, please send them to: The Good Shepherd Food Bank, 3121 Hotel Road P.O. Box 1807 Auburn, Maine 04211.
      — Central Maine, Jan. 31, 2015.

    3. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 142026873.