CAPE ELIZABETH - Clarice F. Cone, 96, of Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, formerly of Park Street, Athol, Mass., died Friday, June 24, 2005 at a local nursing after a long illness. She was born June 7, 1909 in Orange, Mass., a daughter of Charles and Louise Whitman Foskett where she attended schools graduating from Orange High School.
She married Lawrence Kenneth Cone in May 1928. They moved to Athol in 1936, where her late husband was employed at the Highland Press for several years until his retirement. She worked beside her husband for many years as they raised their two daughters. In later years, Clarice would work as an accountant for a local garage while continuing her interest in music as the organist and choir director for the First Church in Templeton, Mass., position she held until her retirement in her late 80s. She was a member of the Athol Congregational Church where she was a volunteer in many organizations in the church as well as in the community. She will be remembered for her life-long interest in music. She joined her church choir and was the choir director in the Orange Congregational Church, the creator and director of a women's singing group in Athol, while supporting her husband's interest in the “Singing Men of Athol” during their many years of rehearsal, concerts and fund raisers.
She also enjoyed fostering a latent interest in oil painting by taking lessons on a weekly basis where she had a particular interest in copying small animals, large landscapes, to the delight of family members and friends who were recipients of many lovely gifts of oils done over the years. Her love for traveling with her husband to visit friends and relatives all over the U.S. and taking bus tours in their later years were very special events. Of particular to both were the trips they made to Canada to visit her husband's sister and husband.
She is predeceased by her husband who died in 1992. She leaves two daughters, Alanna and her husband Richard Besanko of Cape Elizabeth, and Shirley and her husband Donald Marble of Farmington, N.H.; six grandchildren, Kirsten A. Besanko of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Kerry L. and her husband Gary Grindeland of Portland, Ore., R. Lawrence “Larry” and his wife Carol (Focier) Besanko of Gorham, Lyndon and Janice Marble of Brookline, N.H., Dwight and Sharon Marble of Rochester, N.Y., Scott and Holly Marble of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Laura and Keith Lambert of Portland, Ore.; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; three nieces, Beverly (Phelps) Woodward, Marilyn (Phelps) Kimball, and Marcia (Phelps) and her husband Lee LeGassey of Athol, Mass.; and 18 great-grandnieces and nephews.
There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, at 1 p.m. at Athol Congregational Church, Chestnut St, Athol, Mass., with the Rev. H.V. Floyd Jr., officiating. Interment was private in Silver Lake Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to:Athol Congregational Church 1225 Chestnut St. Athol, MA 01331-2932 or Haven Health Center 126 Scott Dyer Rd. Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107. Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home 199 Woodford St., Portland. (Portland Press Herald 7/6/2005)
She married Lawrence Kenneth Cone in May 1928. They moved to Athol in 1936, where her late husband was employed at the Highland Press for several years until his retirement. She worked beside her husband for many years as they raised their two daughters. In later years, Clarice would work as an accountant for a local garage while continuing her interest in music as the organist and choir director for the First Church in Templeton, Mass., position she held until her retirement in her late 80s. She was a member of the Athol Congregational Church where she was a volunteer in many organizations in the church as well as in the community. She will be remembered for her life-long interest in music. She joined her church choir and was the choir director in the Orange Congregational Church, the creator and director of a women's singing group in Athol, while supporting her husband's interest in the “Singing Men of Athol” during their many years of rehearsal, concerts and fund raisers.
She also enjoyed fostering a latent interest in oil painting by taking lessons on a weekly basis where she had a particular interest in copying small animals, large landscapes, to the delight of family members and friends who were recipients of many lovely gifts of oils done over the years. Her love for traveling with her husband to visit friends and relatives all over the U.S. and taking bus tours in their later years were very special events. Of particular to both were the trips they made to Canada to visit her husband's sister and husband.
She is predeceased by her husband who died in 1992. She leaves two daughters, Alanna and her husband Richard Besanko of Cape Elizabeth, and Shirley and her husband Donald Marble of Farmington, N.H.; six grandchildren, Kirsten A. Besanko of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Kerry L. and her husband Gary Grindeland of Portland, Ore., R. Lawrence “Larry” and his wife Carol (Focier) Besanko of Gorham, Lyndon and Janice Marble of Brookline, N.H., Dwight and Sharon Marble of Rochester, N.Y., Scott and Holly Marble of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Laura and Keith Lambert of Portland, Ore.; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; three nieces, Beverly (Phelps) Woodward, Marilyn (Phelps) Kimball, and Marcia (Phelps) and her husband Lee LeGassey of Athol, Mass.; and 18 great-grandnieces and nephews.
There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, at 1 p.m. at Athol Congregational Church, Chestnut St, Athol, Mass., with the Rev. H.V. Floyd Jr., officiating. Interment was private in Silver Lake Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to:Athol Congregational Church 1225 Chestnut St. Athol, MA 01331-2932 or Haven Health Center 126 Scott Dyer Rd. Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107. Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home 199 Woodford St., Portland. (Portland Press Herald 7/6/2005)
CAPE ELIZABETH - Clarice F. Cone, 96, of Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, formerly of Park Street, Athol, Mass., died Friday, June 24, 2005 at a local nursing after a long illness. She was born June 7, 1909 in Orange, Mass., a daughter of Charles and Louise Whitman Foskett where she attended schools graduating from Orange High School.
She married Lawrence Kenneth Cone in May 1928. They moved to Athol in 1936, where her late husband was employed at the Highland Press for several years until his retirement. She worked beside her husband for many years as they raised their two daughters. In later years, Clarice would work as an accountant for a local garage while continuing her interest in music as the organist and choir director for the First Church in Templeton, Mass., position she held until her retirement in her late 80s. She was a member of the Athol Congregational Church where she was a volunteer in many organizations in the church as well as in the community. She will be remembered for her life-long interest in music. She joined her church choir and was the choir director in the Orange Congregational Church, the creator and director of a women's singing group in Athol, while supporting her husband's interest in the “Singing Men of Athol” during their many years of rehearsal, concerts and fund raisers.
She also enjoyed fostering a latent interest in oil painting by taking lessons on a weekly basis where she had a particular interest in copying small animals, large landscapes, to the delight of family members and friends who were recipients of many lovely gifts of oils done over the years. Her love for traveling with her husband to visit friends and relatives all over the U.S. and taking bus tours in their later years were very special events. Of particular to both were the trips they made to Canada to visit her husband's sister and husband.
She is predeceased by her husband who died in 1992. She leaves two daughters, Alanna and her husband Richard Besanko of Cape Elizabeth, and Shirley and her husband Donald Marble of Farmington, N.H.; six grandchildren, Kirsten A. Besanko of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Kerry L. and her husband Gary Grindeland of Portland, Ore., R. Lawrence “Larry” and his wife Carol (Focier) Besanko of Gorham, Lyndon and Janice Marble of Brookline, N.H., Dwight and Sharon Marble of Rochester, N.Y., Scott and Holly Marble of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Laura and Keith Lambert of Portland, Ore.; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; three nieces, Beverly (Phelps) Woodward, Marilyn (Phelps) Kimball, and Marcia (Phelps) and her husband Lee LeGassey of Athol, Mass.; and 18 great-grandnieces and nephews.
There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, at 1 p.m. at Athol Congregational Church, Chestnut St, Athol, Mass., with the Rev. H.V. Floyd Jr., officiating. Interment was private in Silver Lake Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to:Athol Congregational Church 1225 Chestnut St. Athol, MA 01331-2932 or Haven Health Center 126 Scott Dyer Rd. Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107. Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home 199 Woodford St., Portland. (Portland Press Herald 7/6/2005)
She married Lawrence Kenneth Cone in May 1928. They moved to Athol in 1936, where her late husband was employed at the Highland Press for several years until his retirement. She worked beside her husband for many years as they raised their two daughters. In later years, Clarice would work as an accountant for a local garage while continuing her interest in music as the organist and choir director for the First Church in Templeton, Mass., position she held until her retirement in her late 80s. She was a member of the Athol Congregational Church where she was a volunteer in many organizations in the church as well as in the community. She will be remembered for her life-long interest in music. She joined her church choir and was the choir director in the Orange Congregational Church, the creator and director of a women's singing group in Athol, while supporting her husband's interest in the “Singing Men of Athol” during their many years of rehearsal, concerts and fund raisers.
She also enjoyed fostering a latent interest in oil painting by taking lessons on a weekly basis where she had a particular interest in copying small animals, large landscapes, to the delight of family members and friends who were recipients of many lovely gifts of oils done over the years. Her love for traveling with her husband to visit friends and relatives all over the U.S. and taking bus tours in their later years were very special events. Of particular to both were the trips they made to Canada to visit her husband's sister and husband.
She is predeceased by her husband who died in 1992. She leaves two daughters, Alanna and her husband Richard Besanko of Cape Elizabeth, and Shirley and her husband Donald Marble of Farmington, N.H.; six grandchildren, Kirsten A. Besanko of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Kerry L. and her husband Gary Grindeland of Portland, Ore., R. Lawrence “Larry” and his wife Carol (Focier) Besanko of Gorham, Lyndon and Janice Marble of Brookline, N.H., Dwight and Sharon Marble of Rochester, N.Y., Scott and Holly Marble of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Laura and Keith Lambert of Portland, Ore.; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; three nieces, Beverly (Phelps) Woodward, Marilyn (Phelps) Kimball, and Marcia (Phelps) and her husband Lee LeGassey of Athol, Mass.; and 18 great-grandnieces and nephews.
There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, at 1 p.m. at Athol Congregational Church, Chestnut St, Athol, Mass., with the Rev. H.V. Floyd Jr., officiating. Interment was private in Silver Lake Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to:Athol Congregational Church 1225 Chestnut St. Athol, MA 01331-2932 or Haven Health Center 126 Scott Dyer Rd. Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107. Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home 199 Woodford St., Portland. (Portland Press Herald 7/6/2005)
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