SOUTH PORTLAND - Ira M. Milliken, 95, of Fillmore Avenue, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the Pine Point Center for Health Care and Rehabilitation. He was born in Scarborough on May 23, 1910, the son of Oliver and Lida Harmon Milliken. He attended Scarborough schools, and graduated as the Salutatorian of Scarborough High School, Class of 1927. Ira furthered his education at Northeastern University and at Harvard University.
Ira began a lifelong love and appreciation of aviation as a teenager on the family farm in Scarborough. He hauled gravel with a horse and buggy to help build the runway at the original Portland Airport, which was located in Scarborough. That fascination with aviation led to Ira becoming an aviation mechanic.
As a mechanic, he had the privilege of working on a plane that belonged to Amelia Earhardt - the plane now hangs at the Smithsonian. He also became a pilot, learning to fly in bi-planes.
Ira then went to Washington, D.C., and later Boston, where he was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
He later returned to Portland in the early 1950s, where he worked for the FAA at the Portland International Jetport, retiring as an Inspector/Administrator in 1974.
It was while Ira was working in Boston that he met his future wife, Mary R. O'Neill, and they married in Brighton, Mass., on Nov. 11, 1945.
More than anything else in life, Ira enjoyed spending his time with his family. He also enjoyed camping and hiking, and shared these hobbies with his family. He was a former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Ira was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 59 years, Mary O'Neill Milliken of South Portland; a daughter, Maryellen Smith of Lewiston; four sons, John Milliken and his wife Dixie of Nashua, N.H., Robert Milliken and his wife Teresa of Long Valley, N.J., Richard Milliken and his wife Lisa of Scarborough, and Ronald Milliken and his wife Beth of Farmington; two sisters, Reta Mainville of Cape Elizabeth, and Margery Fancy of Scarborough; and 11 grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Maine Alzheimer's Assn., 163 Lancaster St., Portland, Maine 04101. (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on July 14, 2005)
Ira began a lifelong love and appreciation of aviation as a teenager on the family farm in Scarborough. He hauled gravel with a horse and buggy to help build the runway at the original Portland Airport, which was located in Scarborough. That fascination with aviation led to Ira becoming an aviation mechanic.
As a mechanic, he had the privilege of working on a plane that belonged to Amelia Earhardt - the plane now hangs at the Smithsonian. He also became a pilot, learning to fly in bi-planes.
Ira then went to Washington, D.C., and later Boston, where he was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
He later returned to Portland in the early 1950s, where he worked for the FAA at the Portland International Jetport, retiring as an Inspector/Administrator in 1974.
It was while Ira was working in Boston that he met his future wife, Mary R. O'Neill, and they married in Brighton, Mass., on Nov. 11, 1945.
More than anything else in life, Ira enjoyed spending his time with his family. He also enjoyed camping and hiking, and shared these hobbies with his family. He was a former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Ira was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 59 years, Mary O'Neill Milliken of South Portland; a daughter, Maryellen Smith of Lewiston; four sons, John Milliken and his wife Dixie of Nashua, N.H., Robert Milliken and his wife Teresa of Long Valley, N.J., Richard Milliken and his wife Lisa of Scarborough, and Ronald Milliken and his wife Beth of Farmington; two sisters, Reta Mainville of Cape Elizabeth, and Margery Fancy of Scarborough; and 11 grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Maine Alzheimer's Assn., 163 Lancaster St., Portland, Maine 04101. (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on July 14, 2005)
SOUTH PORTLAND - Ira M. Milliken, 95, of Fillmore Avenue, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the Pine Point Center for Health Care and Rehabilitation. He was born in Scarborough on May 23, 1910, the son of Oliver and Lida Harmon Milliken. He attended Scarborough schools, and graduated as the Salutatorian of Scarborough High School, Class of 1927. Ira furthered his education at Northeastern University and at Harvard University.
Ira began a lifelong love and appreciation of aviation as a teenager on the family farm in Scarborough. He hauled gravel with a horse and buggy to help build the runway at the original Portland Airport, which was located in Scarborough. That fascination with aviation led to Ira becoming an aviation mechanic.
As a mechanic, he had the privilege of working on a plane that belonged to Amelia Earhardt - the plane now hangs at the Smithsonian. He also became a pilot, learning to fly in bi-planes.
Ira then went to Washington, D.C., and later Boston, where he was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
He later returned to Portland in the early 1950s, where he worked for the FAA at the Portland International Jetport, retiring as an Inspector/Administrator in 1974.
It was while Ira was working in Boston that he met his future wife, Mary R. O'Neill, and they married in Brighton, Mass., on Nov. 11, 1945.
More than anything else in life, Ira enjoyed spending his time with his family. He also enjoyed camping and hiking, and shared these hobbies with his family. He was a former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Ira was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 59 years, Mary O'Neill Milliken of South Portland; a daughter, Maryellen Smith of Lewiston; four sons, John Milliken and his wife Dixie of Nashua, N.H., Robert Milliken and his wife Teresa of Long Valley, N.J., Richard Milliken and his wife Lisa of Scarborough, and Ronald Milliken and his wife Beth of Farmington; two sisters, Reta Mainville of Cape Elizabeth, and Margery Fancy of Scarborough; and 11 grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Maine Alzheimer's Assn., 163 Lancaster St., Portland, Maine 04101. (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on July 14, 2005)
Ira began a lifelong love and appreciation of aviation as a teenager on the family farm in Scarborough. He hauled gravel with a horse and buggy to help build the runway at the original Portland Airport, which was located in Scarborough. That fascination with aviation led to Ira becoming an aviation mechanic.
As a mechanic, he had the privilege of working on a plane that belonged to Amelia Earhardt - the plane now hangs at the Smithsonian. He also became a pilot, learning to fly in bi-planes.
Ira then went to Washington, D.C., and later Boston, where he was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
He later returned to Portland in the early 1950s, where he worked for the FAA at the Portland International Jetport, retiring as an Inspector/Administrator in 1974.
It was while Ira was working in Boston that he met his future wife, Mary R. O'Neill, and they married in Brighton, Mass., on Nov. 11, 1945.
More than anything else in life, Ira enjoyed spending his time with his family. He also enjoyed camping and hiking, and shared these hobbies with his family. He was a former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Ira was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 59 years, Mary O'Neill Milliken of South Portland; a daughter, Maryellen Smith of Lewiston; four sons, John Milliken and his wife Dixie of Nashua, N.H., Robert Milliken and his wife Teresa of Long Valley, N.J., Richard Milliken and his wife Lisa of Scarborough, and Ronald Milliken and his wife Beth of Farmington; two sisters, Reta Mainville of Cape Elizabeth, and Margery Fancy of Scarborough; and 11 grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Maine Alzheimer's Assn., 163 Lancaster St., Portland, Maine 04101. (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on July 14, 2005)
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