Margaret Moody Wellman went household to be with the Lord on June 26, 2021 immediately after a lengthy tough-fought fight with dementia and hip troubles.
She was the daughter of Ainsley Hooper Moody and Thelma Benner Moody. She was born and elevated in North Nobleboro on a farm with several animals and pets. She attended the Tennyson just one-place schoolhouse in North Nobleboro and graduated from Waldoboro Significant School in 1952. She worked at Stahl’s Tavern in the course of her higher university yrs and then worked for Genthner’s service station as a bookkeeper for many decades. She labored at Sylvania in Waldoboro the place she did high quality manage testing on bulb filaments.
She married Lester J. Wellman Jr. of Waldoboro in 1956. They constructed a household collectively up coming to her homestead in North Nobleboro. She has one son, Mitchell Wellman, who was born in 1966. At that time she became a continue to be-at-dwelling mom. She was a Exclusive Education and learning assistant for a while and then went back again to Genthner’s assistance station as a element-time bookkeeper. In 1984 she started operating for Initially National Financial institution in Damariscotta as a evidence operator, retiring in 1999.
For the duration of superior university she took traveling lessons in an Aeronca Champ with Arthur Harjula by means of the Penobscot Flying Support on the grass runway behind wherever Dave’s Cafe was in Thomaston (close to Applebee’s now).
She and her partner experienced many antique automobiles which includes a 1958 Ford Hardtop Retractable, a 1946 army Jeep, and a 1959 Willy’s Cabover Jeep. They were being members of the Maine Out of date Auto League and the Owls Head Transportation Museum since the mid 1970s. She became a lifetime member of the Owls Head Transportation Museum and was an energetic volunteer there for 16 a long time. She relished her “museum family” incredibly much. She was a founding member of the Nobleboro Historic Modern society. She was a clogger for quite a few decades with Steppin’ Out Cloggers and Schooner City Cloggers of Union. She clogged at different fairs, but loved clogging at nursing houses the finest.
She is predeceased by her partner, Lester and brother, Donald A. Moody.
She is survived by her son, Mitchell, of North Nobleboro her sister, Marian Swift, of Jefferson sister-in-regulation, Murtel Simmons of Cushing and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The up coming doorway neighbors were being considered her “extended family” and their children, Scotty and Izzy, affectionately referred to as her “Grammit.”
A time of visitation will be held at Hall Funeral Home in Waldoboro on Thursday, July 8 from 5-7 p.m.
A funeral company will be held at Hall Funeral Household on Friday, July 9 at 2 p.m. All are welcome.
Interment will be in the Moody Cemetery near her homestead on East Pond Highway in Nobleboro with a non-public graveside company.
She had a great really like of animals. Donations in her memory may well be manufactured to the animal shelter of your choice.
Preparations are entrusted to Hall Funeral Household, 949 Key St., Waldoboro. Condolences may be shared with the household at hallfuneralhomes.com.
