Dorothy Christ
Dorothy Mae (Hemingway) Christ (73) passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Dottie was born May 14, 1941 in Portland, Maine to Doris Mae and Albert Hemingway. World War II tore the family apart and Dottie and her sister Lucielle Hemingway were brought up by the Cecil Newbert family in North Waldoboro, Maine. After graduating from Waldoboro High School, she studied nursing in Massachusetts. She married her high school sweetheart, James Christ. They bought the farm outside of Friendship where they raised their 4 children and lived 54 years. Dot was employed at Osram Sylvania in Waldoboro for 32 years. After “retiring” she ran the lumber, compost and self-storage business they built together. She was an avid gardener, growing both vegetables and flowers. She canned hundreds of quarts of produce every year for what the kids referred to as “Mumma’s Store”. Dot also enjoyed cooking, knitting and reading. She was always cheerful and a joy to be around. Dorothy is survived by her sons, Robert and his companion Melissa of Waldoboro, and Jon and his wife Tami of Bristol; daughters Doreen Christ of Freeport and Deborah Sanford of Hinkley, California, and her special kitty “Tom-Tom”; sisters Patricia LaFavore of Portland and Lucielle and her husband Denis Raven of New Mexico; brother Richard Hemingway of Florida; stepsisters Carol Burke of Massachusetts and Sandra Underhill of Tennessee; sister-in-law Bonnie Christ and her companion Marie Mundy of Alfred, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be no visitation services. A private burial will be held in the spring.Obituary
Dorothy Mae (Hemingway) Christ (73) passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Dottie was born May 14, 1941 in Portland, Maine to Doris Mae and Albert Hemingway. World War II tore the family apart and Dottie and her sister Lucielle Hemingway were brought up by the Cecil Newbert family in North Waldoboro, Maine. After graduating from Waldoboro High School, she studied nursing in Massachusetts. She married her high school sweetheart, James Christ. They bought the farm outside of Friendship where they raised their 4 children and lived 54 years. Dot was employed at Osram Sylvania in Waldoboro for 32 years. After “retiring” she ran the lumber, compost and self-storage business they built together. She was an avid gardener, growing both vegetables and flowers. She canned hundreds of quarts of produce every year for what the kids referred to as “Mumma’s Store”. Dot also enjoyed cooking, knitting and reading. She was always cheerful and a joy to be around. Dorothy is survived by her sons, Robert and his companion Melissa of Waldoboro, and Jon and his wife Tami of Bristol; daughters Doreen Christ of Freeport and Deborah Sanford of Hinkley, California, and her special kitty “Tom-Tom”; sisters Patricia LaFavore of Portland and Lucielle and her husband Denis Raven of New Mexico; brother Richard Hemingway of Florida; stepsisters Carol Burke of Massachusetts and Sandra Underhill of Tennessee; sister-in-law Bonnie Christ and her companion Marie Mundy of Alfred, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be no visitation services. A private burial will be held in the spring.