Pansy May (James) Elsemore (1908 - 1991)

Born 26 Jan 1908 in Princeton, Washington, Maine, United States

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Died 15 Nov 1991 at age 83 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Pansy May James was born at Princeton, Maine, 26 Jan 1908, the daughter of Merton James and Georgia Ann Dodge; ^[1] died at Bangor, Maine, 15 Nov 1991, ^[2] and is buried in the Princeton Cemetery; ^[3] married at Center Conway, New Hampshire, 26 Oct 1933, Franklin F. Elsemore, son of Eben Elsemore and Elizabeth Kelley. ^[4]

Obituary ^[5]

Princeton - Pansy J. Elsemore, 83, died Nov. 15, 1991, at a Bangor hospital. She was born Jan. 26, 1908, at Princeton, the daughter of Merton and Georgia (Dodge) James. She taught commercial courses in the Princeton High School for 27 years. She is survived by her husband, Franklin F. Elsemore of Princeton; one son and daughter-in-law, Dennis F. and Helen Elsemore, also of Princeton; one brother, Virgil James of Portland; one sister, Florence Boynton of Houlton; three half-brothers: Francis James of Island Falls, Richard James of Maine, and Merton James of Massachusetts; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor James Kesel, 1 p.m., Tuesday, at the Princeton Baptist Church. Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Tuesday from noon until the time of service. The family requests that those who wish may donate in her memory to the Princeton Baptist Church or the Princeton Congregational Church. Arrangements by the Scott-Wilson Funeral Home, Calais.

"H. Lea Mushroe" was principal of the Princeton High School at the time of the 41st Commencement, 11 Jun 1926, Frank A. Day, Superintendant. Class motto: "Tonight we launch, where shall we anchor?" Class members: Kathleen Esther Greene; Forester William James; Pansy Mae James; Freda Celia Jones; Marion Edith Kellogg; Vera Swan Larner; Cyrus Alden McDowell (Commencement Address: "What Price Victory?"); Hugh Linwood Mercier; Irene Ethel Metcalf; Mildred Cecilia Phelps; Ruth Virginia Smith; Nellie Mercier Tuell; Phyllis Marjorie Tupper (Valedictorian); Evelyn Emma White (Salutatorian).

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-4QYS : 13 March 2018), Merton James in entry for Pansy May James, Birth 26 Jan 1908; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,136.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTP8-4NL : 19 May 2014), Pansy J Elsemore, 15 Nov 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 January 2021), memorial page for Pansy May James Elsemore (26 Jan 1908–15 Nov 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #112334959, citing Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by D (Huntley) Carter (contributor 47177961).
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLCB-Q1T : 27 September 2017), Merton James in entry for Franklin F. Elsemore and Pansy M. James, 26 Oct 1933; citing Center Conway, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,058,030.
5. ↑ Bangor Daily News, 18 Nov 1991, p. 4