Dorothy C. Vose, 78, died peacefully at home on May 16, 2008. She was born June 21, 1929 in Houlton, Maine, the daughter of Herbert C. and Gladys (Oakes) Curtis.
Dorothy’s family moved to Bangor when she was three and Dorothy was educated in Bangor Schools, graduating from Bangor High School in 1947. In 1952, Dorothy graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts and Nursing. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. In 1956, Dorothy married George T. Vose, a Bangor High School classmate. In the course of her professional career, she was Supervisor of Surgery at the Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor, ME, Assistant Supervisor of Surgery and Graduate Education at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, MA, Director of Nursing at the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth ME, and for 20 years was employed by School Union # 98 as School Nurse at the Pemetic Elementary and Tremont Elementary Schools on Mount Desert Island until her retirement in 1993. She served on the Board of Directors of the MDI Alcohol and Drug Abuse Group, The Acadia Family Center, The Center for Human Genetics, and was a member of the St. Peter’s Church Parish Council. She loved her home in Southwest Harbor and the community in which she worked. Her husband, children, and grandchildren were very dear to her and gave her many enjoyable and wonderful times. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, George T. Vose of Southwest Harbor, ME; five children and twelve grandchildren. Her children are: Catherine V. Doane and her husband Mark of Chesterfield, NH; Mary V. Martin and her husband Scott of Orrington, ME; Margaret G. Vose of Southwest Harbor, ME; Rachel S. Vose and her husband Angus Badger of Jackson, NH; and Thomas C. Vose and his wife Jennifer of South Portland, ME. Her grandchildren are: Christopher Doane of North Fort Myers, FL; Megan Doane of Chesterfield, NH; Robert and Emily Martin of Orrington, ME; Alexandra and Nicholas Stanley and their father, David A. Stanley of Southwest Harbor, ME; Malcolm, Nina, Helen, and Willem Badger of Jackson, NH; and Gretchen and Thomas J. Vose of South Portland, ME. She has one sister-in-law, Gretchen V. Ablondi of Chestnut Hill, MA, one nephew, William Ablondi of New York City, NY; two nieces, Margot Rutledge of Westboro MA, and Gretchen Ablondi of Newton Centre, MA. Special friends are Margaret Johnston, Ellen Mercer, Janice Sinnett, and Ruth Grindle. A celebration of Dorothy’s life will be held 10:00AM, Saturday, May 31, 2008 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Manset. Memorial donations may be made in Dorothy’s name to Hospice of Hancock County, 14 McKenzie Avenue, Ellsworth, ME 04605.