Many cups of hot chocolate were consumed around a campfire while waiting for customers to arrive and pick out their favorite tree. This included growing more than a thousand Christmas trees to help supplement his grandchildren’s college education. Arlan’s life work and commitments were recognized in 2022 when he received the Spirit of America Award.Īpart from his time spent dedicated to the state of Maine, his favorite pastime was working in the forest in his Tree Farms. He was a part of the Veteran’s Honor Roll Park committee from 2011 until its completion in 2022. He was President and then Vice President of the Riverside Cemetery Association from 2008 until 2019. He served many years with the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District. Additionally, Arlan was a Director and Trustee of the Eastern States Exposition (Big E) in West Springfield, Mass. He was a member of the Bethel Historical Society and a member of the Bethel Airport Authority, for which he received an award in 2022 for devoting 30 years. During this time, the Penobscot Narrows Bridge in Prospect, Maine was designed and constructed. Arlan went on to serve four terms in the Maine State Legislature from 1998-2006 and was very proud to be a part of the Transportation Committee. In 1990, he was awarded the Henry Hastings Citizenship Award. He had worked with every Town Manager of Bethel since 1954. He served on the Advisory Committee, then the Executive Committee of the Maine Municipal Association from 1988-1991.įor many years Arlan served on the Androscoggin Valley Council of Government’s Transportation Committee and was a volunteer fireman for Bethel for over 30 years. In his spare time, Arlan was a Selectman for the town of Bethel for 19 years, a member of the Budget Committee, Planning Board, and worked as an Assessor. With this extra income was able to save enough money to buy an engagement ring for the love of his life, Eleanor Lord, whom he married on Sept. Most notably the mowers for the Bethel Inn Golf course. With a drive for hard work, he had a side business maintaining and sharpening lawnmowers and skates. He joined the Army Reserves from 1958-1964 and was employed by the Portland Pipeline from 1953 until his retirement. In his early years, he attended Bethel schools and graduated from Gould Academy in 1954. At that time Bethel was an island, due to the heavy rains, with no way to get out of town. He was born on March 14, 1936, at home in Bethel to Walter and Norma Jodrey, during the big flood of ’36. Jodrey passed peacefully at home surrounded by loving family on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Vital records, such as contacting the relevant government vital records office by phone, by post or by applying online, if available.BETHEL – Arlan R. Genealogy Links over 50,000 links to genealogy databases including obituaries, cemeteries, death records.Ī guide to Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records, at familysearchīirth, Marriage and Death Certificates how to obtain Maine Maine Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910 at FamilySearch Maine Obituary Index name index of individuals born in Maine, at Obits Searchable index of a database of over 250,000 obituaries at Obituary Depot Maine Newspapers and Obituaries indexed by county,Īrchived newspaper obituaries indexed by county at US GenWeb Archives Maine Obituaries - 7 Newspapers 1992-Current including Bangor Daily Newsġ992-Current, Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland), Portland Press Heraldġ994-Current, Sun-Journal (Lewiston) 2010-Current, at Genealogy Bank ($) Obituaries links to online obituary resources and newspapers at Search by name, location or date of death, at Records browse obituaries by city, town or In Bangor and throughout Penobscot County In Lewiston and throughout Androscoggin County Portland Press Herald Obituaries in Portland and throughout Cumberland County World's largest online collection of obituaries, at
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