A memorial service for Ernestine C. Johnson, who died July 14, 2009, will be held Saturday, October 24 at 11 a.m. at the Southport United Methodist Church.

Timothy D. Hurd, 62, died on Saturday October 10 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. after a short illness.

Tim was born in Portland, the son of Lester and Mary Hurd.　 He grew up in Freeport before moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he met his wife Suzanne at the University of Michigan.　Upon graduation with a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering, the couple moved to Maine.

After working in East Boothbay at Paul Luke Shipyard, Tim went on to work at Bath Iron Works for twenty years where he was instrumental in designing radar resistant destroyers.　 In 1993 Tim and Sue moved to Arlington, Virginia where he worked as a consultant to the Navy for Alion Science and Technology until the time of his death.

A caring man whose smile and laughter always brought joy to a room, Tim was a man of many talents.　 He enjoyed working with his hands; from wood working and stone masonry to growing and propagating orchids.　 His talent also extended to his writing, from technical documentation to poetic verse.　 He was a man who loved learning and used his knowledge to fix almost anything or make anything from home brews to templates for his wife's quilting. Tim was always willing to lend a hand to those who asked.　 Anything from pruning trees to home repairs, he was always willing to help.　 Besides love for his family, his love extended to Scottish Terriers.

Tim was predeceased by his brother Peter and his father Lester.　 He is survived by his wife Suzanne of Boothbay Harbor, a son Mark of Portland, a son Paul and his wife Shirlenne of Washington, D.C., his mother Mary of Topsham, a brother, Chris and his wife Kathy of Bryant Pond, a brother David and his wife Mary of Freeport,　his sister-in-law, Donna of Dallas, Texas, and his nephews Nathan and family and Matthew and his nieces Brenda and Rebecca.　 His five Scottish Terriers will miss their nightly game of fetch with father.

Visiting hours were held Thursday, October 15 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay. The funeral was held Friday, October 16 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home followed by burial at the Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Friends of the National Arboretum (donate at www.fona.org) or Scottish Terrier Club of America rescue trust, c/o Erica Cerny, Treasurer, STCA Rescue Trust, 94 Frogtown Road, Rockaway, New Jersey 07866. Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home.

Lois Cummings Johnson, 79, of Sherman St., Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 14 at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness.

Lois was born in Augusta on May 31^st, 1930. She was the daughter of Martin and Gladys (Stapleford) Murphy, and the adopted daughter of Charles Wesley and Alice Tobey Cummings. She graduated from Cony High School in 1948 and attended UMO for two years, where she met her husband. They resided at Claryknoll Farm, Jefferson.

In addition to being a homemaker and mother, Lois worked at Cony High School Library, then in the healthcare field at Augusta General Hospital. After 1975, she lived in Hallowell and Augusta, where she expressed her love of the theater through involvement with the Augusta Players and the Gaslight Theater (Hallowell).

She settled in the Boothbay area around 1985, where she held several positions at St. Andrews Hospital until she retired. She was an avid reader and a passionate gardener, and was devoted to her children.

Lois is survived by four sisters and one brother; her children, W. Raymond Johnson III of Chicago, IL and Luxor, Egypt; Carolyn E. Johnson of Tucson, Arizona; C. Wesley Johnson of Albion, Rhode Island; Elizabeth M. Johnson of Pasadena, California; and Ann J. Bond and husband Greg of Jefferson; grandchildren, Audra Johnson and Ayla Johnson of Rhode Island; and one great grandchild.

At Lois’s request, there will be no services. Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Boothbay.

Nils Soren Sjostrom, 88, was born in Gavle, Sweden on May 19, 1921 and passed away peacefully on October 13. He grew up just north of Stockholm until 1929 when he and his mother, Elsa Viktoria Eriksson Sjostrom, emigrated to the United States, joining his father, Frans Einar Alfred Sjostrom in Huntington, Long Island.

He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and the spent the majority of his service in the south Pacific aboard the USS North Carolina. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1947.

He married Gertrude (Gertie) Harrington, the true love of his life, on October 25, 1944 in Madison, New Jersey. For almost 40 years he was employed by the Jersey Bell Telephone Company and was a volunteer police officer.

The highlight of every year was the weeks spent in Maine. Each summer they would pack up their three sons and head to Boothbay, a tradition which now lives on in the current generations. Upon Nils’ retirement from the phone company, he and Gertie relocated to Southport in 1983. They developed a strong circle of friends and became actively involved in the community.

He will best be remembered by all who knew and loved him as an engaging conversationalist and wonderful storyteller. He was an avid gardener and loved his books. He proudly served every community in which he lived and made friends wherever he went. But above all else, he was a family man. He was a man who truly knew what was most important in life, a man who knew that life can be quite simple, if one allows it to be, and that people, not things are man’s true treasure.

Nils was predeceased by his wife, Gertrude, in 1998. He is survived by three sons, Nils A. Sjostrom, and his wife, Wendy of Rhode Island, Eric Randall Sjostrom, and his wife, Lorie Alice of Kansas, and Kris Soren Sjostrom, and his wife, Linda of New Hampshire; eight grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Boothbay Region Land Trust, 1 Oak Street, P.O. Box 183, Boothbay Harbor 04538.

Arrangements have been made by Simmons, Harrington and Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay Harbor.

　 Olive Sheldon Ballou of East Boothbay died on Monday, October 12 in Albany, New York while traveling to her daughter's home in Ohio. She was the wife of the late Myron C. Ballou of East Boothbay. Olive was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and lived most of her life in Rhode Island until she and her husband retired to Maine. She was the daughter of the late Mildred (Barber) Sheldon and Jeremiah Randolph Sheldon, both of Warwick, Rhode Island. She was the sister of the late Everett H. Sheldon and the late Norman Sheldon of Reno, Nevada. A sister, Mildred (Sheldon) LeBlanc lives in Warwick, Rhode Island with a nephew Robert LeBlanc.

Olive leaves a daughter, Judith Sheldon Ballou Hastings of Milford, Ohio, formerly of Readfield and East Boothbay and two grandsons, Peter Hastings of Monroe and Robert Hastings of Cincinnati, Ohio. She also leaves three great-grandchildren, Jacob, Grace and Patrick Hastings, all of Cincinnati.

She graduated from the former Lockwood High School in Warwick, Rhode Island in 1932 and attended Fanny Farmer's School of Cooking in Boston during WWII. She ran the Long Island Sound Pilot's Association from 1956 to 1973 and was a member of Shawomet Baptist Church. She and her husband enjoyed travel and touring the coast of Maine.

There will be a memorial service in Boothbay Harbor at a later date. Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak St. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.