Kathleen Masnik Fitch died in Tampa, Florida, on January 8, 2010 of congestive heart failure stemming from treatments for lymphoma. She was 58.

Cathy was born in Schenectady, New York on March 24, 1951, and moved to Charlottesville, Virginia as a child. She earned a degree in Education from the University of Virginia and taught elementary education in Powhatan and Berryville, Virginia, and at the Meriwether Lewis School in Albemarle County, Virginia. She moved to Massachusetts with her husband in 1980, and taught at Winn Brook School (KED program) in Belmont, Massachusetts for many years. For the last few years Cathy was employed by the Dodge Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

As a youth, Cathy relished the summers on the beaches of New Jersey and North Carolina. Later in her life, she was a summer resident of Sawyer’s Island in Boothbay, where she enjoyed the breathtaking natural beauty encountered during sailing trips made to nearby harbors. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, and traveling until her health declined.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. John Fitch of Tampa, Florida, daughters K.C. Fitch, of Crested Butte, Colorado, and Martha Fitch of Portland; her parents, Mike and Helen Masnik, of Lynchburg, Virginia, her sister Barbara Waring of Yorktown, Virginia, brothers Dr. Mike Masnik of Vienna, Virginia, and Robert Masnik of Lynchburg, Virginia. Cathy is also survived by her husband’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.M. Fitch of Vero Beach, Florida, who loved her as a daughter, and her in-laws and their spouses, cousins, nieces, and nephews who played vibrant roles in her life. Finally, she will be sorely missed by Maisey, her loyal bassett hound of 14 years.

A Memorial Celebration for Cathy is being planned for 22 May in Urbanna, Virginia. Please contact jfitch 01@gmail.com for further information. In lieu of flowers, we ask that donations be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; e-mail: donors@stjude.org, or to the charity of your choice that deals with children’s’ health.

Signe Johanna Kallevik, 99, of Huntington, New York, residing at West Alna Road in Alna, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at her son's residence.

She was born in Haugesund, Norway on October 24, 1910, a daughter of Albert Olsen Skauvold and Hanna Severine (Sjursen) Skauvold.

At age 18 she left her birthland and moved to her new homeland, the United States of America, to begin her new life.　 A life that included marriage, children, new friends and fond memories of the places and people she left behind.

She was an avid reader, gardener, and enjoyed volunteering for her church and the home extension service of Cornell University of New York, where she taught her many crafts.

She was predeceased by her husband, Henry J. Kallevik on December 25, 1988.

She is survived by her son, David H. Kallevik of Alna, her daughter, Susan J. Kallevik of Huntington, New York and Harpswell, Maine, her sister, Hildur Kristoffersen, her sister in law, Katarina Skauvold, both of Haugesund, Norway and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.　 In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the "Help Yourself Shelf" Food Pantry at St. Philip's　HYS, 12 Hodge Street, ME 04578 USA, so that her good works will follow on after her.

Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home, 40 Federal Street, Wiscasset. Condolences may be made online at www.daiglefuneralhome. com.

Mrs. Thelma L. Ziska, 94, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 at Golden Living Center-Countryside in La Porte, Ind.

She was born Sept. 15, 1915 in Boothbay Harbor, the daughter of Frank Williams and Angie (Sawyer) Williams.

Thelma worked as a waitress.

She was married to James J. Ziska who preceded her in death August of 1975.

She is survived by her daughter, Rose Marie (Ernest) James of Inverness, Fla.; son, James (Kathleen) Ziska of Berrien Springs, Mich.; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shirley Dowdy of Edgecomb.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother and two sisters.

James D. Wilmot, 92, died on January 29, 2010 at this home at Signal Point in Boothbay Harbor. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of James Deshler Wilmot Sr. and Mary Early Wilmot. After graduating from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, he attended Amherst College for two years where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

In 1940 he enlisted for one year in the 211^th Coast Artillery and was stationed in Texas. At the end of the enlistment and with the event of Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army Air Force as an Aviation Cadet. He became a bombardier 2^nd Lt. In the 4^th Air Wing of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England, completing twenty-five bombing missions and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He was then made a 1^st Lt.

Following his service in World War II, he attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. Subsequently, he studied with Julian Levi at the New School and the Art Student’s League in New York City.

He became associated with the off-Broadway theater group, the Lenthall Players, as a scenic designer. This association led to the purchase, with Jill McAnney Hansen and Franklyn Lenthall, of the Boothbay Playhouse in Maine in 1956.

Lenthall and Wilmot were co-owners and producers of the Playhouse from 1957 through 1974. The Playhouse was then sold and the Boothbay Theatre Museum was established at the Nicholas Knight-Corey House in Boothbay, where it had a tenure of fifteen years. This theatre collection, formed by Franklyn Lenthall, acquired world renown.

In 1990 the collection was sold and Lenthall and Wilmot continued an active life at Signal Point in Boothbay Harbor. From 1975 until his death, James Wilmot was engaged in his career as a painter, which included a retrospective exhibition in 1990 at the gallery of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation.

His painting career included solo exhibitions at the Walt Kuhn gallery in Cape Neddick and the Moulton Union at Bowdoin College, as well as two honorable mention awards from the Art League in Springfield, Mass.

Group exhibitions include the National Academy of Design in New York City, the Art Students League Diamond Jubilee in New York City, the All-Maine Biennial at the University of Maine, the Audubon Artists Annual in New York City, the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, the Pepsi Cola Annual in New York City, and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in Hartford, Connecticut.

Galleries in Maine include Abacus Galley in Boothbay Harbor, Walt Kuhn Gallery in Cape Neddick, Art Gallery in Wiscasset, Gleason Fine Art; Mathias Fine Art, the Lincoln Arts Festival, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, and other exhibitions.

James Wilmot was predeceased by his parents and his brother, Edward Early Wilmot, as well as by Franklyn Lenthall, his companion and partner for almost 60 years. He is survived by a cousin, the Rev. Philip Robb of California.

At Jim’s request, there will be no memorial service. If they wish, friends may make a donation to The Boothbay Region Art Foundation, 1 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 04538, in his memory.

James Wilmot and Franklyn Lenthall will be interred jointly in the Dunsmore, Pennsylvania Cemetery with a Methodist Committal Service.

Arrangements are by Simmons, Harrington and Hall of Boothbay.

A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.