Mary Elizabeth Sweetser

1920 - 2010  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Sweetser  [1]
  Birth	2 Jun 1920	Orono, Penobscot, Maine   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Apr 2010	Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine   [1, 2]
  Burial	Moss Side Cemetery, Cumberland Center, Cumberland, Maine   [1]
  Person ID	I236308	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Herman Pittee Sweetser,   b. 14 Sep 1887, Cumberland Center, Cumberland, Maine d. 10 May 1974, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Phyllis Ruth Sturdivant,   b. 8 Feb 1898, Massachusetts d. 16 Jan 1995, Portland, Cumberland, Maine (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F93866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmer Ledyard Baxter,   b. 30 Dec 1918, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut d. 21 Nov 2010, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1944	Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine   [3]
  Children	1. Ledyard S. Baxter   2. David S. Baxter   3. Benjamin A. Baxter
  Family ID	F93867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2019

  
  

• Notes

  pressherald.com BAR HARBOR -- Elizabeth (Betty) Sweetser Baxter, wife of Elmer L. Baxter, died on April 27, 2010, in her apartment above Frenchman Bay, where she could see the ocean from her living room and bedroom windows. Betty was born in Orono, on June 2, 1920, the daughter of Herman P. Sweetser and Phyllis S. Sweetser. She grew up in Cumberland Center, where she worked in the family apple orchard and was valedictorian of her class at Greely Institute. She went on to attend Colby College, where she met her husband, Elmer Baxter, and graduated in 1941. Betty and Elmer were married in 1944 while he was stationed in Gainesville, Fla. After the war, they moved to Newington, Conn., where they raised three sons, and lived for 60 years. In addition to raising her boys, Betty enjoyed family gatherings where she loved to prepare fresh produce from Elmer's garden. She devoted much time volunteering for the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Newington, where she served as lay moderator and taught Sunday school. She was also active in PTA, cub scouts, and town activities, including many years of service on the Parks and Recreation Committee. She served as the Newington town Historian, writing The Centennial History of Newington in 1971. She was proudest of her success at persuading 'the powers that be' to move, save and restore the historic 'Kelsey House,' which is now an important museum and resource for the community. For many years, she wrote a weekly column for the 'Newington Town Crier.' Betty and Elmer left Newington and moved to Dirigo Pines in Orono in 2005, and re-located to the Birch Bay Inn in Bar Harbor in 2008. Betty was predeceased by her parents; and a brother, Phillip Sweetser. In addition to her husband, Betty is survived by a brother, Richard W. Sweetser and his wife Constance Sweetser of Cumberland Center; three sons, Ledyard S. Baxter and his wife Nancy S. Baxter of Aquebogue, N.Y., David S. Baxter and his wife Katherine K. Carter of Orono, Benjamin A. Baxter and his wife Joan Loy-Baxter of Bar Harbor; four grandchildren, Joshua Baxter, Jonathan Baxter, Kyla Baxter, and Alexis Baxter; one great- grandchild, Laurel Baxter; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54492] Cemetery index, Moss Side Cemetery, Cumberland Center, Cumberland, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S59428] Obituary, pressherald.com, Elizabeth Baxter. [S59427] Obituary, The Hartford Courant (CT), Elmer L. Baxter, (December 10, 2010).