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- Seacoastonline.com
WELLS - Robert G. Mildram, 84, a resident of the Branch Road, passed away quietly in his sleep at his residence on Aug. 7, 2002.
He was born Dec. 14, 1917 in Wells, a son of Charles and Josie (Bridges) Mildram, and was a 1934 graduate of Wells High School.
After graduation he moved to Rumford and began working at the Boise Cascade paper mill there.
He entered the U.S. Navy during World War II and served as a gunners mate second class in the Pacific and Atlantic Theatres, and participated in the Murmansk Run to Russia.
After the war, he returned to Rumford and the Boise Cascade Mill, retiring in 1983 after a total of 42 years with the company. He returned to Wells after retirement and has worked at the Wells Transfer Station.
He was a member of the High Pine Baptist Church in Wells, First Baptist Church in Rumford, the Snow Shoe Club in Rumford, the Trailblazers Club and Ocean Lodge 142, both in Wells.
Survivors include his wife of 28 years, Janice Mildram of Wells; two sons, Robert Mildram Jr. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Edward McCaffrey of Biddeford; seven daughters, Deborah Allen of Yukon, Okla., Mrs. Alex Corbitt of Yukon, Okla., Marguerite Bradley of Mexico, Maine, Shirley St. Cyr of Howland, Linda Merrill of Rumford, Molly McCaffrey of Portland and Barbara Slowik of Kennebunk; one brother, Walter Mildram of San Jose, Calif.; many grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
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