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- Penobscot Bay Press
Edith Goldie (Spofford) Watts, of Deer Isle, Maine and Port Richey, Fla., passed away July 21, 2020 surrounded by her family. Edith was born November 22, 1929 in Blue Hill, Maine. Edith's parents were Perle Kilgore and Christie (Eaton) Spofford of Deer Isle, Maine. Edith was a direct line descendant of William Eaton, Deer Isle's first settler.
Edith attended McKinley High School, University of Maine and Eastern Maine General Hospital School of Nursing, Bangor. She was a member of the Navy Nurse Reserve Corps until her marriage in 1950. Edith was a member of the South Deer Isle Methodist Church and served as its organist during her high school years. She was also a member of the EMGH Alumni Association and the Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society where she served as a trustee. Edith and her husband were owners and operators of The Camden Nursing Home in Camden, Maine, for many years where she served as Director of Nursing until retirement in 1973.
In 1997, Edith published a history of Deer Isle, Deer Isle, Maine: From Pre-History to the Present after 19 years of research.
Edith was predeceased by her husband Edward B. Watts in 2012.
Edith is survived by her daughters Deborah R. Watts, RN, of Wells, Maine and Port Richey, Fla., and Susan G. Watts, CRNA, of Lincolnville, Maine and Port Richey, Fla., and by a very special son-in-law, Daniel Jacobs of Lincolnville, Maine and Port Richey, Fla. Edith is also survived by her granddaughter, Michele Sprague Tepper and her husband, Stephen, of Shrewsbury, Mass., and great-grandsons Jack Watts Tepper and James Sprague Tepper.
Edith is survived by siblings Patty A. Cyr of Vernon, Conn., Laurel L. Taylor of Lincolnville, Maine, Sheryl A. Richards of Lincolnville, Maine and Bernard K. Spofford of Deer Isle, Maine.
Siblings Peggy Ann Spofford, Wilma J. Betts, Elmer P. Spofford of Milford, Pa., and Charles W. Spofford of Long Island, N.Y. predeceased her.
Edith was so very proud of her family history, beloved State of Maine, gardens, and fruit trees and treasured entertaining on the rocky coastline of her Deer Isle home. She was most at peace bird watching, walking in the pine trees, digging clams for a family feast, reading everything historical, making donation quilts and sharing a chair with her Maltese, Tessa.
"My grandmother was an incredibly strong and special woman. I will forever cherish the lifelong gift she bestowed upon me— my love for all things Maine and the ocean," says her granddaughter Michele.
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1929 - 2020 (90 years)
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