Frederick Hodsdon Loring

1918 - 2006  (87 years)

• Name	Frederick Hodsdon Loring  [1, 2]
  Birth	24 Jul 1918	Pownal, Cumberland, Maine   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Feb 2006	Windham Center, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3]
  Burial	Walnut Hill Cemetery, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I338092	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Roy Marston Loring,   b. 11 May 1882, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine d. 25 Sep 1948, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Florence Clinton Hodsdon,   b. 13 Apr 1882, Pownal, Cumberland, Maine d. 6 Jun 1964, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1907  [4]
  Family ID	F218885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Helen Fitts,   b. 7 Feb 1921, Stetson, Penobscot, Maine d. 5 Jun 1983, Portland, Cumberland, Maine (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1939	Maine   [5]
  Children	1. Sandra Jane Loring,   b. 27 Jan 1940, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine d. 31 Jan 2022, Windham, Cumberland, Maine (Age 82 years)   2. Elizabeth Loring   3. Sheila Loring   4. Linda Loring
  Family ID	F218889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Find-a-Grave Frederick Hodsdon Loring, 87, of Gray, died February 28. He was born in Pownal, the son of Roy and Florence Hodsdon Loring, and attended Pennell Institute. He graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1936. On his first job of delivering grain, he met his wife of 43 years, Barbara Helen Fitts, of Stetson. Freddy was known as a strong man who held 100-pound bags of grain on each shoulder. He had a great love of gardening, woodworking, cooking and maintaining his home of 58 years. He was known as the camera man at Cole Farms' Corner Seat, taking pictures at the counter. In 1982, Mr. Loring retired from Crosby Laughlin after 40 years of dedicated quality-control service. His post-retirement job included working at Cole Farms making ice cream and Cole Farms Dressings. He also served on the School Board for several years. Fred was very fond of his two Maine Coon Cats. He was predeceased by his wife; his sister, Margaret Small; and two grandsons, Frederick Loring Liberty and Tony Wesley Richardson. He is survived by four daughters, Elizabeth and her husband L. Robert Adams, of Gray, Sandra and her husband Arthur Richardson, of Windham, Sheila and her husband Richard Hodgkin, of New Gloucester, and Linda Liberty, of New Gloucester; 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76665] Obituary, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Dorothy Monk, (August 30, 1944). [S11137] Cemetery index, Walnut Hill Cemetery, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S76670] Obituary, Find-a-Grave, Frederick Hodson Loring. [S19901] 1910 census, Maine, Cumberland county, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pownal, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: T624_538; Page: 7a; Enumeration District: 0059 (Reliability: 3). [S53672] Marriage index, Maine, Name Frederick H Loring Gender Male Residence No Yarmouth, ME Spouse's Name Barbara H Fitts Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Residence Stetson, ME Marriage Date 20 Aug 1939 Marriage Place Maine, USA (Reliability: 3).