Emma E. Simmons.
FRIENDSHIP Emma E. Simmons, 84, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2021 at her home in Friendship. She was born September 7, 1936 in Thomaston, Maine, the daughter of Esther (Swanson) and Walter Matson.
Emma attended Thomaston High School – “The Sea Breeze” and graduated in the Class of 1954. Her first job as a teenager was at Wallace’s Market, in Friendship. She was a 33-year employee at Sylvania, in Waldoboro.
Emma was a very independent and a hard worker her whole life; these traits she passed on to her children and grandchildren. She was fortunate in her later years to finally enjoy her special interest in traveling. She traveled to many places across the United States with her late husband Donald Simmons.
Thomaston cat looking for a forever home
Snooky has been at Pope Memorial Humane Society for more than 700 days Share Updated: 8:20 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 WABI
Snooky has been at Pope Memorial Humane Society for more than 700 days Share Updated: 8:20 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021
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Show Transcript CHALLENGE, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON UNITED WAY OF MID- MAINE S WEBSITE. A THOMASTON HUMANE SOCIETY IS STILL LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME FOR A CAT THAT HAS BEEN WITH THEM FOR OVER TWO YEARS! áSNOOKá WAS FOSTERED AT A HOME RECENTLY FOR A LITTLE OVER A WEEK BUT DIDN T ADJUST WELL TO BEING AROUND DOGS AND SO HAS COME BACK TO POPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY. THEY ARE HOPING TO FIND A PATIENT AND CARING HOM WHERE SNOOKY CAN TAKE THE TIME TO ADJUST TO HIS SURROUNDINGS. SNOOKY HAS BEEN AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR OVER 740 DAYS, WHICH THEY SAY IS UNCOMMON. WE TAKE REALLY REALLY GOOD CARE OF ALL THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER BUT IT CAN STI
That alone would make any parent happy. Now Peggy and Rob Carter are bursting with pride over Lauren’s most recent actions to help dogs in need in her current home in Guam.
“Our family has had more than 10 dogs over the years,” said Peggy, “Lauren has always had a dog. . Whenever she had gone abroad, she’s come back with a dog.”
“I am a nurse practitioner here on the island of Guam,” said Lauren communicating from there, “and it would be awesome to get the word out.”
Boonie dogs descendants of World War II military dogs
The island of Guam has about 167,000 residents, is about twice the size of Martha’s Vineyard and has about 60,000 canines. Affectionately called boonie dogs, many of them are free roaming strays, abandoned and homeless. They are a described as a lovely random mix of many breeds.
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