Deloris L. (Seals) Field

1926 – 2010

SOUTH PARIS –  Deloris L. (Seals) Field, 84, died Friday, Jan. 15,
at Market Square Health Care Center, South Paris, where she had resided
for under two weeks.

Deloris, the daughter of Lee and Mary McCush Seals, was born in St.
Joseph, Mo., on Jan. 2, 1926. She grew up in “St. Joe” with her six
brothers and sisters in a home full of love, laughter, music and great
home cooking. After graduating from Central High School, she secured a
position with Bellas Hess Retail in St. Joseph.

On June 28, 1946, Deloris married her husband of 62 years, Arthur
Field, who passed away in 2008. They met and dated while Arthur was
stationed at Rosencrans Army Air Base. When Arthur wanted to return to
his hometown of South Paris, Deloris gave up her career and her love of
the city, to build their home in Maine.

Combining her love of children and church, Deloris taught Sunday
school at the First Congregational Church, South Paris, for several
years. Parents and children alike loved  “Mrs. Field.” She and Arthur
were members of the American Legion, post 72, serving as presidents of
the legion and auxillary simultaneously. In the early 1960s, Deloris
was instrumental in founding the Oxford Hills Music Boosters, raising
money for uniforms and equipment through fundraisers such as bringing
the Air Force band to the area and hosting folk music evenings. As a
level A-2 square dancer, Deloris served in various capacities,
including president of the Swinging Bears Club. She and Arthur were
known to dance as many as four nights a week for many years.

Following her retirement from Sears Roebuck Catalog Store, where she
worked for 25 years, she volunteered for a number of years at the Guy
E. Rowe Elementary School, where she helped to run the school store and
work in the library and classrooms.

Mrs. Field, her husband, and their beloved dog, Buttons, traveled
extensively in their motor home across the United States, reaching 49
out of the 50 states, including Alaska. These adventures were shared
with her children and grandchildren and included rafting down the
Colorado River in Arizona, off-road jeeping in the Rocky Mountains of
Colorado and celebrating her anniversary on the chuck wagon in
Yellowstone, in the French Quarters of New Orleans and a myriad of
other fun locations.

Deloris is survived by daughter, Janice, of South Paris, daughter,
Donna and son-in-law, Ron Goodspeed of Exeter, N.H.; granddaughter,
Elizabeth Field Goodspeed and husband, Aaron Parnes, M.D., of
Baltimore, Md.; grandson, Tyler Beck Goodspeed of Cambridge, Mass.;
brother, John and wife, Lucille Seals, of St. Joseph, Mo.; sister, Rose
and husband, Everett Hughes, of Colorado Springs, Co.; brother-in-law,
Ken Blanton of Boyce, La.; many nieces, nephews; and her dear friend,
Lewis Crothers of Tayport, Scotland.

Deloris will be remembered every day for so much including her
unconditional love, dedication to family, caring nature, generosity and
her unsurpassed pies and rolls!

The family wishes to express a heart felt thank-you to Androscoggin Hospice and the caregivers at Market Square.