To the Editor:

On the front lawn of the Methodist Church, located at 79 Main Street, is a lighted Christmas tree. Since 2006 we have had an annual Memorial/Honor tree. Donors purchase a bulb in memory and/or in honor of someone they know. Many people from Bethel and other towns in Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, New York, Rhode Island, and Indiana participated in this Church fundraiser.

As you start to read the names listed in this letter, please take a moment and reflect on your memories of these individuals who have passed on and also to recognize the individuals and groups who have been honored with a bulb in their name.

The following is the list of names who have bulbs glowing in their memory:

Edwin Brown, Eva & Carl Swan, Hugh “Cubby” Swan, Beth Awalt, John Brown, Jim Cullop, Cynthia Riley, Neal Brown, Kevin Brown, Darry Brown, Katy Brown, Claire Cummings, Margaret Ring, Carol Jordan, Marion Beaton, Richard, Lyndell, Stephen, and David Carter.

Owen Brown, Rev, Dr, James & Barbara Nasson, John & Arlene Greenleaf, Barry Crommett, Bill Williams, Greg Tyler, Gailey Wheeler, Peter DellaValle, Frances Begin Lowe, Bishop Devadar, Ernest Angevine, Alberta Angevine, Richard Angevine, Elizabeth (Betty) Blake, Richard Douglass, Grace Douglass, Brian Douglass and Gerry Emery.

Dorothy Emery, Archie L, Young and Jane B, Young, Joan Howe, Bill & Ethel Ward, Roy & Betty Lurvey, Tom Caton, Walter Clark, Edward & Sylvia Fontaine, Ray & Joan Cole, Stan & Althea Brown, Dorothy Perkner, Ethel Synder, Albert & Margaret Ingram, Wilson & Carol Seward, Peter & Nancy McLaughlin, Fred Spencer, Donald & Arlene Brown and Herbert & Evelyn Nickerson.

Carl & Ruth Brown, Sherman & Mabel Greenleaf, Sylvia D, Clanton, Mr, & Mrs, Norman B, Clanton, Lt, Col and Mrs,Sidney A, Dyke, Cindy Brooks DiBatista, Florine & Bud Bowden, Frank & Betty Lou Gingras, Muriel & Seymour Butters, Merrie Lee Butters Ojeda, Leah Deegan, Robert & Edna York, Raymond York, Bertha Mills, Herbert & Naomi Bean, Kay & Rodney Eames and Annie & Alanson Bowden Sr.

Angelo & Annie Coletta, Assunta & Luigi Canestrari, Bonnie Bowden, Terri Nicolella, Richard Belisle, Edmund Butler, Maude & Herbert Bean, Jennie & Harvey Jones, Ethel & Ernest Bisbee, Alice Ballard, Wally & June Bowden, Alanson & Anabelle Bowden, Franklin Bean, Jacklyn Gammon, Gary Olson, Margaret Barton, Adelaide & Wendell Gibbs, Jamie Blake, Mary Lou Cole, David Nagle, Barbara White, Julie Fauvel, Auntie Val Crew, Gary Olson, Richard & Hulda Stevens, Ranald & Sarah Stevens, Barbara Brown, Sheila Rollins, Chester Hopkins, John O’Leary, Eric Gunther, Jorgen & Annie Olson, Ruth Wilkinson, Norman Ford and Gayland Dooen.

Norma Ford Lawson, Harold Conner, Avis Dooen, Matthew Poole, John Jr, & Carolyn Poole, Blake & Rachal MacKay, Norma Buck, Evelyn Kimball, Stanley “Peanut” Gallant, Barbara Gallant, Matthew Kenney, John & Lillian Delaney, Luna Welch, Connie Carlton, Bonnie Bowden, Mary Lou Cole, Laurence & Lillian Kimball, Astrid & Irving Rogers, Maud Grindle and Pat & Gladys Grenier.

Arthur Kimball, Charlie Adams, Merle & Ruby Thompson, Hope Tibbetts, Brenda Wodka, Mauriel Faudi, Eugene Currier, Clayton Coverdale, Cortland Shade, Elizabeth Nichols, Eugene Valdez, Jean Kiez, Linwood Doane, Gertrude (Trudy) Lopanik, Mary Ann & Roland Marshall, Joan Jensen Tarazewich and Joseph Paul Tarazewich.

Lights are also glowing in honor of Musa Brown, Nancy Brown, Louisa Arbarno, Pastor Robin & Marc Chaput, Dorrain & Ruth Snogren, Darlene Beck, Nikki Viden, Linda Howe, Sister Bernadette Gautreau, Rosemary Laban, James Sysko, Pastor Ed Gammon, Michael & Judith Coletta, Eric Provencher, Rebecca & Moriah Palmer, Kriston Kenney and Lutcho Kenney.

Bonnie Pooley, Linda McDonagh, Wally Ritz, Jim St, Germain, Vernon Davis, Bob Howe, John & Jeanette Poole, Community Annex Instructors: Wendy Youmans, Malinda Gilbert Gagnon, Kristen Otten, Harriet Langley, and Lauren Wallen, Mollyockett Chorus, Re-Pant Group, Soup’s On! Group, Bethel Freedom Group, Local Food Connection Group, Bethel Area Food Pantry and District Exchange.

Lights are shining brightly on Main Street in memory and in honor of the ones listed above in this letter. We hope the memories of the folks who have passed on bring you peace and joy. On behalf of all the Church members of the Bethel United Methodist Church, we would like to thank all the donors who participated in this annual church fundraiser. Your support is a blessing to many people in our Community.

Pastor Robin Chaput

Bethel United Methodist Church

Bethel

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