Irene Hayes ¹⁵⁸²

Portland Herald Press
Portland, Maine
February 16, 1997
CITY,
MAINE/NEW ENGLAND
p. 11B

IRENE HAYES LINDSAY

Irene Hayes Lindsay died Friday at Kennebec Longterm Care, after a long illness.

She was born in Leeds Junction, a daughter of Maude Gowan Hayes and Edward John Hayes, and graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn in 1922. She received her registered nursing degree from Maine General Hospital (now Maine Medical Center) in 1930, and did further study in public health nursing at Simmons College in Boston. Mrs. Lindsay worked as an operating room supervisor at the Knox County Hospital in Rockland, as well as the Hale Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. She was also night supervisor at Maine General Hospital from 1932 to 1934. Her career took her into public health nursing in and around Ashfield, Mass.

For the past several years, she had been involved in work for the Central Maine Agency on Aging, Senior Spectrum, Maine State Museum and RSVP.

Her husband, Albert H. Lindsay, and two sons, Howard Hayes Lindsay and Christopher Gowan Lindsay, all died previously.

She is survived by two grandsons, Howard C. Lindsay and Jonathan H. Lindsay; and a niece, Nancy Reed Sulides.

Spring burial will be in Glenside Cemetery in Winthrop. Arrangements are by the Roberts Funeral Home, 26 Bowdoin St., Winthrop.

  Events

• She was educated at Edward Little High School in 1922 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine.

• She was educated at Maine General Hospital (now Maine Medical Center) and received a nursing degree in 1930. She did further study in public health nursing at Simmons College in Boston.

• She worked as a night supervisor at Maine General Hospital from 1932 to 1934. Her career took her into public health nursing in and around Ashfield, Mass.

• She worked as an operating room supervisor at Knox County Hospital in Rockland, Knox County, Maine. She had been involved in work for the Central Maine Agency on Aging, Senior Spectrum, Maine State Museum and RSVP the last few years of her life.

• She worked as an operating room supervisor at Hale Hospital in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.

• She appeared on the census in 1940 in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She had a residence in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland.

• She had a residence in Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine.

• Her funeral was held Roberts Funeral Home (26 Bowdoin Street) in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.

• Her Social Security Number was 021-30-9763. Her social security card was issued in Massachusetts.

• She was buried at Glenside Cemetery in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.

Irene married Albert Harvey Lindsay, son of George Albert Lindsay and Mildred Claire Gowen, 8 December 1934 in District of Columbia.¹⁵⁸¹ (Albert Harvey Lindsay was born 24 June 1908 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine,⁵⁹⁹ died 12 August 1981 in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine ^1585,1586 and was buried after 12 August 1981 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine at Glenside Cemetery (previously Haskell Cemetery).)