Katie Irene Maxim ¹⁸⁷⁸

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
Wednesday, March 28, 1951
p. 2

MRS. ALLEN STINCHFIELD

WAYNE - Mrs. Katie Maxim Stinchfield, 63, widow of Allen H. Stinchfield, died Tuesday at her home here following a long illness.

A native of Wayne, Mrs. Stinchfield was born Feb. 22, 1888, the daughter of Charles D. and Florence Chandler Maxim Stinchfield [sic].

She was a member of Wayne Community Church, Eastern Star, Friday Club and the Grange.

Surviving are three sons, John, Westbrook; Charles H., Philadelphia, Pa.; Roger M., Cambridge, Mass.; a daughter, Miss Florence, Portland; a sister, Miss Helen E. Maxim, Wayne; a brother, Wilbur E. Maxim, Flushing, N.Y.; and four grandchildren.

DIED - At her home in Wayne, Tuesday, March 27, Mrs. Katie Maxim Stinchfield. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29th at 2:30 p.m. at the Wayne Community Church. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to the Maine Cancer Fund.

  Events

• She worked as a proprietor of a retail store.

• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1940 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. She was widowed head of household and owned property valued at $2,500.

Katie married Allen Howard Stinchfield, son of John Clark Stinchfield and Henrietta Howard, 12 June 1912 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine.¹⁸⁷⁸ (Allen Howard Stinchfield was born 8 May 1888 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine,^863,1879 died 18 March 1934 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine ¹⁸⁷⁹ and was buried after 18 March 1934 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine at Mount Pleasant Cemetery ¹⁸⁷⁹.) The cause of his death was erysipelas (also known as St. Anthony's Fire, is an intensely red bacterial infection that occurs on the face and lower extremities).