Shirley Marie Pullen ¹⁰¹²⁷

The Telegraph
Nashua, New Hampshire
August 25, 1994

Single Seniors Encounter Special Dating Woes
by Nancy Garland
[excerpted]

Earl Tibbetts, 73, of the Dexter-Garland area, met his second wife the old fashioned way -- he was set up by a relative.

In 1993, about a year after his first wife died, his octogenarian aunt gave him the telephone number of Shirley Sewall, 74, of Levant. Sick of being alone, Tibbetts called her, but Sewall, who has eight grown children, refused to meet him without his aunt being present.

Many women today are "a bit skittish" regarding romance, according to Tibbetts. When it comes right down to it, they're like a young girl of 16. Once they cross over the bridge, it's all right," Tibbetts said.

Tibbetts, his match-making aunt and Sewall eventually had dinner at a restaurant. "We just sat down and talked for a long time," Tibbetts said.

Several weeks later, Tibbetts and Sewall moved in together. They got married soon afterward.

Tibbetts said he realizes his good fortune in finding love again at his age. He and his new wife "get along fine." Tibbetts said. "Life is better married."

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Bangor Daily News
Bangor, Maine
Sat. & Sun, Nov. 11-12, 1995
p. B7

SHIRLEY MARIE TIBBETTS

LEVANT - Shirley M. (Pullen) Tibbetts, 74, was taken home to be with her Lord on Nov. 10, 1995.

She was born Nov. 16, 1920, in Kenduskeag, the daughter of Ervin and Amy (Taylor) Pullen. Wife of Earl Tibbetts, Shirley lived most of her life in Levant, where she was cherished as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She was predeceased by her three husbands [sic]. Omar Adams was the father of Shirley's 12 children, Richard and Gloria McAvoy of Sherman Mills, Galen and Nancy Adams of Levant, Gary and Pat Adams of Levant, Peter and Pamela Adams of Levant, Isidare and Carolyn Bisaillon of Connecticut, Harold and Ethel Adams of Levant, Chris and Abbie Taggart of Connecitcut, David and Marie Adams of Bangor, Dennis and Joyce Allard of Levant, Deborah Boucher of Bangor, Daniel and Beverly Millett of Connecticut, and Verna Adams who predeceased her.

There are five surviving sisters, Mac and Clarissa McClure of Maryland, Ethylen Gass of Florida, Liston and Rita Huston of Brewer, James and Virginia Sodermark of Kenduskeag and John and Eleanor Martin of Kenduskeag; three surviving brothers, Lemont and Dot Pullen of Levant, Ray Pullen of Hampden and Gorden and Sylvia Pullen of Kenduskeag. She was predeceased by three siblings, Alma Pullen Page, George and William Pullen.

Shirley leaves behind a legacy of 34 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson. She was a founding member of the Levant Rescue Squad, member of the Good Samaritan Chapter No. 38 OES of Kenduskeag, Kenduskeag Union Church, Fraternal Order of the Eagles No. 3177 of Brewer, Senior Citizens Clubs of Levant, Good Times Club of Glenburn, VFW Auxiliary of Naugatuck, Conn., and former member of the Minerva Grange of Levant.

Friends may call 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor, where funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Robert Treadwell officiating. Interment will be in Waugh Cemetery, Levant. Gifts in her memory may be made to the Levant Rescue Squad.

Shirley married Living