Madeline Crawford McIlroy 272,1887
- Born: 20 August 1913, Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine 272,6859
- Marriage: Edward F. Wellman Jr. 3 September 1937 in Maine 426
- Died: 20 June 2005, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine at age 91 6859,6860
- Buried: After 20 June 2005, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine at Riverside Cemetery 6859
Sun Journal
Lewiston, Maine
June 21, 2005
Madeline Wellman
1913-2005
LEWISTON -- Madeline McIlroy Wellman, 91, a resident of Schooner Estates, Auburn, passed away June 20, at the Montello Manor Nursing Home in Lewiston.
She was born in Winthrop, on Aug. 20, 1913. She was educated in the Lewiston school system and graduated from Bates College in 1935. She did graduate study at Central Connecticut College, Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass. and the American International College in Springfield, Mass.
She was a resident of Maine until moving to Wilbraham, Mass., where her husband, Lewiston native and Bates College classmate, Edward "Ted" Wellman, Jr. served as a teacher and athletic coach. After leaving Wilbraham, they moved to Essex, Conn., then later to Chester, Conn. where they lived until Mr. Wellman passed away in 1958.
At this time in her life, she was an elementary school teacher the Chester and Cromwell, Conn. schools. In 1963, she moved to East Longmeadow, Mass. and taught elementary school in the Longmeadow school system for the next 15 years, before retiring in 1978.
In her retirement, she was an active volunteer in the Pioneer Valley chapter of the American Red Cross and a volunteer in the senior reading program in the Longmeadow elementary schools.
She is survived by two granddaughters, Marcia E. Wellman of Branford, Conn. and Amanda W. Peterson of Washington, D.C.; a niece, Shelley Lochhead of Contoocook, N.H.; and five nephews, Lawrence, Robert, Brian, James and Thomas Flynn, all of the Lewiston-Auburn area.
Her only son, Edward F. Wellman, III predeceased her in September 1996. She was also predeceased by three sisters, Katherine Flynn, Constance Lochhead and Dorothy Hawes; and one brother, Malcolm McIlroy.
Funeral Notices
WELLMAN-- Madeline McIlroy, 91, a resident of 220 Stetson Road, Auburn, died in Lewiston, June 20. At the request of Madeline, there will be no visiting hours. Burial will be private at the Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston. Arrangements by the family owned Dillingham & Son Memorial Chapel Tribute Center, 26 Spring St., Auburn. 784-6449.
Events
• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.
• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.
• She had a residence in East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
Madeline married Edward F. Wellman Jr., son of Edward F. Wellman and Henrietta Dresser, 3 September 1937 in Maine.426 (Edward F. Wellman Jr. was born 17 March 1913 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina 6861,6862 and died 14 October 1958 in Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut 6859,6861,6862,6863.)
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