Our Maritime Ties
Dorothy Ada Schurman
1923 - 2009 (86 years)1. Dorothy Ada Schurman was born 17 Sep 1923, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 17 Oct 2009, Howland, Penobscot, Maine, United States; was buried , Gould's Ridge Cemetery, Passadumkeag, , Maine, United States. Other Events:
- Residence: Oakland, , Maine, United States
- Occupation: Between 1953 and 1958, , , , Nigeria; missionary
- Occupation: 1971, Waterville, , Maine, United States; the head nurse at Thayer Hospital
- Residence: 1971, Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States
- Residence: Oct 2009, Howland, Penobscot, Maine, United States
- Obituary: 19 Oct 2009, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; Bangor Daily News
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HOWLAND - Dorothy A. (Schurman) Carrell went home to be with our Lord and Savior Oct. 17, 2009, in Howland. She was born Sept. 17, 1923, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, daughter of Robert and Ella Schurman. She graduated from nursing school at Toronto General Hospital in 1948, attended New Brunswick Bible Institute graduating in 1953 and then went to Nigeria, Africa, under the Sudan Interior Mission as a nurse/missionary. While attending Bible school she met and fell in love with Wilbur J. Carrell "Joe." They were married Feb. 9, 1956, in Egbe, Kabba Province of Nigeria, Africa. Returning home to the states in 1958, she used her nursing skills as a registered nurse at the veterans' hospital in Augusta, and later at Thayer Hospital, Waterville, then retired from Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. She is survived by two sons, John R. and Timothy G. Carrell and their wives, Diane and Sally; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A committal service for family and friends will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gould's Ridge Cemetery, Passadumkeag. Arrangements with Clay Funeral Home, 7 Lee Road, Lincoln. Those who wish may sign an online register and leave written condolences at www.clayfuneralhome.com. "Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him." Romans 6:8
[online at http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bangordailynews/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-a-carrell&pid=134639290&fhid=7546]Dorothy married Lawrence Kendall Jackson 24 Apr 1943, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lawrence was born 17 Mar 1921, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 19 Apr 1945, Iserlohn, , North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. [Group Sheet]
Dorothy married Wilbur John Carrell, Jr 9 Feb 1956, Egbe, , Kabba, Nigeria. Wilbur was born 9 Sep 1924, Oakland, , Maine, United States; died 26 Aug 2007, Howland, Penobscot, Maine, United States. [Group Sheet]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. John Robert Carrell (1.Dorothy1) John married Diane ? [Group Sheet]
Children:
3. Timothy George Carrell (1.Dorothy1) Timothy — Rose Marie Severance. [Group Sheet]
Children:
Timothy — Sally Carroll. [Group Sheet]
Generation: 3
4. Victoria Carrell (2.John2, 1.Dorothy1) Victoria — . Unknown [Group Sheet]
Children:
5. Rebecca Carrell (2.John2, 1.Dorothy1) Rebecca — Jerry ?. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 9. Jerry ?, Jr
- 10. Jessica ?
6. Elaina Joyce Carrell (3.Timothy2, 1.Dorothy1) Elaina — . Unknown [Group Sheet]
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