Title
Mr.
Last Name
Lincoln
First Name
Earle
Middle Name
S.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Garland, ME
Date of Birth
1885-02-15
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1960-01-27
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 1-28-1960, p.5
Obituary
EARLE S. LINCOLN Funeral services for Earle S. Lincoln, 74, husband of Mary (Young) Lincoln, who died Wednesday at his home after a long illness, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Crosby Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. E. King Hempel, minister of the First Universalist Church, will officiate. Burial will take place this spring in the family lot at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 - 4 p. m., and 7 - 9 p. m. Mr. Lincoln was born in Garland, Feb. 15, 1885, the son of Lionel and Eliza (Sawyer) Lincoln. He was a graduate of Garland High School. For 26 years, Mr. Lincoln conducted a florist business "Young's Greenhouse" in Dexter, retiring in 1952 because of ill health. He was a member of Plymouth Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge. Besides his wife, Mary, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn Spencer of Newton Highlands, Mass., and Mrs. Dorothy Briggs of Dexter; two brothers, George of Dexter and Lionel of Chelmsford, Mass., six grandchildren and several nephews.