Title	Mr.
Last Name	Blaisdell
First Name	Ernest
Middle Name	Dennison
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Oakland
Date of Birth
Place of Death	Bangor, ME
Date of Death	1931-02-16
Publication	The Dexter Historical Scrap book
Obituary	ERNEST DENNISON BLAISDELL Ernest D. Blaisdell, a pioneer in the automobile business in this section was found dead in his room at a Bangor hotel Sunday morning. Heart trouble, to which he was subject, is given as the cause. Mr. Blaisdell went to Bangor Saturday, on business, intending to return Saturday night, but on account of the storm decided to remain there over night. Ernest Dennison Blaisdell was born in Oakland 48 years ago. He attended the University of Maine for three years as a member of the class of 1907, and was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He left collage to enter the automobile business in Dexter in 1905, one of the pioneers in this section, and given his untiring energy and marked business ability ever since. In 1909, he established the Blaisdell Automobile Co., a corporation of which he was president and general manager, with branches in Belfast, and Rockland, and as a general agent of the Hudson-Essex line, in other territory. His sudden passing comes as a shock to wide-spread business associates and particularly in Dexter where he was interested in everything of civic improvement and in the community life in general. He was a Master Mason of Penobscot lodge, F. & A. M., of St. John’s R. A. C., of Dexter, of Mt. Moriah Council and DeMolay Commandry Knights Templar’s of Skowhegan and Anah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Imogene B. Blaisdell and two daughters, Miss Mary and Helen Blaisdell of Portland. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Universalist church. Rev. Stanley Gates Spear of Beverly, Mass., officiated, as assisted by Rev. W. J. Metz of Dexter. Members of Penobscot Lodge, F. & A. M., of which the deceased was a member, numbering nearly 100 attended in body. The entire personnel of the Blaisdell Automobile Co. including the representative of the Rockland and Belfast branches were present and attended the services in a body. A profusion of beautiful floral offerings bore silent testimony of the high esteem in which his friends held Mr. Blaisdell. All business houses closed during services.