- Date Of Birth: December 24, 1932
- Date Of Death: November 5, 2022
- State: Maine
Marthe P. Dowling of Brunswick passed away on November 5, 2022, after a long illness. Marthe was born in Brunswick on December 24, 1932, to Leonard and Germaine (St.Pierre) Schinck. She was raised on the family dairy farm in Brunswick and lived her entire life on that land. She was baptized at St. John’s Church and was a lifelong communicant. Marthe attended St. John’s Catholic School, graduating in 1947, and was a boarding student at the former Sacred Heart Academy in Jackman Station, Maine, graduating in 1951. She met the love of her life, Richard Dowling who served in the U.S. Navy, while she was working at the old Miss Brunswick Diner. They married at St. John’s Catholic Church on April 11, 1953, and built a home on her family’s farm to raise their five children. Family was always central to Marthe’s life; she loved being a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She spent much of her working life at the former Drapeau’s Pharmacy (later Downeast Pharmacy) in Brunswick as a clerk and bookkeeper. She also managed a home business with her husband, the Visi-Tray Mount Company, where she manufactured hingeless stamp mounts for philatelists.
Marthe had many talents. She enjoyed cooking and was fantastic in creating wonderful meals and desserts, including many French-Canadian specialties. She most of all loved sewing and was an excellent seamstress. In the last fifteen years of her life, Marthe turned to sewing doll clothes, creating thousands of meticulous outfits, which she paired with matching shoes. These were made as gifts and to support the Sew Blessed ministry for All Saints Parish in Brunswick; she loved selling them at the Christmas Fair. She was active at St. John the Baptist Parish throughout her life.
