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Katherine Louise “Kay” Coffin Mills

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Birth	:	24 Feb 1917 Ashland, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Death	:	4 Oct 2010 Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, USA
Burial	:	Fairview Cemetery, Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.6581001, -70.1382980
Description	:	FARMINGTON - Katherine "Kay" Louise Coffin Mills, 93, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, surrounded by her grandson, Anthony; and her daughters, Dora Anne and Janet, in Farmington. She was born Feb. 24, 1917, on her parents' potato farm in Ashland, the daughter of Laurence C. and Katherine (Trafton) Coffin. Kay was raised in Ashland, where she was valedictorian of Ashland High School, Class of 1934. She attended Ricker Junior College, Houlton, and then Colby College, from which she graduated in 1939. In 1972, Kay received her master's degree in English from the University of Maine, Orono. During her early years... Read More	FARMINGTON - Katherine "Kay" Louise Coffin Mills, 93, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, surrounded by her grandson, Anthony; and her daughters, Dora Anne and Janet, in Farmington. She was born Feb. 24, 1917, on her parents' potato farm in Ashland, the daughter of Laurence C. and Katherine (Trafton) Coffin. Kay was raised in Ashland, where she was valedictorian of Ashland High School, Class of 1934. She attended Ricker Junior College, Houlton, and then Colby College, from which she graduated in 1939. In 1972, Kay received her master's degree in English from the University of Maine, Orono. During her early years after college, she taught in Warren, South Paris and Farmington high schools, commencing a long and distinguished career teaching high school English, Latin and public speaking to thousands of Maine youth. In June 1941 she married S. Peter Mills Jr., and they made their home in his hometown of Farmington, a community she loved and in which she remained active until the end of her life. They divorced in October 1975. While her husband served as a Navy officer in World War II, she continued to teach until she stayed home to raise her children. As her children grew older she resumed teaching, first in Gorham from 1960 to 1962, where the family lived for several years in the 1950s and early 1960s, while her husband served as U.S. Attorney for Maine. After the family's return to Farmington she taught at Wilton Academy from 1963 to 1969, and then at Mount Blue High School, from where she retired as the head of the English department in 1991 after a total of 35 years teaching. She is survived by her children, S. Peter Mills III and wife, Nancy, of Cornville, David Pearson Mills of Farmington, Janet Trafton Mills and husband, Stanley Kuklinski, of Farmington, Paul Harland Mills of Farmington, and Dora Anne Mills and husband, Michael J. Fiori, of Brunswick; her grandchildren, Lt. Katherine Coffin Mills, stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany, Alice Mills Verstrat and husband, Justin Verstrat, Ruth Mills Cariani and husband, Jeffrey Cariani, of North Carolina, Anthony David Mills Fiori and Julia Katherine Mills Fiori of Brunswick. She is also survived by four great-grandchildren, Jasper Verstrat, Margaret Verstrat, Isaac Cariani and Julian Mills; her sister-in-law, Inger Coffin; her niece, Betsey Coffin; and her nephews, Roger Bates and Donald Bates. She is also survived by six stepgranddaughters, Alison Nelson, Coleen Lehigh, Tammy Viles, Kristen Kuklinski, Lisl May and Michela Fiori. She was predeceased by her former husband, S. Peter Mills Jr.; her longtime companion, Richard B. Gould; her sister, Dora Jean Coffin Bates; and her brother, Lewis Charles Coffin. Private family committal services will be held at Fairview Cemetery, Farmington. (Bangor Daily News 10/6/2010)

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Latitude: 44.6581001
Longitude: -70.1382980

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Sumner Peter Mills Jr.

(1911 - 2001)

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Dora Jean Coffin Bates

(1920 - 2003)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Fairview Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6581001, -70.1382980

2. Riverside Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6587900, -70.1432600

3. Butterfield Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6520700, -70.1511140

4. Case Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.6518900, -70.1247900

5. Old Burying Ground
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6638660, -70.1567270

6. Center Burying Ground
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6712700, -70.1514400

7. Belcher Family Graveyard
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6739269, -70.1488538

8. Red Schoolhouse Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6314011, -70.1600037

9. Gower Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.6380997, -70.1010971

10. Lowell Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6292000, -70.1102982

11. Russell Mills Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6695862, -70.1945016

12. North Farmington Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6981000, -70.1794000

13. Sewall Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7001260, -70.0976010

14. Blake Cemetery
Farmington Falls, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6258011, -70.0817032

15. East Wilton Cemetery
Wilton, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6124700, -70.1878800

16. Holly Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7178001, -70.1371994

17. Wendall Davis Cemetery
Farmington, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7149000, -70.1110200

18. Temple Village Cemetery
Temple, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6831017, -70.2210999

19. Webster Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5924988, -70.1241989

20. Orchard Hill Cemetery
Temple, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6713680, -70.2318424

21. Zions Hill Cemetery
North Chesterville, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5918999, -70.1085968

22. Weeks Mills Cemetery
New Sharon, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6732600, -70.0429100

23. Chesterville Hill Cemetery
Chesterville, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6060982, -70.0721970

24. Allens Mills Cemetery
Industry, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7180800, -70.0780100