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Verlie May Colby Greenleaf

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Birth	:	19 Feb 1891 Westport, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Death	:	28 Oct 1992 Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Burial	:	Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6690570, -93.6175600
Plot	:	Family Cemetery
Inscription	:	WIFE Verlie M. Feb. 19, 1891 Oct. 28, 1992
Description	:	Verlie May Greenleaf, 101, of the Greenleaf Road, a lifelong resident and oldest island resident, died Wednesday at a Bath Hospital after a brief illness. She was the oldest member of the Topsham Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was born on Westport Island, a daughter of Charles and Anne Perkins Colby, and attended schools there. She was employed as a bookkeeper at Ward and Wallace, Jewett's Auto Sales and Carbonmie's Pontiac in Brunswick. Her husband Fred I. Greenleaf, died in 1944. Mrs. Greenleaf was a tax collector and treasurer of Westport Island for 45 years, retiring at the age... Read More	Verlie May Greenleaf, 101, of the Greenleaf Road, a lifelong resident and oldest island resident, died Wednesday at a Bath Hospital after a brief illness. She was the oldest member of the Topsham Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was born on Westport Island, a daughter of Charles and Anne Perkins Colby, and attended schools there. She was employed as a bookkeeper at Ward and Wallace, Jewett's Auto Sales and Carbonmie's Pontiac in Brunswick. Her husband Fred I. Greenleaf, died in 1944. Mrs. Greenleaf was a tax collector and treasurer of Westport Island for 45 years, retiring at the age of 87. She played piano at island dances for many years and played on her 100th birthday. She was awarded the Bluegrass Fan of the year Award at the Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick last summer. She was a member of an island bowling team into her late 80's. She was preceased by two sons, Walter E. Greenleaf in 1981, and Frank T. Greenleaf in 1985; and one daughter, Violet Apt in 1991. Surviving are 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Pinewood Drive, Topsham, Bishop Russell E. Ames will officiate. Arrangements are by Mayo, Curtis, & Hill Funeral Home, 819 High St., Bath. Burial at Greenleaf Cemetery, Westport Island. Death Archives Single Record Display Certificate Number: 9208407 Last Name: GREENLEAF First Name: VERLIE Middle Name: MAY Date of Death: Wednesday, October 28, 1992 Town of Death: BATH Age at Death: 1 Years > 100

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Verlie May Colby Greenleaf death on 28 Oct 1992 in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
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Latitude: 41.6690570
Longitude: -93.6175600

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Ellsworth Colby

(1861 - 1939)

Annie May Perkins Colby

(1866 - 1955)

Spouse

Fredrick Irving Greenleaf

(1887 - 1944)

Siblings

Ernest Ellsworth Colby

(1884 - 1969)

Jeannette Louise Colby Fowle

(1886 - 1962)

Charles Herbert Colby

(1892 - 1961)

Children

Albert Ellsworth Greenleaf

(1911 - 1911)

Dorothy Louise Greenleaf

(1911 - 1911)

Fred Ellsworth Greenleaf

(1913 - 1919)

Walter Eben Greenleaf Sr.

(1914 - 1981)

Frankie Trower Greenleaf Sr.

(1916 - 1985)

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