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     Reference: 1823. Her married name was McKusick. Myra Julia Parker was born on 25 May 1896 at Parkman, ME.¹ Marriage banns for Myra Julia Parker and Fred Albert McKusick were published on 16 April 1914 at Parkman, ME.² Myra Julia Parker married Fred Albert McKusick, son of Myron Burgess McKusick and Lenora Ann True, on 18 May 1914. Myra Julia Parker died on 19 April 1974 at Dover-Foxcroft, ME, at age 77.³

     Carl Everett McKusick After graduating from Guilford, ME, High School, he worked as a projectionist in a local theatre and in war industry during WW II. In 1947, he purchased a trucking and retail coal business in Guilford and afterward extended the business to include heating oil, bottled gas and related appliances. In 1960, Carl joined a partnership and became general manager of a leading distributor of petroleum products in Dover-Foxcroft, ME. In 1973, he and son John established the McKusick Petroleum Co. of Dover-Foxcroft. Since retiring in 1976, he statrted a stained glass business, making and distributing small glass sun catchers, panels, lamp shades and a church window. He is active in the Methodist Church, Kiwanis, industry associations and genealogy. Carl and his wife Alice have enjoyed skiing, golf, fishing, square dancing, travel and RV camping. Reference: 1824. He was born on 13 December 1914 at Dexter, ME.¹ He married Alice Margaret Pearson, daughter of Wilfred E. Pearson and Edith M. Ames, on 13 December 1935 at Guilford, ME.² Carl Everett McKusick died on 21 January 2010 at Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, at age 95.

     Alice Margaret Pearson She graduated from Guilford High School and Farmington State Normal School. Before marriage, Alice taught sub-primary through the ninth grades in a one room, country school. After thirty years of marriage, she worked as a teacher's aide, substitute teacher and school librarian. She has been active in the stained glass business as a designer and helper in all phases. Reference: 1825. Her married name was McKusick. She was born on 30 December 1913 at Guilford, ME.¹ She married Carl Everett McKusick, son of Fred Albert McKusick and Myra Julia Parker, on 13 December 1935 at Guilford, ME.² Alice Margaret Pearson was buried in March 1997 at Lawn, Guilford, ME. She died on 2 March 1997 at Dover-Foxcroft, ME, at age 83.³

     Thomas Joseph O'Connell After working in Watervliet, he moved to Guilford, Maine, in 1965 and purchased Crocketts Bakery. It burned down, and after working in the heating and bottled gas business, he is (1993) a supervisor at Guilford of Maine, a textile manufacturing firm. Reference: 1829. He was born on 15 July 1934 at Watervliet, NY.¹ He died on 14 December 1997 at Guilford, ME, at age 63; cancer.²