Gloria Mae Coolbroth (Curtis) Obituary (1932

TENANTS HARBOR - Gloria M. Coolbroth, 81, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013, surrounded by her family at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. For the past few years, Gloria was a resident at the Knox Center in Rockland.Born in Rockland, March 20, 1932, she was the daughter Edward F. and Frances Harriman Curtis. She moved to Tenants Harbor as an infant and returned to Rockland at the age of twelve. She attended local Schools.On April 3, 1948, Gloria married Lawrence H. Wilson. The couple moved to Whitinsville, MA, where they resided one year, until returning to Rockland. Mr. Wilson died August 25, 1955.December 7, 1955, she married Joseph O. Coolbroth in Rockland. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Tenants Harbor, where they have since resided. Gloria devoted her life to her family as a homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Tenants Harbor Baptist Church.Other than her parents and first husband, Gloria was pre-deceased by a son, Lawrence H. Wilson, Jr. in 1997, a daughter Heather Coolbroth Bowring in 1990, a brother Sgt. Donald E. Curtis, and a granddaughter Shiloh Marie Meklin in May of this year. She is survived by her loving husband Joseph, Sr.; one son Joseph O. Coolbroth, Jr. both of Rockland; seven daughters, Josephine Coolbroth-Cushman and her husband John of Searsmont, Cynthia Poblette and her husband Salvadore, Mary Howard and her husband David all of Rockland, Janice Wilson of Thomaston, Joyce Wilson of Tenants Harbor, Charlene Joy and her husband Terry of Rockland, Jennie L. Coolbroth of South Portland; three sisters and their husbands, Patricia and Francis Weaver of Florida, Priscilla and Wendell Havener of Rockland, Rosalie and Charles Fogg of West Rockport; many grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; as well as several nieces and nephews.Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, September 30, 2013, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland, where a funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 1st. Pastor Bill Hickey will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Seaside Cemetery, Tenants Harbor.Those who wish may make memorial donations to the Hospice House Foundation, Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation, 22 White Street, Rockland, ME 04841.To share a memory or condolence with the family, please visit Gloria's Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.2b