Adaline K. Hill

Wilbraham-Adaline (Folsom) Hill, 93, died peacefully at home on February 25, 2012. She was born in Bangor, ME on March 23, 1918, the only daughter of Emery T. and Mary (Lincoln) Folsom. She was raised on the family farm on Eastern Avenue in Brewer where she attended local schools and was a member of the 1935 graduating class of Brewer High School. She then attended Gilman Commercial School and graduated from Eastern State Normal School in l940. She went on to teach school in East Holden, Greenville and Buckfield.


When she and Albert became parents she devoted her life to her family. They all had many happy years living throughout the United States, in Okinawa and Panama during Albert’s military career. After Albert’s retirement, Mrs. Hill resumed her teaching career and taught for many years in the Brewer School System, retiring in l979. Mrs. Hill was an active and devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Brewer for over 60 years. Among her former memberships were the Homemaker’s Club, the Volunteer Circle of Kings Daughters and Sons and the Brewer Garden and Bird Club.

Mrs. Hill is survived by her son Charles and his wife, Laurie of Wilbraham, MA; daughter-in-law Mrs. Kathleen Hill of Bangor, ME; grandsons James Hill and his wife Sarah, Christopher Hill and his wife Michelle; granddaughters Robyn Dahlgren and her husband Michael, Mary Hill and her husband Jose, and Jennifer Hill; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law Mrs. Penny Folsom of Cumberland, ME; two nieces Mrs. Sharon Jellison of Brewer and Mrs. John (Darlene) Field of Cumberland and their children and grandchildren; a very dear friend Jane Pierce of Bangor and many cousins. She was predeceased by her husband; her oldest son Emery Folsom Hill of Brewer; two brothers Lincoln C. Folsom of Newport, ME and Marshall E. Folsom of Brewer and a nephew, Thomas J. Folsom of Newport.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 1:00PM at the First Congregational Church in Brewer, ME with the Reverend Grace Bartlett presiding. The family invites all to share a time of remembrance and fellowship in the vestry following the service. Interment will be held in the Spring at the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Memorial contributions may be made to First Congregational Church Memorial Fund, 35 Church St. Brewer, ME 04412. The family has entrusted New England Funeral & Cremation Center, LLC 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA with the local arrangements and Brookings Smith in Bangor, ME. For expressions of sympathy please visit www.nefcc.net