Melodie Glidden Mannix

MANNIX, Melodie Glidden, 67, PRESQUE ISLE, at Bangor, October 27, 2012. A memorial service will be held at a later date during the summer of 2013 at the Presque Isle Congregational Church. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

    PRESQUE ISLE — Melodie Glidden Mannix passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 27, in Bangor, after a brief illness. Born December 25, 1944, in Presque Isle, she was the daughter of Harold & Duska Glidden.
    A 1963, graduate of Presque Isle High School, she went on to obtain a degree from the Chamberlain School of Retailing in Boston. After graduation, Melodie spent her early years in retail as a fashion purchaser for Filene’s in Boston, and later Diamond’s Department stores in Phoenix, Arizona. She moved back to her hometown in the late 1970’s, and worked for the family business, D&D Agency, until the mid-1980’s. After that, Melodie decided to put her love of children to work and became a speech aid, working at the Zippel, Gouldville and Pine Street Elementary Schools in Presque Isle.
    She went back to college at the University of Maine, Presque Isle, as a part-time student in 1991 to further her career as a speech clinician. She eventually devoted herself to studies full-time and enrolled at the University of Maine in Orono in 1993. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology in 1995 and her Master’s in 1997. Melodie then practiced as a Speech Language Pathologist at Griffiths Associates in Augusta, where she specialized in working with young children between the ages of three and five. She spent nearly nine years there before moving on to the Warren Center in Bangor, working in the same specialty before her eventual retirement in 2008.
    A devoted mother, sister and friend, Melodie enjoyed cooking, reading and creating needle art in her spare time. She always enjoyed the company of friends and family and was always willing to sacrifice for others.
    Melodie is survived by her son and her pride and joy, Jeffrey Glidden Mannix of Lewiston, ME; her sister, Tamia Glidden of Presque Isle; her brother, William Flint Glidden, of Roswell, Georgia; her niece, Duska Rachel Glidden of Roswell, Georgia; as well as numerous cousins.
    A memorial service was held on Monday, November 5, at 2 p.m., at the Hammond Street Congregational Church, 28 High Street, Bangor. A memorial service will also be held at a later date during the summer of 2013 at the Presque Isle Congregational Church, 27 Church St., Presque Isle. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Melodie’s name to the Good Shepherd Food Bank, P.O. Box 1807, Auburn, ME 04211-1807. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.