Mildred Viola Bradstreet
BRADSTREET, Mildred Viola, 96, BRUNSWICK, February 6, 2013. Interment will be in Maquoit Cemetery in the spring. Arrangements are in the care of Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK – Mildred Viola Bradstreet, 96, “Millie” of 467 Woodside Road, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Dionne Commons. She was born in Blaine, February 2, 1917, the daughter of Lyle and Annie Van Tassell Beals.
She graduated from Aroostook Central Institute with a coveted (Honor Essay) in 1935, and from Zion Bible Institute with a major in Christian Education in 1938.
She was married to Rev. Hanford R. Bradstreet, August 22, 1940, and worked side by side in evangelism and pastoral ministries in Bellows Falls, VT, Brunswick, ME, Manchester, NH, and Exeter, ME. After retiring on Maquoit Bay in 1982, they continued ministering in several capacities. Millie was a charter board member of Gospel Light Fellowship, West Bath, where she served in nursing home, daycare, and visitation outreaches. Millie loved to sew and craft as well as making baby quilts for Parkview Hospital.
Besides her husband, she was also predeceased by two brothers, Otis and Eugene Beals; two sisters, Doris Terrell and Phyllis Beals; and a granddaughter, Darlene Rochelle Dutton.
She is survived by two daughters, Tavia Loree Dutton and her husband, Dr. Barry W. Dutton of Topsham, ME, and Tonya Rochelle Bielak and her husband, Waldemar T. Bielak of Stroudsburg, PA; a sister, Juanita E. Rideout of Mars Hill, ME; a sister-in-law, Dena Beals of North Oxford, MA; three grandchildren, Barry Dutton and wife, Kathy, Tammy Sowers and husband, Jack, and Lauren Smurda and her husband, Dr. Marcus Smurda; three great-grandchildren, Keagan, Maxwell and Reagan; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Friends were invited to visit with the family from 5-7 p.m., Saturday, at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. A celebration of life was held at 3 p.m., Sunday, at Gospel Light Fellowship, 412 State Rd., Bath 04530, with the Reverends Arden and Brenda Cross officiating. Interment will be in Maquoit Cemetery in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Gospel Light Fellowship. For those unable to attend, condolences to the family may be posted and a Tribute of her life viewed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com
