Arlene Virginia Reed, 90, of Newcastle and more recently of Bristol, passed away on Feb. 8 at Saint Andrews Village Gregory Wing Adult Care Home in Boothbay Harbor.
She was born in Damariscotta on Aug. 17, 1922, the first daughter of Henry Thomas Flint and Eleanor Louise Van Horn Flint. She grew up on Ocean Point. She enjoyed the outdoors, boating, and gardening and loved animals and the Maine coast. She also served as a soloist performer in several of the annual Footlighter talent shows.
Arlene’s faith was very important to her and most recently she and her husband attended the First Baptist Church, Damariscotta, as well as the Kairos prison ministry in Warren. She enjoyed helping her husband, Peter, present puppet shows to area daycare children.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Kenneth M. Dodge Sr., to whom she was married for 35 years; second husband, Robert D. Reed, to whom she was married for 25 years; and oldest son, Norman H. Dodge.
She is survived by her third husband of 7½ years, Peter W. Beauchamp of Bristol; son, Kenneth M. Dodge Jr. and wife Norma of Waldoboro; daughter-in-law, Martha Dodge of Hulls Cove; sister, Lucy Marlowe and friend Paul Adams of Boothbay Harbor; sisters, Cynthia McGuire and husband James of Scarborough, and Marilyn Landry and husband Louis of Ocean Point; stepchildren, Robert (Bobby) Reed and wife Pam of Damariscotta, Barry Reed of Portland, Jon Beauchamp and wife Linda of Missouri, William Beauchamp and wife B.J. of Kentucky, and Michael Beauchamp and wife Theresa of Virginia; granddaughters, Christine Sher and husband Adam of Franklin, Mass., and Laurie Wilson and husband Jay of Indian Head, Md.; grandsons, Andrew Dodge of Portland, and Matthew Dodge and wife Janette of Bainbridge Island, Wash.; great-grandchildren, Amanda, Courtney, William, Tyler, and Caleb; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
If you wish, in lieu of flowers, donations in Arlene’s memory may be made to the Ocean Point Preserve, Boothbay Region Land Trust, 137 Townsend Ave., PO Box 183, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.
Online condolences may be given at www.directcremationofmaine.com.
Interment will be at the Highland Cemetery in Edgecomb.
A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held in the spring, the date and place to be announced later.
