June Evelyn Chatto Hathaway, 85, of Boothbay Harbor, died Aug. 16 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness.
She was born Feb. 20, 1923 in Rockland, the daughter of Leroy Amos and Ivy Gay Young Chatto. She is a graduate of Rockland High School, class of 1941, where she was valedictorian of her class. She furthered her education with an AB degree from Bates in 1945, M. Ed from the University of Maine, Orono in 1952, and continued to take courses at the University of Vermont, Tufts University, University of Utah, and the University of Southern Maine.
On Aug. 23, 1947 she married Vaughan Hathaway, and moved to Boothbay Harbor in 1949, where they became part of the fabric of the community.
Mrs. Hathaway taught Latin, English and history courses, beginning in Flagstaff Maine High School, Cooperstown Academy in Cooperstown, N.Y., and upon moving to Boothbay Harbor, began at the Boothbay Harbor High School and Boothbay Region High School, retiring in 1984. That year, she was named Maine Classicist of the year.
Active in town, she was a member of the Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, was a trustee for 35 years for the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Past Matron and life member of Crescent Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, past president of the YMCA Coastal Club, co-director of the Boothbay Region YMCA day camp for its first nine years, and hosted AFS student David Calvo of Spain in 1970-71.
She enjoyed spending time at the Chatto homestead in Sargentville, reading, doing needlepoint and knitting, cats, traveling, playing games with family and friends, and most of all spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is predeceased by her husband Vaughan Hathaway, who died in 2003, and two brothers Winfield and Robert Chatto.
Survivors include her sons Douglas V. Hathaway and wife Toni of Massapequa, N.Y., Arthur W. Hathaway of Boothbay Harbor, and AFS son David Calvo and family of Bilbao, Spain; granddaughters, Chelsea M. Hathaway, Olivia J. Hathaway and Mariel R. Hathaway, all of Massapequa N.Y.; brother, Kenneth A. Chatto of Lugoff S.C., and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours 6-8 p.m., Fri., Aug. 22 at the Simmons Harrington and Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. Memorial service 10 a.m., Sat., Aug. 23, at the First United Methodist Church in Boothbay Harbor. Interment will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Sargentville.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak St., Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, or to the Memorial Endowment Fund, First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 641, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Simmons Harrington and Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay.
