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Earl M. Mabie

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Earl M. Mabie

Birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
21 Sep 2008 (aged 81)
New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.947097, Longitude: -71.520517
Plot
Section 3, Lot 26
Memorial ID
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Earl left on his last voyage to the big duck blind in the sky on September 21, 2008.

He was born on August 15, 1927 at the Lucy Hastings Hospital Manchester, NH to Percy R. and Esther M. (Campbell) Mabie. He was the second of two boys. He grew up at the family homestead on North Amherst Rd., Bedford, NH. He was a graduate of Manchester West High School and the US Maritime Academy Brooklyn, NY. He served for many years as an engineering officer on world wide freighters, oil tankers and first class passenger ships before retiring in 1962. He opened his own kitchen studio in Manchester in 1972 and was the president and treasurer of the Kitchen Showcase Inc. for 22 years.

In 1978 he opened Mabie Enterprises Inc. a Mfg. Rep. firm representing two high end custom manufacturers from the Amish Country in Central PA. He sold out and retired from both positions on January 1, 1994. After retirement he traveled from the frozen tundra of Alaska to southern Argentina in search of waterfowl and animals, and from the rice fields of Texas to the wheat fields of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and from the flooded pin oak swamps of Arkansas to the West Shores of the Hudson Bay. He also hunted Lake Okeechobee in Florida, and the outer banks of North Carolina, Croaton Sound and Currituck Sound. This was his very favorite place to hunt ducks and geese was the "Hilton" camp on Footman Island in the Great Bay in Durham,NH. Each year after

Christmas he would leave for Florida for four months and then summered at Lake Winnipesaukee or Lake Sunapee. He loved fishing, hunting, reading and traveling, which he did extensively. He was a member of Brookside Congregational Church. He held memberships in the Fisher Point & Game Club, Wilderness Adventures Hunt & Angling Club, Ducks Unlimited and the New Hampshire Water Fowlers Association and the National Rifle Association.

Members of his family include his wife, Mrs. Virginia (Rowe) Mabie of Hooksett; one son Craig J. Mabie of Seattle,WA; two daughters, Heather A. Remillard of Naples,FL and Penelope J.L. Mabie of Seattle, WA. Also two grandchildren; one great grandchild; one niece and several nephews. He has a predeceased brother Norman H. Mabie.

Calling hours will be held on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 12 noon in the Cainand Janosz Funeral Home, 74 Brook St., corner of Pine St. The funeral service will be held at 12:00 in the funeral home with the Rev. Carolyn H. Keilig, pastor of Brookside Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be held in Bedford Center Cemetery Bedford, NH.

Memorial contributions may be made to Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, PO Box 1797, Concord,NH 03302-1979 or Breathe NH, 9 Cedarwood Dr. Unit 12, Bedford, NH 03110 Attn: Memorial Gifts.

This obituary and guest book can be viewed at www.legacy.com

Earl left on his last voyage to the big duck blind in the sky on September 21, 2008.

He was born on August 15, 1927 at the Lucy Hastings Hospital Manchester, NH to Percy R. and Esther M. (Campbell) Mabie. He was the second of two boys. He grew up at the family homestead on North Amherst Rd., Bedford, NH. He was a graduate of Manchester West High School and the US Maritime Academy Brooklyn, NY. He served for many years as an engineering officer on world wide freighters, oil tankers and first class passenger ships before retiring in 1962. He opened his own kitchen studio in Manchester in 1972 and was the president and treasurer of the Kitchen Showcase Inc. for 22 years.

In 1978 he opened Mabie Enterprises Inc. a Mfg. Rep. firm representing two high end custom manufacturers from the Amish Country in Central PA. He sold out and retired from both positions on January 1, 1994. After retirement he traveled from the frozen tundra of Alaska to southern Argentina in search of waterfowl and animals, and from the rice fields of Texas to the wheat fields of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and from the flooded pin oak swamps of Arkansas to the West Shores of the Hudson Bay. He also hunted Lake Okeechobee in Florida, and the outer banks of North Carolina, Croaton Sound and Currituck Sound. This was his very favorite place to hunt ducks and geese was the "Hilton" camp on Footman Island in the Great Bay in Durham,NH. Each year after

Christmas he would leave for Florida for four months and then summered at Lake Winnipesaukee or Lake Sunapee. He loved fishing, hunting, reading and traveling, which he did extensively. He was a member of Brookside Congregational Church. He held memberships in the Fisher Point & Game Club, Wilderness Adventures Hunt & Angling Club, Ducks Unlimited and the New Hampshire Water Fowlers Association and the National Rifle Association.

Members of his family include his wife, Mrs. Virginia (Rowe) Mabie of Hooksett; one son Craig J. Mabie of Seattle,WA; two daughters, Heather A. Remillard of Naples,FL and Penelope J.L. Mabie of Seattle, WA. Also two grandchildren; one great grandchild; one niece and several nephews. He has a predeceased brother Norman H. Mabie.

Calling hours will be held on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 12 noon in the Cainand Janosz Funeral Home, 74 Brook St., corner of Pine St. The funeral service will be held at 12:00 in the funeral home with the Rev. Carolyn H. Keilig, pastor of Brookside Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be held in Bedford Center Cemetery Bedford, NH.

Memorial contributions may be made to Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, PO Box 1797, Concord,NH 03302-1979 or Breathe NH, 9 Cedarwood Dr. Unit 12, Bedford, NH 03110 Attn: Memorial Gifts.

This obituary and guest book can be viewed at www.legacy.com



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30069345/earl_m-mabie: accessed ), memorial page for Earl M. Mabie (15 Aug 1927–21 Sep 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30069345, citing Bedford Center Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by BLC (contributor 47047357).