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Tenna Campbell

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Father	Angus Campbell b. c 1868
Mother	Ella O'Neill b. c 1868

Last Edited

31 Jan 2026

Birth*	Tenna Campbell was born on 17 April 1892 in Peabody, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Date of birth comes from the Social Security Death Index and place from her marriage record and the birth records of her children. Her mother's name on her death certificate was Annie Horsman, but was Ella O'Neill on her marriage record. Her birth record couldn't be located in the Mass. vital records indexes for the years 1886-1895 under the name Campbell nor in 1891-95 under the names Horsman or O'Neil. A line by line search of Peabody, Mass. births was also made for the year 1892 to no avail. Her father and Ella O'Neill were married in January 1892 in Salem, Mass.1 so if the birth date provided by the SSDI is correct it would seem likely that Ella is her mother. Annie Horsman may be a second wife for Angus, but that marriage record, if it exists, hasn't been located yet. It doesn't appear under Horsman in the Mass. vital records indexes at the Mass. Archives or in the indexes at Mass. vital records from 1911 to 1920.
Marriage*	She married Harry James Montgomery, son of William John Montgomery and Louisa Henrietta Schmelzer, on 10 January 1910 in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Tenna died a stroke on 6 May 1976 at 255 Clifton St. in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She was buried in Forestdale Cemetery in Malden on May 8th.3

Children of Tenna Campbell and Harry James Montgomery

Charles Angus Montgomery+ b. 21 Jun 1911, d. 25 Sep 1996 Harold Edward Montgomery b. 28 Jun 1912, d. 6 Mar 1965 Robert Lee Montgomery+ b. 8 Sep 1913, d. 10 Sep 1995

Henry Streck

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Last Edited

26 Nov 2024

Birth*	Henry Streck was born in GermanyG.
Marriage*	He married Bertha Muller.
	Arrived in America on 19 Mar 1866 on the ship "Ballona" which sailed from LeHavre (France) to London (England) to New York. He was born in the county of Baden, near the Black Forest. Baden county is known for its mineral baths. He left Germany when a civil war erupted there. After arriving in the USA, he traveled to Boston where he set up shop as a shoemaker and married Bertha Mueller, who had come to the US in 1863 from Bavaria. He adopted the American spelling "Henry" for his first name.1

Child of Henry Streck and Bertha Muller

Bertha Elizabeth Dora Streck+ b. 22 Jan 1874, d. 13 Sep 1959

Bertha Muller

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Last Edited

18 Dec 1997

Birth*	Bertha Muller was born in GermanyG.
Marriage*	She married Henry Streck.

Child of Bertha Muller and Henry Streck

Bertha Elizabeth Dora Streck+ b. 22 Jan 1874, d. 13 Sep 1959

Alethea Agnes Wyse

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Father	John W. Wyse
Mother	Agnes Lane d. 1919

Last Edited

14 Apr 2003

Birth*	Alethea Agnes Wyse was born on 10 October 1891 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married William Henry Montgomery, son of William John Montgomery and Louisa Henrietta Schmelzer, on 18 September 1910 in Boston, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Alethea died of a hemorrhage in the brain on 9 April 1947 at the New England Sanitarium in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Mass. on April 12th.3
	Her parents were both from Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada.

Children of Alethea Agnes Wyse and William Henry Montgomery

Agnes Louise Montgomery+ b. 3 Jul 1911, d. 10 Mar 2006 William Russell Montgomery+ b. 1 Dec 1912, d. 2 Jan 1991 Frederick John Montgomery+ b. 10 Dec 1914, d. 1 Sep 1967 Richard David Montgomery+ b. 29 Jan 1916, d. 18 Jan 1977 Isabelle Jean Montgomery+ b. 9 Oct 1918, d. 4 Jan 1999 Alethea Montgomery+ b. 6 Dec 1920, d. 11 Mar 1989

Joan LanceLotta

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Children of Joan LanceLotta and William Wallace Willard Jr.

William Willard Thomas V. Willard Janet Willard David Willard

William Willard

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Father	William Wallace Willard Jr. b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002
Mother	Joan LanceLotta

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2 Mar 1997

Thomas V. Willard

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Father	William Wallace Willard Jr. b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002
Mother	Joan LanceLotta

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2 Mar 1997

Janet Willard

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Father	William Wallace Willard Jr. b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002
Mother	Joan LanceLotta

Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

David Willard

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Father	William Wallace Willard Jr. b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002
Mother	Joan LanceLotta

Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

William Wallace Willard

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Last Edited

26 Mar 2021

Birth*	William Wallace Willard was born.
Death*	William died in 1937.

Children of William Wallace Willard and Gertrude Shires

William Wallace Willard Jr.+ b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002 Clarence Lee Willard

Clarence Lee Willard

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Father	William Wallace Willard d. 1937
Mother	Gertrude Shires

Last Edited

28 Dec 2002

Gertrude Shires

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Children of Gertrude Shires and William Wallace Willard

William Wallace Willard Jr.+ b. 24 Jan 1934, d. 8 Oct 2002 Clarence Lee Willard

Henry Scott Lord

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Birth*	Henry Scott Lord was born.
Marriage*	He married Marie Dubois.

Child of Henry Scott Lord and Marie Dubois

Iva Lord+ b. 5 Apr 1881, d. 12 Sep 1911

Marie Dubois

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Birth*	Marie Dubois was born.
Marriage*	She married Henry Scott Lord.

Child of Marie Dubois and Henry Scott Lord

Iva Lord+ b. 5 Apr 1881, d. 12 Sep 1911

George H. Hawes

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Father	John Thomas Hawes
Mother	Octa P. Holden

Last Edited

28 Mar 2000

Birth*	George H. Hawes was born.
Marriage*	He married Mary Alice Fellows.

Child of George H. Hawes and Mary Alice Fellows

Frank B. Hawes+ b. 20 Sep 1877, d. 21 Nov 1919

Mary Alice Fellows

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Birth*	Mary Alice Fellows was born.
Marriage*	She married George H. Hawes, son of John Thomas Hawes and Octa P. Holden.

Child of Mary Alice Fellows and George H. Hawes

Frank B. Hawes+ b. 20 Sep 1877, d. 21 Nov 1919

John Thomas Hawes

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Father	Robert Hawes
Mother	Elizabeth Myers

Last Edited

28 Mar 2000

Birth*	John Thomas Hawes was born.
Marriage*	He married Octa P. Holden.

Child of John Thomas Hawes and Octa P. Holden

George H. Hawes+

Octa P. Holden

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Birth*	Octa P. Holden was born.
Marriage*	She married John Thomas Hawes, son of Robert Hawes and Elizabeth Myers.

Child of Octa P. Holden and John Thomas Hawes

George H. Hawes+

Robert Hawes

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Last Edited

7 Nov 2001

Birth*	Robert Hawes was born.
Marriage*	He married Elizabeth Myers.

Child of Robert Hawes and Elizabeth Myers

John Thomas Hawes+

Elizabeth Myers

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Last Edited

2 Mar 1997

Birth*	Elizabeth Myers was born.
Marriage*	She married Robert Hawes.

Child of Elizabeth Myers and Robert Hawes

John Thomas Hawes+

Jacob Myers

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Father	Zachariah Myers b. 1855, d. 1933
Mother	Nancy Vallance Solomons b. 1855, d. 1886

Last Edited

2 Jan 2020

Birth*	Jacob Myers was born on 15 January 1880 in Bishopsgate, London, EnglandG.
Marriage*	He married Ada Isaacs, daughter of Godfrey Isaacs and Amelia Aarons, before 1909.1
	Johnny was a member of Stoke Newington Synagogue in 1910, with address given as 53 Cazenove Road in Stamford Hill.2
	Jacob Myers also went by the nickname of Johnny.

Child of Jacob Myers and Ada Isaacs

Millie Myers b. 15 May 1909

Carroll Welty Blanning

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Father	Ralph Franklin Blanning
Mother	Laura Ellen Stayner

Last Edited

13 Jan 2026

Birth*	Carroll Welty Blanning was born on 10 April 1914 in Kalispell, Flathead County, MontanaG.1,2
Marriage*	She married second Frank Elden Schmelzer, son of Henry Louis Philip Schmelzer and Bertha Elizabeth Dora Streck, on 20 November 1937 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New HampshireG.3
Death*	Carroll Welty Blanning died on 5 January 2009 in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, MaineG.4
Burial*	She was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Mount Desert, Hancock County, MaineG.5
	FindaGrave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233420036/carol-schmelzer.
	FamilySearch Family Tree page: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8YQ-RNV.
	Her obituary appeared in the 7 January 2009 Bangor Daily News of Bangor, Maine and read as follows: Carroll Blanning Schmelzer, 94, died January 5, 2009 in Bar Harbor. She was born April 10, 1914 in Kalispell, MT., the daughter of The Reverend Ralph and Laura (Stayner) Blanning. Carroll graduated from Bangor High School in 1932. She worked as an executive secretary for Sylvania Electric for over 20 years. Carroll had a longtime interest in Native America and especially loved Mt. Desert Island. She had a great passion for nature and enjoyed her gardens and flowers. Carroll loved reading classics and she was a great knitter and seamstress. She was a Girl Scout leader for many years and belonged to several community groups in Stow, MA. and was a former member of the Unitarian Church in Stow. Carroll is survived by her beloved and loving husband of 72 years, Frank E. Schmelzer of Bar Harbor. Two sons; John Schmelzer and his significant other, Jane Fogg of Franklin and Henry Schmelzer and wife, Cynthia Livingston of Mt. Desert. Three daughters, Jane S. Reynolds and her husband, James of Mt. Desert, Margaret Durgin and her husband, Roger of Napa, CA. and Dorothy King of Ashland. Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Services will be private. Contributions in Carroll’s memory may be made to Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mt. Desert St., Bar Harbor, 04609 or to the Southwest Harbor Library, PO Box 157, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.4

Children of Carroll Welty Blanning and Frank Elden Schmelzer

Henry Louis Phillip Schmelzer 2nd b. 10 Aug 1943, d. 12 Jan 2026 John Carroll Schmelzer Jane Schmelzer+

Henry Louis Phillip Schmelzer 2nd

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Father	Frank Elden Schmelzer b. 31 Jul 1906, d. 23 Feb 2012
Mother	Carroll Welty Blanning b. 10 Apr 1914, d. 5 Jan 2009

Last Edited

13 Jan 2026

Birth*	Henry Louis Phillip Schmelzer 2nd was born on 10 August 1943 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. His parents were living in Stow, Mass. when he was born.1
Death*	He died of cancer on 12 January 2026 at home in Somesville, Mount Desert, Hancock County, MaineG.2
	When they were married in Sep 1978 Henry was an attorney and Cynthis was a personnel manager and they were living at 14A Chestnut Street in Boston. In 2007 they were living in Somesville on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, and they were still living there when he died in Jan 2026.
	Https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/mission-efficiency-hank-schmelzer-brings-his-corporate-experience-to-the-nonprofit-world https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=a78d54100a5cfb03514fd1baf&id=e4a4a0f303&fbclid=IwY2xjawJXbb1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSA2P9Zm7u_fd8Icfj9cacEqNY2D7KR1tmEHhJfu0pAdVli7U3jiNLJ0TA_aem_HlddL9EblhWbovGtgKgZcA.
	He also went by the nickname of Hank.
	From the 19 March 2007 Mainebiz website: Solid Foundation-- Hank Schmelzer has built the Maine Community Foundation into a $200 million nonprofit juggernaut. He's our 2007 Business Leader of the Year. By Sara Donnelly Henry L.P. Schmelzer, a.k.a. "Hank," is looking forward to a bright future — he's less than two days away from his annual ski vacation in Italy's Dolomite Mountains. Sure, he and his wife haven't packed, his schedule's booked until takeoff with meetings from Ellsworth to Boston, and a nasty nor'easter is due to hit the coast about the time Schmelzer's plane is supposed to lift off from Logan Airport. But Schmelzer, unruffled to the point of serenity, is sure the two of them will arrive in Italy on time and without a hitch. Schmelzer's uncanny ability to cope with obstacles is one of the reasons he ended up in the somewhat unlikely position of running one of the biggest nonprofits in Maine. Created in 1983 by Edward Kaelber, the founding president of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, the MaineCF, as it is called, had already made a name for itself as one of the state's most influential nonprofits when Schmelzer became the foundation's president and CEO in February 2000. Schmelzer had spent more than 25 years as a corporate investment strategist in Boston, managing a staff of more than 200 and overseeing investments worth billions of dollars. After tiring of the investment world and taking a break — which included plenty of skiing in Italy — he began to consider what he wanted to do next. When he learned the Maine Community Foundation was looking for a new CEO, he jumped at it. The MaineCF supports thousands of grants and initiatives each year, from scholarships of $500 or less for Maine high school students to one of last year's biggest gifts, $1 million to help support the capital campaign of Spring Harbor Hospital in Westbrook. Under Schmelzer, the foundation's assets have risen from roughly $78 million to more than $200 million. The number of donors has more than doubled, and investment returns have consistently excelled despite a shaky stock market. Schmelzer's focus on streamlining operations and expanding the charity's influence have helped the MaineCF become a significant player in policy and social services throughout the state. Last year was Schmelzer's best year yet. In 2006, the foundation donated a record $18 million in grants that helped push MaineCF's total giving over the $100 million mark. One of the year's most significant grants was to the Yarmouth nonprofit GrowSmart Maine, to help fund its policy-setting Brookings Institution study and a five-year implementation plan, which includes community meetings and initiatives throughout the state. MaineCF committed more than $100,000 for the study itself — roughly a quarter of the initial cost — and an additional $300,000 for the implementation stage. Peter Rothschild, the chair of the foundation's investment committee and a private investor in New York City, says one of Schmelzer's key responsibilities is to constantly market the foundation to existing and potential donors. Schmelzer is only minimally involved in the particulars of the foundation's investment policies, Rothschild says, but his investment background makes him an astute representative of both the financial and philosophical sides of the foundation at the committee's quarterly meetings. "Hank is an enabler," Rothschild explains. "He's a guy who appears not to have a big ego and is there to help. And he's making things happen." The transition game Schmelzer's career in the late 1990s can seem close to perfect. He was settled comfortably into a senior level position at New England Investment Companies, now part of the international company IXIS Asset Management Group, where he earned a six-figure salary managing $8 billion and overseeing a staff of 240. But by 1998, the fast-paced investment world had begun to wear on him. Burned out and looking for a more direct hand in social services, Schmelzer, then 55, quit and spent two soul-searching years pondering his next move. He wasn't exactly idle; among his activities was work as a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he studied hedge fund regulation. He knew he wanted to work at a Maine nonprofit — he'd gone to college at the University of Maine in Orono in the 1960s, and maintained an assortment of connections to the state, not least of which was a long friendship with Owen Wells, head of the Portland-based Libra Foundation — but hadn't figured out where he wanted to land. Then he bumped into a friend in the bathroom at the Regency Hotel in Portland in 1999. "I ran into a gentleman I knew who told me about this job with some bank," says Schmelzer, "but I didn't want to get involved in that stuff — been there, done that. And then he mentioned that the woman who ran the Maine Community Foundation was leaving. So I thought I'd take a crack at it." The fit, Schmelzer explains, was perfect. He and his wife already owned a home on Mount Desert Island, and when the MaineCF job became available in nearby Ellsworth, Schmelzer knew he'd finally found his nonprofit opportunity, even if the perks couldn't match those of the for-profit world; he says his annual MaineCF salary of $118,000 is "six or seven times less" than what he made during his Boston days. But MaineCF is where Schmelzer finally feels he's directly helping people in a way he hadn't thought possible since he was an idealistic law student in the 1960s. "I always tried to find a social purpose in the work I did," he says. The foundation functions as an investment clearinghouse for more than 800 private funds and donors — the minimum fund size is $25,000 — most of whom live in Maine. The donors give their money to MaineCF, which pools it with other funds and invests it in a diverse portfolio that includes U.S. and international stocks. Donors pay MaineCF an annual fee, and in exchange the foundation manages the growth of the fund, cuts checks on the donors' behalf and assists in the selection of grant recipients. Typically, five percent of the annual income generated by those investments is given away in the form of grants; donors can give more if they choose. The MaineCF under Schmelzer has doubled the number of donors, in part because the foundation's investments have displayed consistent growth. It is now the second largest foundation in the state after the private Libra Foundation, and may soon overtake it, since Libra's charter does not allow it to add donors. "We're proud of the Maine Community Foundation and the way it's run," says donor Wickham Skinner, a former professor at the Harvard Business School, who with his wife, Alice, has operated a fund totaling "somewhere in the low seven figures" through MaineCF since 1999. Schmelzer drops by the Skinners' Tenant's Harbor home several times a year. "I feel like I can talk with this guy about any problem or issue or opportunity I see," says Skinner, 83. "I don't feel that it's difficult to get him on the phone. It gives me a sense of confidence that you can call the person in charge." In 2000, MaineCF hired Cambridge Associates, a Boston consulting company. Cambridge Associates' quarterly reports on the foundation's investment portfolio and the firm's increasing consult on investment strategies have helped the foundation maintain an investment return consistently higher than the benchmark for similar portfolios, even in the wake of the dot-com and post-September 11 market collapses. The foundation's three- and five-year investment results rank among the top five percent of approximately 100 community foundations nationwide. "Really, the philanthropic nonprofit organizations are in themselves businesses," says Schmelzer. "The only way they can successfully carry out their missions is if they're well-run organizations." Drawing on his managerial background, Schmelzer has focused on clarifying MaineCF's internal operations. Soon after arriving, he held a series of what he describes as "gut-wrenching" meetings to hammer out the foundation's official mission. He oversaw the completion of a long-dormant strategic plan. Most of the current staff, including Jim Geary, vice president of finance and administration, and Peter Taylor, director of grantmaking services, were hired under Schmelzer. In 2000, the foundation had 14 staffers and an annual budget of $6.5 million; it now has a staff of 26 and an annual budget of $20 million. MaineCF's board chair, Bob Woodbury, says the foundation is poised under Schmelzer's leadership to exact a much stronger influence on social and public policy in Maine. "We've reached a size and visibility that may be a tipping point for the organization," says Woodbury, a former chancellor of the University of Maine System. The MaineCF has emerged as a statewide nonprofit leader, and has helped convene nonprofit managers on issues from how to implement suggestions in the Brookings Institution study to how to support environmental causes in Maine. Schmelzer says his next goal is to identify several broad areas of interest that the foundation can then encourage donors to focus on, such as the environment or stemming Maine's brain drain. The social bug Schmelzer's work is as much social as it is logistical. He spends half his workweek on the road, having coffee with donors, speaking at public events, attending cocktail parties, checking in weekly with the foundation's Portland office, and otherwise putting a face to the roughly 3,000 grants, programs and initiatives the foundation sponsors annually. Compact and wiry, his speech dusted with a Yankee clip, Schmelzer mingles easily, his manner genuine and unassuming; his large tortoiseshell glasses can give him a slightly intense look, but there is a warmth about him that people find reassuring. Schmelzer's wanderlust is apparent in the company's quarterly newsletters, where he manages to appear in almost every group photo. Even when Schmelzer isn't on the clock, he's looking for potential connections to enhance the foundation. He recalls a weekend this winter when he was delayed in Boston because of bad weather. He ended up grabbing dinner at a downtown restaurant and, fortuitously, the woman who had sat next to him on the plane down from Maine walked in with a friend and sat beside him at the bar. "These were really great women who were familiar with community foundations in Massachusetts and both had houses in Maine," he says. "And it very easily turned into a conversation about community foundations in Maine. It was a sort of quasi-business thing that developed in a conversational way. It's the classic case of sort of always being on the job. I don't mind it at all." He's still cultivating the woman as a possible MaineCF donor, Schmelzer adds. "I have a good feeling about her," he says. Schmelzer has not always moved so fluidly in the nonprofit world. When he started at MaineCF, he was used to the corporate model where the person in charge made a decision and the rest of the staff followed. While his corporate management skills have certainly benefited the foundation, Schmelzer quickly figured out that self-aggrandizing superstars aren't welcome in the egalitarian nonprofit world; at MaineCF, where all company documents list staff alphabetically by last name, not rank, he'd have to lead by consensus, not decree. "Maybe I was overly sensitive, but I felt like there was maybe a little resentment for a year or two about my background and where I came from," Schmelzer recalls. "I said, 'I've got to overcome this.' I had to prove that I could work in this environment, and the ball was in my court. And that was okay." Schmelzer also saw how elements of nonprofits could serve as models for corporate America."In the nonprofit world, there's a sense of inclusiveness," he says. "Some aspects of what happens in the nonprofit world could make the for-profit world a more effective environment. If you look at some of the better run, more progressive companies, you'll find a lot of those practices in place." Making a difference Schmelzer, 63, was raised to respect leadership and curiosity. Born in 1943, Schmelzer grew up in Stow, Mass., a small farming town about 30 miles west of Boston. His father, the child of German immigrants, ran a printing press in Boston; his mother was a homemaker. Schmelzer's younger sister, Jane Reynolds, recalls one of her father's favorite stories about the ever-inquisitive Henry, as his family calls him. "My father always talks about how they couldn't keep him in the yard," Reynolds says. "When he was three years old or so they put a fence around the yard, a few feet high. My father went out there and, sure enough, Henry was gone. He'd climbed over the fence." After high school, Schmelzer considered college in Maine at Bates or Colby, but settled on the more affordable University of Maine. His freshman year, he met another student, a Maine kid named Owen Wells, who would eventually head the Libra Foundation. The two became pals, and they've remained close friends ever since. (For more on Schmelzer's longtime friendship with Wells, see "Two of a kind" see below.) Schmelzer graduated in 1964 with a degree in history and government. He and Wells went off to law school together, at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and served in Vietnam together in the late 1960s. After being discharged from the army, Schmelzer abandoned his dream of working in social services and instead took a job as a securities lawyer at a life insurance company in Worcester, Mass. In 1972, he joined New England Securities Companies, first as a lawyer and later as an investment manager. He thought he'd be in the job for two or three years. He stayed for 26. Wells says the nonprofit world is much more to Schmelzer's liking. "Hugely so," Wells says. "That's a big transition, because you go from a CEO's salary to a nonprofit salary, which is considerably less money. But, as Henry says, he'd never go back." For now, Schmelzer seems content shepherding the MaineCF from one plateau to the next while enjoying life in the postcard-perfect Mount Desert hamlet of Somesville. He shares a 19th century farmhouse with his wife, Cynthia Livingston, and their fluffy orange cat, Leonardo. The house is tidy but lived-in; down jackets, skis and boots are piled near the door. Besides skiing — the license plate of his Jeep Cherokee reads "PELMO," after one of his favorite skiing mountains in Italy — Schmelzer is passionate about Maine painters. In his living room hang works by Eric Hopkins and Michael Lewis. Schmelzer sips a cup of tea at home and voices his subtle impatience with the slower rate of return on social capital investments compared to for-profit investments. Sometimes, he says, he wonders if he's making a difference at all. It's harder to see in the nonprofit world than the for-profit, because success isn't measured solely in terms of dollars and cents. Instead, progress is measured by improved lives. And that, he says, usually takes time. "In nonprofits, different things motivate people," he says. "There's a sense of making a difference in the world. The double bottom line, as they say.".3
	His obituary appeared in the 13 January 2026 Bangor Daily News of Bangor, Maine and read as follows: Mount Desert, Maine - Henry "Hank" L.P. Schmelzer, 82, of Somesville, Maine, passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2026, after a short battle with cancer. He was born in 1943 to Frank and Carroll Schmelzer, and grew up in Stow, Massachusetts. Hank's working life began at just 10 years old in the dairy at Pilot Grove Farm, followed by several years picking apples. During his college years, he served as a summer police officer in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Hank was a proud 1961 graduate of Hale High School, where he served as class president. He later became class president at University of Maine in Orono, where he graduated college, and attended the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Following law school, he served his country in Vietnam in 1969 as a captain in U.S. Army Military Intelligence, earning a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry. Hank married his beloved wife of 47 years, Cynthia Livingston, with whom he shared many wonderful years. His distinguished career included practicing corporate and securities law in Boston, where he became vice president and counsel of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. From 1991 to 1998, he served as president and CEO of the former New England Mutual Funds group. Feeling the call to serve his community in other ways, Hank stepped down from that role in 1999 to lead the Maine Community Foundation until 2008, where he championed conservation and statewide initiatives, strengthened the county funds network, and doubled the number of donors. In 2007 he was named Mainebiz Business Leader of the Year. He was also a fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 1999. A devoted member of the Mount Desert Island and Maine communities, Hank served on numerous boards, including College of the Atlantic, University of Maine Foundation, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, and Friends of Acadia. He loved traveling, especially annual trips to Italy's Dolomites with Cynthia, family, and friends for skiing, hiking, and savoring Italian food and wine. Fluent in Italian, Hank read Italian newspapers daily and taught Italian at Acadia Senior College. His passions included hiking, skiing, swimming, hosting and attending dinners with loved ones, and long walks with his dog, Tofi. Hank will be remembered for his kindness, easy laugh, friendly joking, and the natural ease he brought to every interaction. He had a gift for making people feel welcome and valued, and his warmth touched all who knew him. Hank is survived by his wife, Cynthia Livingston; sisters, Margaret Salmon and Jane Reynolds; brother, Jack Schmelzer; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Carroll Schmelzer; and siblings, Frank Schmelzer Jr. and Dorothy King. Service details will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friends of Acadia (friendsofacadia.org/membership-giving/), College of the Atlantic (coa.edu/giving/), or the Schmelzer-Livingston Fund for the Center for Poetry and Poetics at the University of Maine Foundation (umainefoundation.org/). Condolences may be expressed at jordanfernald.com.4

John Carroll Schmelzer

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Father	Frank Elden Schmelzer b. 31 Jul 1906, d. 23 Feb 2012
Mother	Carroll Welty Blanning b. 10 Apr 1914, d. 5 Jan 2009

Last Edited

13 Jan 2026

Jane Schmelzer

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Father	Frank Elden Schmelzer b. 31 Jul 1906, d. 23 Feb 2012
Mother	Carroll Welty Blanning b. 10 Apr 1914, d. 5 Jan 2009

Last Edited

1 Mar 2012

Children of Jane Schmelzer and James Earl Reynolds

Robyn Carroll Reynolds Rebecca Stayner Reynolds+

James Earl Reynolds

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Father	Frank Walker Reynolds
Mother	Madeline M. Brisco

Last Edited

14 Sep 2020

Birth*	James Earl Reynolds was born on 1 May 1943 in Baltimore, MarylandG.
Death*	He died of cancer on 24 September 2017 at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, Hancock County, MaineG.1
	His obituary appeared on the website of the Jordan-Fernald Funeral Home in Mount Desert, Maine and read as follows: James E. Reynolds, 74, passed away at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital on September 24, 2017 after a brief struggle with cancer. He was born May 1, 1943 in Baltimore, MD., the son of Dr. Frank W. and Madeline M. (Brisco) Reynolds. Jim graduated from high school in Ann Arbor, MI. in 1961 and then served 3 years in the U.S. Navy as a radio communications technician. He graduated in 1968 with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a master’s degree in computer science from Boston University in 1988. Jim was an early entrant into computer technology. He moved to Mt. Desert in 1999, where he continued with his computer technology consulting business for several years before retiring. Jim was committed to his wife and family. He cherished time with his children and grandchildren. He had two hobbies of interest, photography and building fine furniture. He traveled through Maine, the Caribbean and Europe to fulfill his interests in photography, capturing many inspiring photos in the process. His family members always felt fortunate if they were gifted one of his handsome pieces of furniture. Jim is survived by his loving wife, Jane (Schmelzer) Reynolds, his two daughters, Robyn Jucius and her husband, Thomas of San Diego, CA and Rebecca Mozaffarian and her husband, Dr. Dariush of Newton, MA and their three children, Jasmine, Sophia and Alexander. Jim also leaves his sister, Phoebe Reynolds of NH. He was predeceased by his brother Robert Reynolds and loving step-mother Elinan Reynolds. Services will be private. Contributions in Jim’s memory may be made to the Mt. Desert Nursing Association, PO Box 397, Northeast Harbor, ME 04662. Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mt. Desert. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.1

Children of James Earl Reynolds and Jane Schmelzer

Robyn Carroll Reynolds Rebecca Stayner Reynolds+

Laurie Anne Schmelzer

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Father	Carl Henry Schmelzer b. 17 Nov 1930, d. 18 Nov 1996
Mother	Lois Elaine Warren b. 18 May 1935, d. 11 Oct 2018

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8 Aug 2020

Children of Laurie Anne Schmelzer and Robert Zielinski

Jared Robert Zielinski Kurt Alexander Zielinski Lauren Eliza Beth Zielinski

Susanne Leigh Menihane

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Father	John Patrick Menihane
Mother	Judith Kay Larmay

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18 Dec 2025

Children of Susanne Leigh Menihane and Brian David Murphy

Hannah Ellyn Murphy Elizabeth Elaine Murphy

John Patrick Menihane

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Last Edited

17 Aug 1997

Child of John Patrick Menihane and Judith Kay Larmay

Susanne Leigh Menihane+

Judith Kay Larmay

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17 Aug 1997

Child of Judith Kay Larmay and John Patrick Menihane

Susanne Leigh Menihane+