Alice Lessie CONARY

1912 - 1932  (19 years)

• Name	Alice Lessie CONARY
  Born	6 Dec 1912
  Gender	Female
  Married?	N
  Cause of Death	Pneumonia, Polio
  Died	25 May 1932
  Person ID	I38492	Main
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Elmer Ellsworth CONARY,   b. 16 Jul 1868,   d. ?
  Mother	Gertrude Rose FERNALD,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 30 Dec 1956, Mt Desert, Hancock, Maine  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F15149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This poem was written by Ann Stinson, retired librarian who is herself a descendent of a light keeper, Thomas Small, the first keeper. In doing research to compile the list of light keepers and locate their descendents, she was moved by the newspaper clippings about a light keeper's daughter who died on Mark Island of pneumonia following a lifelong battle with Polio. In Memory of Alice Lessie Conary d. 5-25-1932 ae 19 yrs,6 mos, 19 days My soul wished to fly Where my twisted legs could not go. I lived my short life here Until death gave Maine wings. And now I soar where my father Used to carry Maine Where the wild strawberries grow And the flowers along the shore Are like the patchwork quilts I made. I ride on the wind with the gulls. I see with the eyes of the stars And the lighthouse shines in my soul.