Barbara M. Hansen, 84, died Sunday, February 3 at the St. Andrews Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor.

Born in Boston, Mass. on October 4, 1923, she was a daughter of Robert and Gladys McLellan and granddaughter of Mary Qualey. She grew up in Boston.

Mrs. Hansen worked at Baker's Chocolate Factory in Dorchester. She later married Ralph Hansen and became a homemaker. She raised her family in Hyde Park and Stoughton, Mass.

In 1986 she and her husband moved to Bristol and later to Boothbay Harbor in 2004 to be closer to their son and family.

She was very talented in knitting and crocheting and loved shopping, her cat and pets, and most of all spending time with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband Ralph Hansen, Sr. of Boothbay Harbor; three sons, Ralph Hansen, Jr. of Osterville, Mass., Richard Hansen of Kennebunk, and Ronald Hansen of Boothbay Harbor; one daughter, Betty Neilson of Norton, Mass.; one sister, Jean McAlice of Round Pond; a brother, Robert McLellan of Brewster, Mass.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren

A memorial service will be held at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home at a date to be announced in the summer.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, NE Division, 1 Main St., Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086.

Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Boothbay.

Robert Linton Hellens, 82, of Boothbay Harbor, nuclear physicist and Nautilus designer, died January 28, 2008 at his home, after a long struggle with Wegener's disease. He was born in Fall River, Masssachusetts August 4, 1925, the son of the late Rev. Dr. Clarence Hellens and Audrey Linton Hellens. He received Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Physics from Brown University, did postgraduate study at Purdue University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University in 1951, studying under Prof. Henry Margenau.

While finishing his dissertation, he taught in the Physics Department of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He joined the Bettis Laboratory of Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and worked on the nuclear reactor design of the Nautilus, the US Navy's first nuclear powered vessel. He then worked at Combustion Engineering in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island on nuclear power plant design. While at Brookhaven, he was the first American to participate in the exchange of scientists between US and British national laboratories, spending two years at the Winfrith Laboratory in Dorset.

During his time at Brookhaven he taught as an Adjunct Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at Columbia University. He returned to Combustion Engineering and retired as Chief Physicist in 1985. After his retirement he served on the Visiting Committees of the Nuclear Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and of the Applied Physics Department of Argonne National Laboratory. He had published over forty journal articles and book chapters and lectured extensively in this country and Europe.

He was a U. S. delegate to all three of the Atoms-for-Peace Conferences in Geneva, Switzerland. A prudent and cautious man, the safety of the operators and general public was always foremost in his reactor designs.

Dr. Hellens received many awards and honors in his career, including the Ernest O. Lawrence Award, given by the Atomic Energy Commission, in 1971, for his work on the design of pressurized water reactors, recognizing his contributions on solving the Boltzmann Transport Equation using Fourier transform methods.

He was invited to address the 1982 symposium "The Neutron and Its Applications," marking the fiftieth anniversary of the neutron's discovery at Cambridge University. He was an emeritus fellow of the American Nuclear Society and a member of the first ANS delegation to visit and survey the nuclear power program of the People's Republic of China.

He had many and varied interests, including music, woodworking, history, sailing, gardening, golf, and dogs. He was able to combine the first three of these in building and playing three replicas of early harpsichords, one of which was recently acquired by the Music Department of Lipscomb University.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sally Fletcher Hellens, three daughters and three sons-in-law, Nancy and James Gregory of Sudbury, Massachusetts, Diane Hellens and Neel Teague of McLean, Virginia, and Susan and Andrew Griffith of Simsbury, Connecticut, and six granddaughters, Jennifer and Hillary Gregory, Elizabeth and Rebecca Teague, and Claire and Meghan Griffith. He was predeceased by a sister, Jean Zeamer, and leaves two nephews and a niece.

There will be a graveside service in the spring in Shrewsbury, MA. Memorial contributions can be made in his name to Heart-to-Heart Health Services at St. Andrew's Village in Boothbay Harbor.

Maurice Lint 85, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away Monday, January 28, at St. Andrews Hospital.

Born May 3, 1922, in Wiscasset, he was the son Ernest L. and Marion Rines Lint. He graduated from Wiscasset High School in 1940 the second in his class.

On May 30, 1941 he married Hilda Coolen They had a daughter Donna J. Morey of Boothbay Harbor.

Mr. Lint worked as a first class machinest at Bath Iron Works. He also worked at Marine Service in Boothbay Harbor, Goudy & Stevens of East Boothbay where he worked on the replica of the schooner America.

He enjoyed watching the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, his home, reading the daily newspaper and books about Maine.

He was predeceased by his wife Hilda Lint in 1997

Survivors include his daughter. Donna J. Morey of Boothbay Harbor; grandchildren, Elizabeth R. Hewitt of Berlin, N.H., Mark R. Hewitt, Jr. of Stow, Vt. and Sarah M. Hewitt of Bartlett, N.H.; and six great-grandchildren

A service was held on Wednesday, January 30, at the Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay with Al Roberts officiating. Burial was in Oceanview Cemetery in Boothbay.

Donations in Mr. Lint's memory may be made to Fisherman's Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 304, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538; or The Lincoln County Humane Society, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556.

Georgette McNamee, born in 1918 and raised in the Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury sections of Boston, died on January 21 at 28 West Street in Boothbay Harbor, at her family home of more than half a century.

An elementary school teacher for many years, she was a bibliophile and voracious reader. She was a devoted volunteer for Friends of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, specializing in evaluating and preparing for sale used books meant for children.

Miss McNamee earned a BA from Bridgewater State and an M.Ed. from Boston University, as well as a fellowship from Harvard. She wrote a book, Tinchy, for her fourth graders.

She loved fiction and biography, New Orleans jazz, and was devoted to the defense of civil rights.

One of her chief avocations was French culture as well as French cuisine. She assisted her sister, Elizabeth Salinger, proprietor of Elizabeth's Kitchen, with her catering service at West Harbor.

She recently donated her collection of Quimper china and figurines illustrating traditional Provencal villages and activities to Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.

A lover of Boston baseball who learned all the ins and outs of the game, she often visited Braves Field with her mother, and later was a strong supporter of Red Sox Nation.

There will be no services at this time; a celebration of her life will be held in the spring. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 or to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 7, Edgecomb, ME 04556.

Christine Greenleaf Webber, 100, passed away Monday, January 22, 2008 at her home on Church Street in Damariscotta.

Born December 22, 1907 in Boothbay, she was a daughter of the late, Melville and Nettie Dodge Greenleaf.

She attended a one-room school house in Boothbay and continued her education at Lincoln Academy, graduating in the Class of 1925. She went on to Gorham Normal School where she pursued her teaching career. She began teaching school at the Edgecomb City School, a school in Oakland, Franklin School in Newcastle and Castner School, where she retired in 1965.

On June 16, 1947 she married the love of her life, James T. Webber, and they made their home on in Damariscotta where she lived until her passing.

Music was a big part of her life and she played a variety of instruments including the piano, violin, flute and organ and was accompanied by her husband who played the violin, piano, organ, flute and saxophone.

She enjoyed cooking, baking, bird watching.

Mrs. Webber was a member of the Second Congregational Church, Twin Village Retired Teacher's Association and the Damariscotta-Newcastle Women's Club.

She was predeceased by her husband, James T. Webber, 1979; a sister, Emily Day; and brother, Merle F. Greenleaf.

Survivors include her nephews, James Greenleaf and his wife, Brooke, of Boothbay, Louis Abbotoni and his wife, Paula, of Damariscotta, Michael Abbotoni of Union, and Wesley Day of Des Moines, Iowa. nieces, Eleanor Mavadones of Westbrook, Sue Bayley and Emma Googins, both of Pinepoint, Linda Miller and Rosemarie Wade, both of Waldoboro; one grandniece; one sister-in-law, Catherine Greenleaf of Boothbay; and several other great-nieces and great-nephews

A celebration of her life was held Monday, February 4, at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle with Reverend Kenneth Dale officiating.

Burial followed the service at Hillside Cemetery in Damariscotta.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 949 Main St., Waldoboro.