Crabbe, Vivian W., 99, Fairfield; in Waterville, July 12, 2009. There will be no public viewing. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at Maplewood Cemetery in Fairfield. In the event of inclement weather, services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Fairfield. Arrangements are by Lawry Brothers Funeral Home and Ceremation Services, Fairfield.
Fairfield – Vivian W. Crabbe, 99, of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Maine General Medical Center in Waterville. She was born in Mars Hill, ME, April 30, 1910, the daughter of Herbert E. and Gladys (Glidden) Wallace. 
She began her schooling at the Rural School on West Ridge Rd. for the first three grades. The family moved to Westfield where, in 1927, she graduated from Westfield High School. She then went on to the former Aroostook State Normal School in Presque Isle, graduating from there in 1929. She started her thirty-five years of teaching in Mars Hill.
In 1934, she married Carvel A. Crabbe of Fort Fairfield and soon after, they moved to Fairfield, ME. Married female teachers were not being hired in those days.
Vivian returned to teaching in the early forties, accepting a position at Waterville Junior High for two years and then accepting a position in Fairfield. In 1949, she and her husband moved to Massachusetts. She accepted a teaching position in East Bridgewater and remained there for the next twenty-two years. She retired in 1971 when they moved back to their home on the Ridge Rd. in Fairfield.
Vivian was a member of Fairfield First Baptist Church, the former Angie Day Philatias and former Past and Present Club, Fairfield Historical Society, MA Retired Teachers Association- Plymouth Co. Div., National Teachers Association, a member at large of G.F.W.C. / Maine Federated Women’s Clubs and Maine Mayflower Society.
She was predeceased by her parents; her stepfather, Charles B. Porter; her husband, Carvel A. Crabbe in 1971; and two sisters, Vena Wallace and Joy Porter Galante.
Vivian is survived by her brothers, Ronald H. Wallace and his wife, Elaine of Augusta and Emmett “Bud” C. Porter and his wife, Gwendolyn of Mars Hill; six nieces; many great-nieces and nephews; and several cousins.
Following the wishes of the deceased, there will be no public viewing. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at Maplewood Cemetery in Fairfield. In the event of inclement weather, services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Fairfield.
Friends who wish to make a Memorial Donation can do so to a charity of their choice or to the Abiding Memorial Fund, First Baptist Church, 12 Newhall St., Fairfield, ME 04937. Condolences may be expressed at www.lawrybrothers.com. Arrangements are by Lawry Brothers Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 107 Main Street, Fairfield (800) 660-2111.
