Gilman, Kathleen H., Mars Hill, August 21, 2009. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Mars Hill United Methodist Church. Relatives and friends may call at the church from 12 noon until the time of the service. Interment will be in the Sanborn Cemetery in Robinson. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan Funeral Home, Mars Hill.
Mars Hill – Kathleen Gilman, 94, wife of the late Earl Gilman, died August 21, 2009, at a local hospital. She was born August 16, 1915, in Easton, the daughter of William and Jessie (Lovene) Hersey. 
She was a member Mars Hill United Methodist Church where she was an active member of the United Methodists Women.
She is survived by a daughter, Donna Brewer and her husband Robie of Blaine; a son, Bill Gilman and his wife Wanda of Missouri; grandchildren, Maurice, Barbara Jo, and Bart McCrum, Peter, Patti and Abbi Brewer, John, Charles, Dwana, Brett, Kori and Kevin Gilman and Beth and Scott Hersey; 15 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two sons, Linwood Hersey and Edward Gilman, a grandchild, Andrew Hersey; a daughter-in-law, Della Gilman; and a special friend, Eugene Gilman.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, at the Mars Hill United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Sue Brown officiating. Relatives and friends may call at the church from 12 noon until the time of the service. Interment will be in the Sanborn Cemetery in Robinson. The family has requested that gifts in her name be made to The House of Comfort Hospice House Foundation, P.O. Box 766, Presque Isle, ME 04769. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan Funeral Home in Mars Hill. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com.
