Christie's Diary

 March 25 '59 Tim Carney died March 25th services at 3 oclock good Friday after noon at McKane's. Buried in Hartford

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The name Tim Carney does not ring a bell with me, so this was apparently a friend or acquaintance of my grandparents. McCane funeral home was in Bangor, where the funeral was held. Burial was in Hartford, the next town over (10 miles away). My Thomas and Treat relatives lived in both Hartford and Bangor through the years. Those were the towns where I grew up -- first Bangor, and then Hartford. They were both very small towns, population about 2500 at the time. They are still about that same population. I really miss living in small towns where everything was within walking distance.

McKane Funeral Home

This is a picture of the building that was McKane funeral home. It is now the Bangor library.

This is a picture of Maple Hill Cemetery in Hartford where Mr. Carney is buried.

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Supplement - from Bangor Historical Society Facebook page

In 1919 Paul Decker built a car dealership but failed to make his dealership a success and moved out in 1922. Over the next eight years three more dealerships failed to make their business successful. In 1928 the building was converted into a funeral home which was later operated by Burt McKane. The building now is the public library in the front and the police station in the back.