Ed entered the U. S. Air Force in February 1957 as an Aviation Cadet in Navigator Training Class 58-08C. He first attended pre-flight at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. After three months, he then went to Harlingen ABF, Texas for flight training. At Harlingen Ed flew training missions in the T-29C ‘Flying Classroom'.
Ed and Astri Thorvaldsen were married on February 8, 1958 in Reynosa, Mexico.
Ed graduated with Class 58-08C on May 6, 1958 at which time he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and received his Navigator Wings.
It seems that Ed wanted to be an Electronic Warfare Officer and as he was not high in class standings, he contacted his uncle, a U.S. Senator from Maine, and consequently all but four of our class went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.
After graduation from Keesler, Ed was assigned to the 11th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yakota AFB, Japan from 1959 to 1960 where he flew the EB-66 Destroyer. In 1960, he was assigned to Westover AFB, Massachussetts flying the B-52D 'Stratofortress'. He was then assigned to McCoy AFB, Florida where he was again flying B-52D's until February 1963.
He then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia in class 64-F, where he flew the Cessna T-37B ‘Tweet' and Lockheed T-33 'Shooting Star'.
After graduation he attended C-130 Hercules upgrading at Murfreesboro, Tennessee before going to Naha AFB, Okinawa where he remained until August 1968. It was during this assignment that Ed flew numerous missions in Vietnam.
He then went to Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio in C-130's, AF Advisor to the National Guard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, AF Delegate to Zamish, Kinshasa Zaire, Office of Defense Cooperation at American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, Chief at American Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, ODC Chief at American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
After retiring as a Colonel, the family returned to South Thomaston, Maine and lived in the home built by his great great great uncle.
SOUTH THOMASTON - Colonel Edward Bradlee Sleeper, USAF Retired, 67, died Friday, April 9, 2004 at Maine Medical Center, Portland soon after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Born in Rockland, November 15, 1936, he was a son of Cleveland Jr., and Doris Bradlee Sleeper. He was educated locally and was a 1956 graduate of Hebron Academy. He entered the United States Air Force, attending Aviation Cadet Training in Harlingen, Texas.
February 8, 1958, Mr. Sleeper married Astri Thorvaldsen in Reynosa, Mexico. Mrs. Sleeper accompanied Colonel Sleeper throughout his military career and civilian life as a friend, confidant and helpmate.
After serving at various U.S. Air Force installations, flying B-66's in Japan and B-52's in Massachusetts and Florida as a navigator he entered pilot training at Valdosta, GA.
From 1964 to 1968, while based in Okinawa as a C-130 pilot, Col. Sleeper flew many missions in the Far East under heavy combat fire; many times returning with wounded soldiers.
The Colonel's next assignment was at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio, where he served as a Pilot Instructor / Flight Scheduler and flew many missions into South America. For the next five years, he served as advisor to New Hampshire Air National Guard, at Pease Air Force Base. During this same period, he earned a B.A. as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire.
His later years of service were spent in a diplomatic capacity as Chief of Security Assistance attached to the American Embassy to Zaire, Norway, Zaire again, and Belgium. During his 30 plus years he received medals, citations and service awards, including the Defense Superior Service medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. While in Zaire he also earned "jumpwings" with the Zairian Army.
After retirement in 1988 he worked as a consultant with General Dynamics in Brussels and Finland for 4 years.
In 1992 he returned to his South Thomaston home and since that time has been active with many community and state organizations. Mr. Sleeper served as Selectman with the Town of South Thomaston and was re-elected as a Selectman at the recent town meeting.
He was an active member and past president of Rockland Rotary Club and was honored by that club as a Paul Harris Fellow. With the Rotary club, he recently participated in the Alma, Quebec exchange.
Mrs. Sleeper said of her husband, "He lived to fly!". In that vein he served more than eight years as President of the Knox County Flying Club and was re-elected to that office. He also worked for Maine Atlantic Aviation at Knox County Regional Airport. He set three world flight records in December and often flew or loaned his plane for medical missions with Angel Flight. He worked with Telford Aviation as a Check Pilot and also flew passengers and cargo to Penobscot Bay islands. Mr. Sleeper's work as a private Flight Instructor brought him great satisfaction and due to his military clearance, he enjoyed continuing association as a pilot with government agencies.
He also delivered meals for the Meals-on-Wheels program.
He served as a Knox County Commissioner from 1997 through 2000, and was currently serving on the county's Charter Committee and as chairman of the Budget Committee. While serving as a commissioner, he was instrumental in establishment and implementation of the county's Emergency 911 system. He was presently serving with Maine 911 Council. Mr. Sleeper served as Chair of both Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Workforce Investment Board.
Besides his wife of South Thomaston, Mr. Sleeper is survived by two sons, Edward B. Sleeper, Jr., of Ashland City, TN, Erik T. Sleeper of Mexico; two daughters, Sonja Sleeper of Bordentown, NJ, Sylvia S. Seiler and her husband Keith of Jonesboro, GA; two brothers, Henry R. Sleeper of Rockland, D. Bradford Sleeper and his wife Julie of Turlock, CA; two sisters, Harriet S. Miles and her husband Col. Richard A. Miles, USAF, Ret., of Macon, NC; Martha S. Majunka and her husband Roman of Rockland; four grandsons, Aaron Queen, Kurt Seiler, Edward B. Sleeper, III, Samuel Eric Sleeper, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 12th, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
A service honoring Mr. Sleeper's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock Street, Rockland. The Reverend Dr. D. Elizabeth Mauro will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at the Village Cemetery, South Thomaston.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Maine Cancer Research Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Portland, ME 04112.
Ed and Astri Thorvaldsen were married on February 8, 1958 in Reynosa, Mexico.
Ed graduated with Class 58-08C on May 6, 1958 at which time he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and received his Navigator Wings.
It seems that Ed wanted to be an Electronic Warfare Officer and as he was not high in class standings, he contacted his uncle, a U.S. Senator from Maine, and consequently all but four of our class went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.
After graduation from Keesler, Ed was assigned to the 11th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yakota AFB, Japan from 1959 to 1960 where he flew the EB-66 Destroyer. In 1960, he was assigned to Westover AFB, Massachussetts flying the B-52D 'Stratofortress'. He was then assigned to McCoy AFB, Florida where he was again flying B-52D's until February 1963.
He then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia in class 64-F, where he flew the Cessna T-37B ‘Tweet' and Lockheed T-33 'Shooting Star'.
After graduation he attended C-130 Hercules upgrading at Murfreesboro, Tennessee before going to Naha AFB, Okinawa where he remained until August 1968. It was during this assignment that Ed flew numerous missions in Vietnam.
He then went to Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio in C-130's, AF Advisor to the National Guard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, AF Delegate to Zamish, Kinshasa Zaire, Office of Defense Cooperation at American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, Chief at American Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, ODC Chief at American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
After retiring as a Colonel, the family returned to South Thomaston, Maine and lived in the home built by his great great great uncle.
SOUTH THOMASTON - Colonel Edward Bradlee Sleeper, USAF Retired, 67, died Friday, April 9, 2004 at Maine Medical Center, Portland soon after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Born in Rockland, November 15, 1936, he was a son of Cleveland Jr., and Doris Bradlee Sleeper. He was educated locally and was a 1956 graduate of Hebron Academy. He entered the United States Air Force, attending Aviation Cadet Training in Harlingen, Texas.
February 8, 1958, Mr. Sleeper married Astri Thorvaldsen in Reynosa, Mexico. Mrs. Sleeper accompanied Colonel Sleeper throughout his military career and civilian life as a friend, confidant and helpmate.
After serving at various U.S. Air Force installations, flying B-66's in Japan and B-52's in Massachusetts and Florida as a navigator he entered pilot training at Valdosta, GA.
From 1964 to 1968, while based in Okinawa as a C-130 pilot, Col. Sleeper flew many missions in the Far East under heavy combat fire; many times returning with wounded soldiers.
The Colonel's next assignment was at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio, where he served as a Pilot Instructor / Flight Scheduler and flew many missions into South America. For the next five years, he served as advisor to New Hampshire Air National Guard, at Pease Air Force Base. During this same period, he earned a B.A. as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire.
His later years of service were spent in a diplomatic capacity as Chief of Security Assistance attached to the American Embassy to Zaire, Norway, Zaire again, and Belgium. During his 30 plus years he received medals, citations and service awards, including the Defense Superior Service medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. While in Zaire he also earned "jumpwings" with the Zairian Army.
After retirement in 1988 he worked as a consultant with General Dynamics in Brussels and Finland for 4 years.
In 1992 he returned to his South Thomaston home and since that time has been active with many community and state organizations. Mr. Sleeper served as Selectman with the Town of South Thomaston and was re-elected as a Selectman at the recent town meeting.
He was an active member and past president of Rockland Rotary Club and was honored by that club as a Paul Harris Fellow. With the Rotary club, he recently participated in the Alma, Quebec exchange.
Mrs. Sleeper said of her husband, "He lived to fly!". In that vein he served more than eight years as President of the Knox County Flying Club and was re-elected to that office. He also worked for Maine Atlantic Aviation at Knox County Regional Airport. He set three world flight records in December and often flew or loaned his plane for medical missions with Angel Flight. He worked with Telford Aviation as a Check Pilot and also flew passengers and cargo to Penobscot Bay islands. Mr. Sleeper's work as a private Flight Instructor brought him great satisfaction and due to his military clearance, he enjoyed continuing association as a pilot with government agencies.
He also delivered meals for the Meals-on-Wheels program.
He served as a Knox County Commissioner from 1997 through 2000, and was currently serving on the county's Charter Committee and as chairman of the Budget Committee. While serving as a commissioner, he was instrumental in establishment and implementation of the county's Emergency 911 system. He was presently serving with Maine 911 Council. Mr. Sleeper served as Chair of both Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Workforce Investment Board.
Besides his wife of South Thomaston, Mr. Sleeper is survived by two sons, Edward B. Sleeper, Jr., of Ashland City, TN, Erik T. Sleeper of Mexico; two daughters, Sonja Sleeper of Bordentown, NJ, Sylvia S. Seiler and her husband Keith of Jonesboro, GA; two brothers, Henry R. Sleeper of Rockland, D. Bradford Sleeper and his wife Julie of Turlock, CA; two sisters, Harriet S. Miles and her husband Col. Richard A. Miles, USAF, Ret., of Macon, NC; Martha S. Majunka and her husband Roman of Rockland; four grandsons, Aaron Queen, Kurt Seiler, Edward B. Sleeper, III, Samuel Eric Sleeper, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 12th, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
A service honoring Mr. Sleeper's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock Street, Rockland. The Reverend Dr. D. Elizabeth Mauro will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at the Village Cemetery, South Thomaston.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Maine Cancer Research Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Portland, ME 04112.
Ed entered the U. S. Air Force in February 1957 as an Aviation Cadet in Navigator Training Class 58-08C. He first attended pre-flight at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. After three months, he then went to Harlingen ABF, Texas for flight training. At Harlingen Ed flew training missions in the T-29C ‘Flying Classroom'.
Ed and Astri Thorvaldsen were married on February 8, 1958 in Reynosa, Mexico.
Ed graduated with Class 58-08C on May 6, 1958 at which time he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and received his Navigator Wings.
It seems that Ed wanted to be an Electronic Warfare Officer and as he was not high in class standings, he contacted his uncle, a U.S. Senator from Maine, and consequently all but four of our class went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.
After graduation from Keesler, Ed was assigned to the 11th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yakota AFB, Japan from 1959 to 1960 where he flew the EB-66 Destroyer. In 1960, he was assigned to Westover AFB, Massachussetts flying the B-52D 'Stratofortress'. He was then assigned to McCoy AFB, Florida where he was again flying B-52D's until February 1963.
He then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia in class 64-F, where he flew the Cessna T-37B ‘Tweet' and Lockheed T-33 'Shooting Star'.
After graduation he attended C-130 Hercules upgrading at Murfreesboro, Tennessee before going to Naha AFB, Okinawa where he remained until August 1968. It was during this assignment that Ed flew numerous missions in Vietnam.
He then went to Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio in C-130's, AF Advisor to the National Guard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, AF Delegate to Zamish, Kinshasa Zaire, Office of Defense Cooperation at American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, Chief at American Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, ODC Chief at American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
After retiring as a Colonel, the family returned to South Thomaston, Maine and lived in the home built by his great great great uncle.
SOUTH THOMASTON - Colonel Edward Bradlee Sleeper, USAF Retired, 67, died Friday, April 9, 2004 at Maine Medical Center, Portland soon after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Born in Rockland, November 15, 1936, he was a son of Cleveland Jr., and Doris Bradlee Sleeper. He was educated locally and was a 1956 graduate of Hebron Academy. He entered the United States Air Force, attending Aviation Cadet Training in Harlingen, Texas.
February 8, 1958, Mr. Sleeper married Astri Thorvaldsen in Reynosa, Mexico. Mrs. Sleeper accompanied Colonel Sleeper throughout his military career and civilian life as a friend, confidant and helpmate.
After serving at various U.S. Air Force installations, flying B-66's in Japan and B-52's in Massachusetts and Florida as a navigator he entered pilot training at Valdosta, GA.
From 1964 to 1968, while based in Okinawa as a C-130 pilot, Col. Sleeper flew many missions in the Far East under heavy combat fire; many times returning with wounded soldiers.
The Colonel's next assignment was at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio, where he served as a Pilot Instructor / Flight Scheduler and flew many missions into South America. For the next five years, he served as advisor to New Hampshire Air National Guard, at Pease Air Force Base. During this same period, he earned a B.A. as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire.
His later years of service were spent in a diplomatic capacity as Chief of Security Assistance attached to the American Embassy to Zaire, Norway, Zaire again, and Belgium. During his 30 plus years he received medals, citations and service awards, including the Defense Superior Service medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. While in Zaire he also earned "jumpwings" with the Zairian Army.
After retirement in 1988 he worked as a consultant with General Dynamics in Brussels and Finland for 4 years.
In 1992 he returned to his South Thomaston home and since that time has been active with many community and state organizations. Mr. Sleeper served as Selectman with the Town of South Thomaston and was re-elected as a Selectman at the recent town meeting.
He was an active member and past president of Rockland Rotary Club and was honored by that club as a Paul Harris Fellow. With the Rotary club, he recently participated in the Alma, Quebec exchange.
Mrs. Sleeper said of her husband, "He lived to fly!". In that vein he served more than eight years as President of the Knox County Flying Club and was re-elected to that office. He also worked for Maine Atlantic Aviation at Knox County Regional Airport. He set three world flight records in December and often flew or loaned his plane for medical missions with Angel Flight. He worked with Telford Aviation as a Check Pilot and also flew passengers and cargo to Penobscot Bay islands. Mr. Sleeper's work as a private Flight Instructor brought him great satisfaction and due to his military clearance, he enjoyed continuing association as a pilot with government agencies.
He also delivered meals for the Meals-on-Wheels program.
He served as a Knox County Commissioner from 1997 through 2000, and was currently serving on the county's Charter Committee and as chairman of the Budget Committee. While serving as a commissioner, he was instrumental in establishment and implementation of the county's Emergency 911 system. He was presently serving with Maine 911 Council. Mr. Sleeper served as Chair of both Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Workforce Investment Board.
Besides his wife of South Thomaston, Mr. Sleeper is survived by two sons, Edward B. Sleeper, Jr., of Ashland City, TN, Erik T. Sleeper of Mexico; two daughters, Sonja Sleeper of Bordentown, NJ, Sylvia S. Seiler and her husband Keith of Jonesboro, GA; two brothers, Henry R. Sleeper of Rockland, D. Bradford Sleeper and his wife Julie of Turlock, CA; two sisters, Harriet S. Miles and her husband Col. Richard A. Miles, USAF, Ret., of Macon, NC; Martha S. Majunka and her husband Roman of Rockland; four grandsons, Aaron Queen, Kurt Seiler, Edward B. Sleeper, III, Samuel Eric Sleeper, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 12th, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
A service honoring Mr. Sleeper's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock Street, Rockland. The Reverend Dr. D. Elizabeth Mauro will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at the Village Cemetery, South Thomaston.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Maine Cancer Research Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Portland, ME 04112.
Ed and Astri Thorvaldsen were married on February 8, 1958 in Reynosa, Mexico.
Ed graduated with Class 58-08C on May 6, 1958 at which time he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and received his Navigator Wings.
It seems that Ed wanted to be an Electronic Warfare Officer and as he was not high in class standings, he contacted his uncle, a U.S. Senator from Maine, and consequently all but four of our class went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.
After graduation from Keesler, Ed was assigned to the 11th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yakota AFB, Japan from 1959 to 1960 where he flew the EB-66 Destroyer. In 1960, he was assigned to Westover AFB, Massachussetts flying the B-52D 'Stratofortress'. He was then assigned to McCoy AFB, Florida where he was again flying B-52D's until February 1963.
He then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia in class 64-F, where he flew the Cessna T-37B ‘Tweet' and Lockheed T-33 'Shooting Star'.
After graduation he attended C-130 Hercules upgrading at Murfreesboro, Tennessee before going to Naha AFB, Okinawa where he remained until August 1968. It was during this assignment that Ed flew numerous missions in Vietnam.
He then went to Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio in C-130's, AF Advisor to the National Guard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, AF Delegate to Zamish, Kinshasa Zaire, Office of Defense Cooperation at American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, Chief at American Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, ODC Chief at American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
After retiring as a Colonel, the family returned to South Thomaston, Maine and lived in the home built by his great great great uncle.
SOUTH THOMASTON - Colonel Edward Bradlee Sleeper, USAF Retired, 67, died Friday, April 9, 2004 at Maine Medical Center, Portland soon after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Born in Rockland, November 15, 1936, he was a son of Cleveland Jr., and Doris Bradlee Sleeper. He was educated locally and was a 1956 graduate of Hebron Academy. He entered the United States Air Force, attending Aviation Cadet Training in Harlingen, Texas.
February 8, 1958, Mr. Sleeper married Astri Thorvaldsen in Reynosa, Mexico. Mrs. Sleeper accompanied Colonel Sleeper throughout his military career and civilian life as a friend, confidant and helpmate.
After serving at various U.S. Air Force installations, flying B-66's in Japan and B-52's in Massachusetts and Florida as a navigator he entered pilot training at Valdosta, GA.
From 1964 to 1968, while based in Okinawa as a C-130 pilot, Col. Sleeper flew many missions in the Far East under heavy combat fire; many times returning with wounded soldiers.
The Colonel's next assignment was at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio, where he served as a Pilot Instructor / Flight Scheduler and flew many missions into South America. For the next five years, he served as advisor to New Hampshire Air National Guard, at Pease Air Force Base. During this same period, he earned a B.A. as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire.
His later years of service were spent in a diplomatic capacity as Chief of Security Assistance attached to the American Embassy to Zaire, Norway, Zaire again, and Belgium. During his 30 plus years he received medals, citations and service awards, including the Defense Superior Service medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. While in Zaire he also earned "jumpwings" with the Zairian Army.
After retirement in 1988 he worked as a consultant with General Dynamics in Brussels and Finland for 4 years.
In 1992 he returned to his South Thomaston home and since that time has been active with many community and state organizations. Mr. Sleeper served as Selectman with the Town of South Thomaston and was re-elected as a Selectman at the recent town meeting.
He was an active member and past president of Rockland Rotary Club and was honored by that club as a Paul Harris Fellow. With the Rotary club, he recently participated in the Alma, Quebec exchange.
Mrs. Sleeper said of her husband, "He lived to fly!". In that vein he served more than eight years as President of the Knox County Flying Club and was re-elected to that office. He also worked for Maine Atlantic Aviation at Knox County Regional Airport. He set three world flight records in December and often flew or loaned his plane for medical missions with Angel Flight. He worked with Telford Aviation as a Check Pilot and also flew passengers and cargo to Penobscot Bay islands. Mr. Sleeper's work as a private Flight Instructor brought him great satisfaction and due to his military clearance, he enjoyed continuing association as a pilot with government agencies.
He also delivered meals for the Meals-on-Wheels program.
He served as a Knox County Commissioner from 1997 through 2000, and was currently serving on the county's Charter Committee and as chairman of the Budget Committee. While serving as a commissioner, he was instrumental in establishment and implementation of the county's Emergency 911 system. He was presently serving with Maine 911 Council. Mr. Sleeper served as Chair of both Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Workforce Investment Board.
Besides his wife of South Thomaston, Mr. Sleeper is survived by two sons, Edward B. Sleeper, Jr., of Ashland City, TN, Erik T. Sleeper of Mexico; two daughters, Sonja Sleeper of Bordentown, NJ, Sylvia S. Seiler and her husband Keith of Jonesboro, GA; two brothers, Henry R. Sleeper of Rockland, D. Bradford Sleeper and his wife Julie of Turlock, CA; two sisters, Harriet S. Miles and her husband Col. Richard A. Miles, USAF, Ret., of Macon, NC; Martha S. Majunka and her husband Roman of Rockland; four grandsons, Aaron Queen, Kurt Seiler, Edward B. Sleeper, III, Samuel Eric Sleeper, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 12th, at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
A service honoring Mr. Sleeper's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock Street, Rockland. The Reverend Dr. D. Elizabeth Mauro will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at the Village Cemetery, South Thomaston.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Maine Cancer Research Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Portland, ME 04112.
