Ronald Coleman Hynes

Ronald Coleman (Sonny) Hynes, 83, of Auburn, died peacefully with his wife, Jackie, and children by his side on Friday, April 24. He spent his final days under the loving and kind care of Androscoggin Home Hospice and the staff at Montello Manor. He was born on March 19, 1932 in Portland, Maine, a son of Goldie (Beckwith) and Norwood Hynes. He attended school in Cumberland and graduated from the Greely Institute in 1949. On May 3, 1952 he married Jacqueline Polley (Jackie), at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Falmouth. He and Jackie spent the next 63 years together. They lived and raised their family in Falmouth, Augusta, and Auburn. He met Jackie while working at BD Sterns in Portland, but soon left there to begin a long and successful career working for Coca-Cola of Maine. Over the next 35+ years he worked tirelessly to grow Coca-Cola’s business across central Maine. He was known well by anyone that came in contact with him for his passion for all things Coca-Cola. He retired in 1989 as the General Manager of the Central Maine operation of Coca-Cola of Northern New England. He was a charter member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Eastern Avenue in Augusta, where he was an exuberant member of the choir and at one point was elected and served as the church's president. He also represented the church at the National Lutheran Convention in Omaha, Nebraska in 1972. Among his many interests, Ron was a hunter, fisher, and cribbage player. He was also member of the Elks Lodge in both Augusta and Lewiston. Ron was an avid golfer and, as a member of Augusta and then Martindale Country Club, was very proud of the fact that he eventually got to a single digit handicap. Mostly, he loved being a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to his family.He is survived by his wife Jackie; 3 children, daughter Roxanne Panek and her husband Walter of Manchester, daughter Carolyn Martin and her husband Bill of Auburn, and son Ron and his wife Stacy (Bornstein) of Ridgefield, CT; 8 grandchildren – Matthew Hynes, Benjamin Martin, Dustin Martin, Joshua Panek, Chelsea Bernier (Martin), and Ethan, Amelia, and Eliot Hynes; 2 great-grandchildren Chloe Martin and Sura Lyn Martin; and his sister Sandra Phelan. He was predeceased by his parents, his in-laws Royden and Eva Polley, his brother Allen (Buddy) Hynes and his sister Norma Peterson. You are invited to offer condolences and pay tribute to Ronald’s life by visiting his guest book at www.thefortingroupauburn.com

Visitation Fortin Auburn Tuesday April 28, from 5:30 – 8 PM. Funeral service will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11 AM at the funeral home. Committal will follow at Gracelawn Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Good Shepard Food Bank PO Box 1807 Auburn, ME 04211-1807 or Hope Haven Gospel Mission 209 Lincoln St. Lewiston, ME 04240.

A service of The Fortin Group Group\Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services 217 Turner St. AUBURN 783-8545.