Born and raised in Portland, Chris graduated from Deering High School, enjoying being part of the Rams Football team all four years. Chris was only 7 years old when we lost our father at the young age of 47. Our mom made sure that he thrived and together with all of her family, raised him.
Chris marched to the beat of his own drum. He loved to drive so that is what he did, driving trucks for local companies. His last job, which he thoroughly enjoyed, was with O’Reilly Auto Parts. We envision Chris happily driving around Portland and beyond, listening to his music and visiting his many friends in the bays while dropping off their order. As a very social person, it fit him perfectly.
Chris measured the riches of his life in his many, wonderful friends and family, not caring about material things or his bank account. He was happiest in anything Carhartt, driving his cherished pick up, listening to his favorite heavy metal bands, teasing his nieces and kicking back with his many friends. Not a more proud fan of the Patriots and Red Sox too. The Thanksgiving day DHS versus PHS football match a highlight for him every year, meeting his friends to enjoy the game and each other. He was very fortunate to spend many relaxing days at the Sullivan camp on Crystal Lake, swimming and sitting around the fire. Playing king of the raft at our Uncle Marty’s camp on Lake Thompson was something he looked forward to each year as well. Much like his father, he loved the mountains and the quiet of a small town, especially Cornish, where he last resided.
He had an innocent smile but was not known to mince his words. “I get it”, “here I am” and “not so much” were his favorite, well used sayings. In fact, his last words spoken were, “I get it, Katie”.
He was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Rita Foley. He leaves behind his brother, Thomas C. Foley and his sister, Katie, her husband Joel and their daughters Rachael and Charlotte Rogers, his dear friends Patrick Myatt and Vincent DiDonato, and many cousins who loved him dearly.
We want to thank Vincent, his wife, Wanda and their young daughter for welcoming Chris into their home in the last few years and for allowing him to come back to their home after many long and challenging hospitalizations. All he wanted was to celebrate the holidays and be free again. That was Chris’s last goal in his short life and they made that happen. We will never forget what they did for our brother.
Thank you to Liz at Seaside Rahabilitation Center, his oncologist, Dr. Tchekmedyian, Cindy and Meredith at Maine Heath Cancer Care, Beacon Hospice and all the caregivers at The Gosnell House for your compassionate care and concern for Chris.
Private Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2021. To stream Chris's Funeral Mass, please visit www.LadyofHopeMaine.org
If you wish to make a donation on Chris’s behalf, please consider:
The Gosnell Hospice House
11 Hunnewell Ave
Scarborough, ME 04074
Born Free
Free, like a river raging
Strong, like the wind I’m facing
Chasing dreams and facing father time
Deep like the grandest canyon
Wild like an untamed stallion
If you can’t see my heart you must be blind
You can knock me down and watch me bleed
But you can’t put chains on me
I’m not good at long goodbyes but look down, deep into my eyes
Calm facing danger
Lost like an unknown stranger
Grateful for my time with no regrets
Close to my destination
Tired, frail and aching
Waiting patiently for the sun to set
And when it’s done believe that
I will yell it from that mountain high
I will vow to the shining seas
And celebrate God’s grace on me
I was born free
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