Warren G. Swan Sr.

Warren was born in Portland on February 21, 1931; the son of the late Harold M. and Lillian A. (Brown) Swan. He attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1950. While at Deering he lettered in football and baseball. In the September 1949 game against Portland, Warren scored all of the points while playing in the interior line as center in a 10-0 Deering win.

Warren was married to Dolores Helen Johnson on October 9, 1954. Warren and Dolores met at a dance at the Portland YWCA, and a year later they would be married. Together they lived in the Swan family home on Riverview St. where they raised their four children.

Warren was a retired 37 year member of Local 29 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. His work included construction and repair of boilers in power plants and paper mills throughout New England. In his downtime Warren enjoyed both watching and participating in a variety of sporting events. He enjoyed candlepin bowling into his late seventies, winning the 2002 Western Maine Senior Men’s Singles Championship. Warren also participated in the area Senior Games for many years where he medaled in several events.

Warren truly enjoyed the frequent family get-togethers at home or the family camp on Bonny Eagle Pond. During his retirement you would find him tapping maples during sap season, cutting firewood on his lot in Baldwin, or fabricating some project in the garage. Each year he looked forward with anticipation to the opening day of fishing and deer hunting seasons.

Surviving is his wife of nearly 60 years Dolores H. Swan of Portland; a son Warren G. Swan, Jr. and his wife Patti-Jo of West Baldwin; daughter Linda M. Swan and partner Kirk M. Rogers of Portland; daughter Karen E. Fecteau and her husband Timothy of Westbrook; and son Kenneth A. Swan and his wife Wendy of Gorham. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Matthew Swan and his wife Meaghan of Farmington, Sarah Swan of Baldwin, Kristopher Fecteau of Arizona, Nicole Fecteau of Windham, Jennifer Fecteau of Westbrook, and a great-granddaughter Lily Jordan of Westbrook.

A period of visitation for Warren will be held from 10 to 11 AM this Monday, August 19th at the Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St. Portland, ME; where funeral services will follow at 11:00 AM. Burial will be at Dow’s Corner Cemetery in Standish following the service.

In lieu of flowers the Swan family suggests memorials be made in Warren’s honor to the American Lung Association at www.lung.org.

Care for Warren and his family has been entrusted to the Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home of Portland, ME.