Raymond M Waugh

CORNVILLE -- Raymond M. Waugh, 95, passed away peacefully Monday morning, Feb. 11, 2013, after fighting progressively worsening dementia. He was born March 11, 1917, in the Pierce Homestead in Solon, the son of John A. Waugh and Edith J. (Pierce) Waugh.

He was the fifth of thirteen children. He graduated from Solon High School in 1934. He married Alice S. Chase, the love of his life, on June 18, 1940. During the first half-dozen years of their married life, they moved from location to location, wherever he was able to find work to support his growing family. They had just moved into the New Sharon home, where they would remain for the next 25 years, when their youngest of four children was born. He continued to work at whatever type of job was available until the mid-1950s when he got a job with Cianchette Bros. as a carpenter. In 1960 he suffered a life-altering industrial accident, which resulted in the loss of his left foot. However, he never considered himself handicapped, and would take umbrage with anyone foolish enough to suggest that he might be. Once he learned how to use his prosthesis, he went right back to work in construction, first for Cianchette Bros. and then wherever the union had a job for him. He was working on Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire when he retired in 1982. By then, he and Alice had moved to the home in Cornville, where they have lived the past 40 years.

Raymond enjoyed being outdoors. He was an avid fisherman. He expended large amounts of time working in his garden, his orchard, and generally grooming his property. If the weather was inclement, he loved reading. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the New York Yankees and enjoyed watching their televised games. He was an easygoing, gentle man -- the kind of man anyone would appreciate having as a neighbor. He was an exceptional card player. When he was unable to be outside, especially during the winter months, he could often be found playing cards either with family and friends or by himself. He and his wife Alice were truly devoted to each other. Especially during his retirement years, they were rarely apart.

He is predeceased by his parents and nine siblings. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Alice; his children, Frances Flick, of Athens, and her husband Robert; his son Gerald, of Sun City, Ariz., and his wife Grace Anne; his son Lawrence, of New Sharon, and his wife Marilyn; and his daughter Shirley Cuchiara, of Midwest City, Okla., and her husband Anthony; and his siblings, Coburn, of Bingham; Carolyn Waugh, of Solon; and Marelyn Leeman, of Gray. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was well loved and will be sorely missed by them all.

A memorial service is being planned for mid-July when traveling is easier for the many family and friends who have long distances to come.

His cremation and memorial service arrangements are under the care and direction of Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan.

Please leave online remembrances at www.smartandedwardsfh.com.

.Published in Morning Sentinel on February 17, 2013