CHERRYFIELD – Frank Harold Farren Jr., 75, beloved husband of Paula (Fickett) Farren, and son of the late Frank Harold and Marie (Davis) Farren Leighton, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Ellsworth.
Frank attended local schools and graduated from Cherryfield Academy, Class of 1953, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He took courses through the University of Maine at Augusta. He married Paula Fickett June 16, 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas, and in Germany. Frank worked in the woods, drove truck, sold cars and was a bookkeeper for H.G. Tucker & Son. He worked for the Department of Conservation in Augusta from 1970 to 1986 and began the snowmobiling program for the state of Maine. He was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives in 1986 and served until 1994. In his time at home he worked for Jasper Wyman & Son supervising the migratory housing in Deblois. He retired in 1998.
Frank was predeceased by his father, Frank Farren Sr. and stepmother, Vira; his mother, Marie Leighton and stepfather, Reginald Leighton; brother, Richard Leighton; and sister, Jeanne Fulton.
In addition to his wife, Paula Farren of Cherryfield, he is survived by a brother, Arthur Leighton and wife, Helen, of Amherst; a sister, June Grant and husband, Donald, of Orono; two aunts, Edith Davis and Adelade Davis of Cherryfield; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Burial will be at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News posted 5/18/2011)
Frank attended local schools and graduated from Cherryfield Academy, Class of 1953, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He took courses through the University of Maine at Augusta. He married Paula Fickett June 16, 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas, and in Germany. Frank worked in the woods, drove truck, sold cars and was a bookkeeper for H.G. Tucker & Son. He worked for the Department of Conservation in Augusta from 1970 to 1986 and began the snowmobiling program for the state of Maine. He was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives in 1986 and served until 1994. In his time at home he worked for Jasper Wyman & Son supervising the migratory housing in Deblois. He retired in 1998.
Frank was predeceased by his father, Frank Farren Sr. and stepmother, Vira; his mother, Marie Leighton and stepfather, Reginald Leighton; brother, Richard Leighton; and sister, Jeanne Fulton.
In addition to his wife, Paula Farren of Cherryfield, he is survived by a brother, Arthur Leighton and wife, Helen, of Amherst; a sister, June Grant and husband, Donald, of Orono; two aunts, Edith Davis and Adelade Davis of Cherryfield; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Burial will be at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News posted 5/18/2011)
CHERRYFIELD – Frank Harold Farren Jr., 75, beloved husband of Paula (Fickett) Farren, and son of the late Frank Harold and Marie (Davis) Farren Leighton, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Ellsworth.
Frank attended local schools and graduated from Cherryfield Academy, Class of 1953, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He took courses through the University of Maine at Augusta. He married Paula Fickett June 16, 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas, and in Germany. Frank worked in the woods, drove truck, sold cars and was a bookkeeper for H.G. Tucker & Son. He worked for the Department of Conservation in Augusta from 1970 to 1986 and began the snowmobiling program for the state of Maine. He was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives in 1986 and served until 1994. In his time at home he worked for Jasper Wyman & Son supervising the migratory housing in Deblois. He retired in 1998.
Frank was predeceased by his father, Frank Farren Sr. and stepmother, Vira; his mother, Marie Leighton and stepfather, Reginald Leighton; brother, Richard Leighton; and sister, Jeanne Fulton.
In addition to his wife, Paula Farren of Cherryfield, he is survived by a brother, Arthur Leighton and wife, Helen, of Amherst; a sister, June Grant and husband, Donald, of Orono; two aunts, Edith Davis and Adelade Davis of Cherryfield; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Burial will be at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News posted 5/18/2011)
Frank attended local schools and graduated from Cherryfield Academy, Class of 1953, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He took courses through the University of Maine at Augusta. He married Paula Fickett June 16, 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas, and in Germany. Frank worked in the woods, drove truck, sold cars and was a bookkeeper for H.G. Tucker & Son. He worked for the Department of Conservation in Augusta from 1970 to 1986 and began the snowmobiling program for the state of Maine. He was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives in 1986 and served until 1994. In his time at home he worked for Jasper Wyman & Son supervising the migratory housing in Deblois. He retired in 1998.
Frank was predeceased by his father, Frank Farren Sr. and stepmother, Vira; his mother, Marie Leighton and stepfather, Reginald Leighton; brother, Richard Leighton; and sister, Jeanne Fulton.
In addition to his wife, Paula Farren of Cherryfield, he is survived by a brother, Arthur Leighton and wife, Helen, of Amherst; a sister, June Grant and husband, Donald, of Orono; two aunts, Edith Davis and Adelade Davis of Cherryfield; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Burial will be at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News posted 5/18/2011)
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