Age 70
a 1954 graduate of Rockland High School in Rockland, Maine, and a 1957 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy.
Upon graduation from the Academy, he accepted a position as a third mate with Isthmian States Marine Lines and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve.
In Sept. 1959, he took a three-year leave of absence from Isthmian to work on the Knox County Sheriff's Patrol, to replace his brother after he was killed in an accident.
After returning to the sea, he worked his way up to ships master of unlimited tonnage and oceans, while traveling the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the waters of the Middle East. While ashore, he enjoyed taking movies of the countries he visited.
In 1971, he took a position in Boston as captain on the cruise ship, The Provincetown, which ran between Boston and Provincetown. In 1980, he became a ferry captain for the Massachusetts Port Authority, making daily trips to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He retired in 2004 as a senior captain.
He was a Mason since 1957, a member of Hancock Lodge 4 in Castine, Maine, and a longtime active member of the Master, Mates and Pilots organization.
From obituary published Apr 8, 2006 Cape Cod Times
a 1954 graduate of Rockland High School in Rockland, Maine, and a 1957 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy.
Upon graduation from the Academy, he accepted a position as a third mate with Isthmian States Marine Lines and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve.
In Sept. 1959, he took a three-year leave of absence from Isthmian to work on the Knox County Sheriff's Patrol, to replace his brother after he was killed in an accident.
After returning to the sea, he worked his way up to ships master of unlimited tonnage and oceans, while traveling the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the waters of the Middle East. While ashore, he enjoyed taking movies of the countries he visited.
In 1971, he took a position in Boston as captain on the cruise ship, The Provincetown, which ran between Boston and Provincetown. In 1980, he became a ferry captain for the Massachusetts Port Authority, making daily trips to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He retired in 2004 as a senior captain.
He was a Mason since 1957, a member of Hancock Lodge 4 in Castine, Maine, and a longtime active member of the Master, Mates and Pilots organization.
From obituary published Apr 8, 2006 Cape Cod Times
Age 70
a 1954 graduate of Rockland High School in Rockland, Maine, and a 1957 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy.
Upon graduation from the Academy, he accepted a position as a third mate with Isthmian States Marine Lines and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve.
In Sept. 1959, he took a three-year leave of absence from Isthmian to work on the Knox County Sheriff's Patrol, to replace his brother after he was killed in an accident.
After returning to the sea, he worked his way up to ships master of unlimited tonnage and oceans, while traveling the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the waters of the Middle East. While ashore, he enjoyed taking movies of the countries he visited.
In 1971, he took a position in Boston as captain on the cruise ship, The Provincetown, which ran between Boston and Provincetown. In 1980, he became a ferry captain for the Massachusetts Port Authority, making daily trips to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He retired in 2004 as a senior captain.
He was a Mason since 1957, a member of Hancock Lodge 4 in Castine, Maine, and a longtime active member of the Master, Mates and Pilots organization.
From obituary published Apr 8, 2006 Cape Cod Times
a 1954 graduate of Rockland High School in Rockland, Maine, and a 1957 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy.
Upon graduation from the Academy, he accepted a position as a third mate with Isthmian States Marine Lines and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve.
In Sept. 1959, he took a three-year leave of absence from Isthmian to work on the Knox County Sheriff's Patrol, to replace his brother after he was killed in an accident.
After returning to the sea, he worked his way up to ships master of unlimited tonnage and oceans, while traveling the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the waters of the Middle East. While ashore, he enjoyed taking movies of the countries he visited.
In 1971, he took a position in Boston as captain on the cruise ship, The Provincetown, which ran between Boston and Provincetown. In 1980, he became a ferry captain for the Massachusetts Port Authority, making daily trips to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He retired in 2004 as a senior captain.
He was a Mason since 1957, a member of Hancock Lodge 4 in Castine, Maine, and a longtime active member of the Master, Mates and Pilots organization.
From obituary published Apr 8, 2006 Cape Cod Times
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