Obit courtesy of Esther M.
Service: March 20, 2010 ~ 2:00 pm
Sawyer Congregational Church Jonesport
Leeman Alley, Jr., who passed away March 16, 2010 at the Sunrise Nursing Facility in Jonesport, was born on a November day in 1930, the son of Leeman Lester Alley and Mary Jane (Sadler) Alley. Like most downeasters of old, he spent much of his boyhood on the sea. As a boy, he had a small peapod that he often rowed along the shore from his parent's house to his grandparents in West Jonesport. And he sometimes joined his father, sailing on a two-masted schooner called the Candage, as he traveled the coast of Maine delivering sardine cans and covers from the place of their manufacture to the factories where they would be put to use. These would remain some of Leeman's fondest memories as he later reminisced and gazed out upon his beloved Moosabec Reach from his armchair window. As a child Leemie always enjoyed sports. In a community full of Red Sox fans, he decided early on to support the New York Yankees just to be different, a decision he stuck to for the rest of his life in spite of the endless ribbing it engendered from friends throughout the community. As a sports enthusiast he was mostly a spectator, but in high school he won a medal for track in the shot put event, and he was a regular umpire for town team baseball games later on. After high school, and one year at college, Leeman decided to join the Air Force. He saw much of the world during the eight years he was in service, but the most important event of his life took place when he was stationed in England. There he met the beautiful young Londoner he would come to marry, Sylvia Rose Hall. He became part of her family during those years, developing an especially close relationship with her father George and her uncle Chris. Leeman took to British culture with ease. He enjoyed playing darts at the local pub, attending the occasional cricket match, and eating Irish pork sausages. Leemie and Sylvia were married in Jonesport in 1955 during a hiatus from the service. Shortly after the wedding, he reenlisted and they returned to England for his second tour of duty. Those were happy years. Leeman was a mechanic in the service, becoming the shop foreman for his unit, and the young couple lived together on Limberlost Farm in Berkshire, England. Leeman became great friends with their landlord, Dennis Thorogood, and always remembered him fondly. It was during the Limberlost years that their first two children were born, Richard Paul Alley and Lynn Rosemary (Alley) Drisko. In 1960, Leeman left the service and moved his family back to Jonesport. From his Aunt Meda, he bought the house where his grandparents once lived. Over the years he and Sylvia rebuilt and transformed the little home, completed the job of raising a family, adding one more child, Karen Lee Alley, and made a life together that lasted another 50 years. During those 50 years Leemie was a jack of many trades. He worked for Underwoods Sardine Factory, went lobster fishing, managed a lobster pound, and repaired motors of every shape and size. He also established and ran his own outboard motor business in the 1970's, selling and repairing Mercury outboards, a business he later sold to his much loved younger brother Victor Alley, and which still exists today under new ownership. Leeman loved all dogs, and one very special little cat. He was very proud of his grandchildren. He enjoyed working with wood and left a legacy of miniature sailing vessels and wooden chains for his family. He was an idea man, always coming up with a new and clever way to accomplish any task. He enjoyed Sunday drives on summer afternoons and yard sales, always looking for that unique tool that might be missing from his collection. He used to say, "There is no job you can't do if you have the right tool". Leeman loved his little corner of the world. He had done his traveling and was satisfied with that. In the last years of his life he loved nothing more than to sit in his chair and look out the window at his reach, where he could watch the birds and the fisherman and the sea. He will be missed by wife Syliva, his son Richard and wife Eve Alley, their children Nicholas and wife Ann Marie, Shareen and fiancee Chris; his daughter Lynn and her husband Michael Drisko, their children Corey and Joshua; his daughter Karen and her daughter Cassie, his brother Victor and his wife Sharon and their family, his wife's sister Lesley and her husband Linwood Davis and their family; as well as many other relatives and friends. Leeman's family would like to thank the staff of Sunrise Nursing Facility for their loving care over the past year. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service for Leeman, 2:00 pm Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Sawyer Square, Jonesport, ME The family asks that memorial donations in Leemie's name be made to the Ark Animal Shelter PO Box 276 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Family and friends may offer their condolences to the Alley family.
Service: March 20, 2010 ~ 2:00 pm
Sawyer Congregational Church Jonesport
Leeman Alley, Jr., who passed away March 16, 2010 at the Sunrise Nursing Facility in Jonesport, was born on a November day in 1930, the son of Leeman Lester Alley and Mary Jane (Sadler) Alley. Like most downeasters of old, he spent much of his boyhood on the sea. As a boy, he had a small peapod that he often rowed along the shore from his parent's house to his grandparents in West Jonesport. And he sometimes joined his father, sailing on a two-masted schooner called the Candage, as he traveled the coast of Maine delivering sardine cans and covers from the place of their manufacture to the factories where they would be put to use. These would remain some of Leeman's fondest memories as he later reminisced and gazed out upon his beloved Moosabec Reach from his armchair window. As a child Leemie always enjoyed sports. In a community full of Red Sox fans, he decided early on to support the New York Yankees just to be different, a decision he stuck to for the rest of his life in spite of the endless ribbing it engendered from friends throughout the community. As a sports enthusiast he was mostly a spectator, but in high school he won a medal for track in the shot put event, and he was a regular umpire for town team baseball games later on. After high school, and one year at college, Leeman decided to join the Air Force. He saw much of the world during the eight years he was in service, but the most important event of his life took place when he was stationed in England. There he met the beautiful young Londoner he would come to marry, Sylvia Rose Hall. He became part of her family during those years, developing an especially close relationship with her father George and her uncle Chris. Leeman took to British culture with ease. He enjoyed playing darts at the local pub, attending the occasional cricket match, and eating Irish pork sausages. Leemie and Sylvia were married in Jonesport in 1955 during a hiatus from the service. Shortly after the wedding, he reenlisted and they returned to England for his second tour of duty. Those were happy years. Leeman was a mechanic in the service, becoming the shop foreman for his unit, and the young couple lived together on Limberlost Farm in Berkshire, England. Leeman became great friends with their landlord, Dennis Thorogood, and always remembered him fondly. It was during the Limberlost years that their first two children were born, Richard Paul Alley and Lynn Rosemary (Alley) Drisko. In 1960, Leeman left the service and moved his family back to Jonesport. From his Aunt Meda, he bought the house where his grandparents once lived. Over the years he and Sylvia rebuilt and transformed the little home, completed the job of raising a family, adding one more child, Karen Lee Alley, and made a life together that lasted another 50 years. During those 50 years Leemie was a jack of many trades. He worked for Underwoods Sardine Factory, went lobster fishing, managed a lobster pound, and repaired motors of every shape and size. He also established and ran his own outboard motor business in the 1970's, selling and repairing Mercury outboards, a business he later sold to his much loved younger brother Victor Alley, and which still exists today under new ownership. Leeman loved all dogs, and one very special little cat. He was very proud of his grandchildren. He enjoyed working with wood and left a legacy of miniature sailing vessels and wooden chains for his family. He was an idea man, always coming up with a new and clever way to accomplish any task. He enjoyed Sunday drives on summer afternoons and yard sales, always looking for that unique tool that might be missing from his collection. He used to say, "There is no job you can't do if you have the right tool". Leeman loved his little corner of the world. He had done his traveling and was satisfied with that. In the last years of his life he loved nothing more than to sit in his chair and look out the window at his reach, where he could watch the birds and the fisherman and the sea. He will be missed by wife Syliva, his son Richard and wife Eve Alley, their children Nicholas and wife Ann Marie, Shareen and fiancee Chris; his daughter Lynn and her husband Michael Drisko, their children Corey and Joshua; his daughter Karen and her daughter Cassie, his brother Victor and his wife Sharon and their family, his wife's sister Lesley and her husband Linwood Davis and their family; as well as many other relatives and friends. Leeman's family would like to thank the staff of Sunrise Nursing Facility for their loving care over the past year. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service for Leeman, 2:00 pm Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Sawyer Square, Jonesport, ME The family asks that memorial donations in Leemie's name be made to the Ark Animal Shelter PO Box 276 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Family and friends may offer their condolences to the Alley family.
Obit courtesy of Esther M.
Service: March 20, 2010 ~ 2:00 pm
Sawyer Congregational Church Jonesport
Leeman Alley, Jr., who passed away March 16, 2010 at the Sunrise Nursing Facility in Jonesport, was born on a November day in 1930, the son of Leeman Lester Alley and Mary Jane (Sadler) Alley. Like most downeasters of old, he spent much of his boyhood on the sea. As a boy, he had a small peapod that he often rowed along the shore from his parent's house to his grandparents in West Jonesport. And he sometimes joined his father, sailing on a two-masted schooner called the Candage, as he traveled the coast of Maine delivering sardine cans and covers from the place of their manufacture to the factories where they would be put to use. These would remain some of Leeman's fondest memories as he later reminisced and gazed out upon his beloved Moosabec Reach from his armchair window. As a child Leemie always enjoyed sports. In a community full of Red Sox fans, he decided early on to support the New York Yankees just to be different, a decision he stuck to for the rest of his life in spite of the endless ribbing it engendered from friends throughout the community. As a sports enthusiast he was mostly a spectator, but in high school he won a medal for track in the shot put event, and he was a regular umpire for town team baseball games later on. After high school, and one year at college, Leeman decided to join the Air Force. He saw much of the world during the eight years he was in service, but the most important event of his life took place when he was stationed in England. There he met the beautiful young Londoner he would come to marry, Sylvia Rose Hall. He became part of her family during those years, developing an especially close relationship with her father George and her uncle Chris. Leeman took to British culture with ease. He enjoyed playing darts at the local pub, attending the occasional cricket match, and eating Irish pork sausages. Leemie and Sylvia were married in Jonesport in 1955 during a hiatus from the service. Shortly after the wedding, he reenlisted and they returned to England for his second tour of duty. Those were happy years. Leeman was a mechanic in the service, becoming the shop foreman for his unit, and the young couple lived together on Limberlost Farm in Berkshire, England. Leeman became great friends with their landlord, Dennis Thorogood, and always remembered him fondly. It was during the Limberlost years that their first two children were born, Richard Paul Alley and Lynn Rosemary (Alley) Drisko. In 1960, Leeman left the service and moved his family back to Jonesport. From his Aunt Meda, he bought the house where his grandparents once lived. Over the years he and Sylvia rebuilt and transformed the little home, completed the job of raising a family, adding one more child, Karen Lee Alley, and made a life together that lasted another 50 years. During those 50 years Leemie was a jack of many trades. He worked for Underwoods Sardine Factory, went lobster fishing, managed a lobster pound, and repaired motors of every shape and size. He also established and ran his own outboard motor business in the 1970's, selling and repairing Mercury outboards, a business he later sold to his much loved younger brother Victor Alley, and which still exists today under new ownership. Leeman loved all dogs, and one very special little cat. He was very proud of his grandchildren. He enjoyed working with wood and left a legacy of miniature sailing vessels and wooden chains for his family. He was an idea man, always coming up with a new and clever way to accomplish any task. He enjoyed Sunday drives on summer afternoons and yard sales, always looking for that unique tool that might be missing from his collection. He used to say, "There is no job you can't do if you have the right tool". Leeman loved his little corner of the world. He had done his traveling and was satisfied with that. In the last years of his life he loved nothing more than to sit in his chair and look out the window at his reach, where he could watch the birds and the fisherman and the sea. He will be missed by wife Syliva, his son Richard and wife Eve Alley, their children Nicholas and wife Ann Marie, Shareen and fiancee Chris; his daughter Lynn and her husband Michael Drisko, their children Corey and Joshua; his daughter Karen and her daughter Cassie, his brother Victor and his wife Sharon and their family, his wife's sister Lesley and her husband Linwood Davis and their family; as well as many other relatives and friends. Leeman's family would like to thank the staff of Sunrise Nursing Facility for their loving care over the past year. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service for Leeman, 2:00 pm Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Sawyer Square, Jonesport, ME The family asks that memorial donations in Leemie's name be made to the Ark Animal Shelter PO Box 276 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Family and friends may offer their condolences to the Alley family.
Service: March 20, 2010 ~ 2:00 pm
Sawyer Congregational Church Jonesport
Leeman Alley, Jr., who passed away March 16, 2010 at the Sunrise Nursing Facility in Jonesport, was born on a November day in 1930, the son of Leeman Lester Alley and Mary Jane (Sadler) Alley. Like most downeasters of old, he spent much of his boyhood on the sea. As a boy, he had a small peapod that he often rowed along the shore from his parent's house to his grandparents in West Jonesport. And he sometimes joined his father, sailing on a two-masted schooner called the Candage, as he traveled the coast of Maine delivering sardine cans and covers from the place of their manufacture to the factories where they would be put to use. These would remain some of Leeman's fondest memories as he later reminisced and gazed out upon his beloved Moosabec Reach from his armchair window. As a child Leemie always enjoyed sports. In a community full of Red Sox fans, he decided early on to support the New York Yankees just to be different, a decision he stuck to for the rest of his life in spite of the endless ribbing it engendered from friends throughout the community. As a sports enthusiast he was mostly a spectator, but in high school he won a medal for track in the shot put event, and he was a regular umpire for town team baseball games later on. After high school, and one year at college, Leeman decided to join the Air Force. He saw much of the world during the eight years he was in service, but the most important event of his life took place when he was stationed in England. There he met the beautiful young Londoner he would come to marry, Sylvia Rose Hall. He became part of her family during those years, developing an especially close relationship with her father George and her uncle Chris. Leeman took to British culture with ease. He enjoyed playing darts at the local pub, attending the occasional cricket match, and eating Irish pork sausages. Leemie and Sylvia were married in Jonesport in 1955 during a hiatus from the service. Shortly after the wedding, he reenlisted and they returned to England for his second tour of duty. Those were happy years. Leeman was a mechanic in the service, becoming the shop foreman for his unit, and the young couple lived together on Limberlost Farm in Berkshire, England. Leeman became great friends with their landlord, Dennis Thorogood, and always remembered him fondly. It was during the Limberlost years that their first two children were born, Richard Paul Alley and Lynn Rosemary (Alley) Drisko. In 1960, Leeman left the service and moved his family back to Jonesport. From his Aunt Meda, he bought the house where his grandparents once lived. Over the years he and Sylvia rebuilt and transformed the little home, completed the job of raising a family, adding one more child, Karen Lee Alley, and made a life together that lasted another 50 years. During those 50 years Leemie was a jack of many trades. He worked for Underwoods Sardine Factory, went lobster fishing, managed a lobster pound, and repaired motors of every shape and size. He also established and ran his own outboard motor business in the 1970's, selling and repairing Mercury outboards, a business he later sold to his much loved younger brother Victor Alley, and which still exists today under new ownership. Leeman loved all dogs, and one very special little cat. He was very proud of his grandchildren. He enjoyed working with wood and left a legacy of miniature sailing vessels and wooden chains for his family. He was an idea man, always coming up with a new and clever way to accomplish any task. He enjoyed Sunday drives on summer afternoons and yard sales, always looking for that unique tool that might be missing from his collection. He used to say, "There is no job you can't do if you have the right tool". Leeman loved his little corner of the world. He had done his traveling and was satisfied with that. In the last years of his life he loved nothing more than to sit in his chair and look out the window at his reach, where he could watch the birds and the fisherman and the sea. He will be missed by wife Syliva, his son Richard and wife Eve Alley, their children Nicholas and wife Ann Marie, Shareen and fiancee Chris; his daughter Lynn and her husband Michael Drisko, their children Corey and Joshua; his daughter Karen and her daughter Cassie, his brother Victor and his wife Sharon and their family, his wife's sister Lesley and her husband Linwood Davis and their family; as well as many other relatives and friends. Leeman's family would like to thank the staff of Sunrise Nursing Facility for their loving care over the past year. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service for Leeman, 2:00 pm Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Sawyer Square, Jonesport, ME The family asks that memorial donations in Leemie's name be made to the Ark Animal Shelter PO Box 276 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Family and friends may offer their condolences to the Alley family.
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Buried next to Rose E (Hawkins) Hall & George Hall. Memorial's # 60394203 and 60394206 who are his in-laws from England.
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