BANGOR - Preston Brown Rand, 89, died peacefully April 27, 2010, surrounded by his loving family at his home. He was born Jan. 4, 1921, in Bangor, son of Alfred A. and Julia Abby (Brown) Rand.
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Deborah I. (Drinkwater) Rand of Bangor; his children and their spouses: two daughters, Linda R. Clark and her husband, Roger, of Glenville, N.Y., and Lorna H. Willey and her husband, N. Laurence Willey Jr., of Bangor, and one son, Lindsay P. Rand and his wife, Susan Braus, of Hingham, Mass.; seven grandchildren, Sarah L. Clark, Matthew R. Clark and his wife, Carrie, Ezra A. R. Willey and his wife, Sara Jean, Josiah L. R. Willey and his wife, Emily, Monica J. Willey, Emily L. Rand and Alison J. Rand; one great-granddaughter, Lola J. Willey; several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Emily A. Henderson and Charlotte H. Bruhn; and one brother, A. Abbot Rand.
Preston attended Bangor schools and graduated from the University of Maine in 1943. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for three years during World War II.
In 1954, he became an official court reporter in the state superior and supreme courts. Preston was the first person in the history of state of Maine courts to employ the stenograph machine to record verbatim testimony. He served 20 years in that capacity. In 1974, he retired from the courts.
Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer. (Bangor Daily News 4/29/2010)
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Deborah I. (Drinkwater) Rand of Bangor; his children and their spouses: two daughters, Linda R. Clark and her husband, Roger, of Glenville, N.Y., and Lorna H. Willey and her husband, N. Laurence Willey Jr., of Bangor, and one son, Lindsay P. Rand and his wife, Susan Braus, of Hingham, Mass.; seven grandchildren, Sarah L. Clark, Matthew R. Clark and his wife, Carrie, Ezra A. R. Willey and his wife, Sara Jean, Josiah L. R. Willey and his wife, Emily, Monica J. Willey, Emily L. Rand and Alison J. Rand; one great-granddaughter, Lola J. Willey; several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Emily A. Henderson and Charlotte H. Bruhn; and one brother, A. Abbot Rand.
Preston attended Bangor schools and graduated from the University of Maine in 1943. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for three years during World War II.
In 1954, he became an official court reporter in the state superior and supreme courts. Preston was the first person in the history of state of Maine courts to employ the stenograph machine to record verbatim testimony. He served 20 years in that capacity. In 1974, he retired from the courts.
Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer. (Bangor Daily News 4/29/2010)
BANGOR - Preston Brown Rand, 89, died peacefully April 27, 2010, surrounded by his loving family at his home. He was born Jan. 4, 1921, in Bangor, son of Alfred A. and Julia Abby (Brown) Rand.
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Deborah I. (Drinkwater) Rand of Bangor; his children and their spouses: two daughters, Linda R. Clark and her husband, Roger, of Glenville, N.Y., and Lorna H. Willey and her husband, N. Laurence Willey Jr., of Bangor, and one son, Lindsay P. Rand and his wife, Susan Braus, of Hingham, Mass.; seven grandchildren, Sarah L. Clark, Matthew R. Clark and his wife, Carrie, Ezra A. R. Willey and his wife, Sara Jean, Josiah L. R. Willey and his wife, Emily, Monica J. Willey, Emily L. Rand and Alison J. Rand; one great-granddaughter, Lola J. Willey; several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Emily A. Henderson and Charlotte H. Bruhn; and one brother, A. Abbot Rand.
Preston attended Bangor schools and graduated from the University of Maine in 1943. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for three years during World War II.
In 1954, he became an official court reporter in the state superior and supreme courts. Preston was the first person in the history of state of Maine courts to employ the stenograph machine to record verbatim testimony. He served 20 years in that capacity. In 1974, he retired from the courts.
Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer. (Bangor Daily News 4/29/2010)
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Deborah I. (Drinkwater) Rand of Bangor; his children and their spouses: two daughters, Linda R. Clark and her husband, Roger, of Glenville, N.Y., and Lorna H. Willey and her husband, N. Laurence Willey Jr., of Bangor, and one son, Lindsay P. Rand and his wife, Susan Braus, of Hingham, Mass.; seven grandchildren, Sarah L. Clark, Matthew R. Clark and his wife, Carrie, Ezra A. R. Willey and his wife, Sara Jean, Josiah L. R. Willey and his wife, Emily, Monica J. Willey, Emily L. Rand and Alison J. Rand; one great-granddaughter, Lola J. Willey; several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Emily A. Henderson and Charlotte H. Bruhn; and one brother, A. Abbot Rand.
Preston attended Bangor schools and graduated from the University of Maine in 1943. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for three years during World War II.
In 1954, he became an official court reporter in the state superior and supreme courts. Preston was the first person in the history of state of Maine courts to employ the stenograph machine to record verbatim testimony. He served 20 years in that capacity. In 1974, he retired from the courts.
Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer. (Bangor Daily News 4/29/2010)
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