Dale F. Weatherhead

    CARIBOU and LIMESTONE – Dale Frederick Weatherhead, 61, died peacefully on October 17, 2007 at Caribou after a long illness.  He was born on May 7, 1946 in Limestone, the son of Verne and Ethel (Cyr) Weatherhead.     Mr. Weatherhead loved farming, tractors and horses.  He grew up and worked on his family’s potato farm in Limestone before moving to Caribou in 1971 to begin his own farming career, where he continued farming for over 20 years.  In the early 1980s, after a fact-finding tour of California’s Salinas Valley, he planted one of the first broccoli crops in Aroostook County.  He was involved in area Lions Clubs for several years, and he was a former member of the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department.  Along with several members of his family, he raised seeing eye dogs on behalf of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.  He will be fondly remembered for his wit, sense of humor and love of children, particularly his six grandchildren.
    Mr. Weatherhead was pre-deceased by his wife of 41 years, Janita (Pelletier) Weatherhead, in 2005.  He is survived by his three daughters and sons-in-law, Ethel and John Kinney, Debra and Dale St. Peter, and Lynn and Timothy Greenier, all of Caribou; his son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Sarah Weatherhead, of Newton, MA; his sister and brother-in-law, Jane and Fred Griffeth of Limestone; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Franklin Weatherhead of Caribou and Kit Weatherhead of Woodland, James and Kathy Weatherhead and Scott and Judi Weatherhead of Limestone; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Mr. Weatherhead will be sadly missed by his beloved grandchildren, Derick and Daniel St. Peter, Erin and Lucas Kinney, and Sarae and Halle Greenier.  He was pre-deceased by his parents, Verne and Ethel Weatherhead, in 2000 and 1961 (respectively); his brother, Vernon Weatherhead, in 1971; and his step-mother Althea Weatherhead, in 2005. 
    Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 20, 2007 from the Mockler Funeral Home, with  Fr. David Cote officiating.  Interment took place the St. Louis Cemetery in Limestone.  Friends who wish to contribute in memory of Mr. Weatherhead may do so through the Jefferson Cary Foundation, 163 Van Buren Road, P.O. Box 89, Caribou, ME 04736. For online register please go to www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.