Robert B. Whited
WHITED, Robert B., 82, BRIDGEWATER, April 22, 2011. Private funeral services for the family will be held Wed., April 27. Interment will be in the Boundary Line Cemetery in Bridgewater. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.
BRIDGEWATER – Robert B. Whited, 82, died April 22, 2011, at his home. He was born April 3, 1929, in Mars Hill, the son of Fred and Edith (Stackpole) Whited.
Bob attended Bridgewater schools and graduated from Ricker Classical Institute in 1946. Knowing the importance for further education, he went on to attend the University of Maine at Orono for two years in the Agriculture Program. He was a member of Phi Eta Kappa Fraternity. After completing his education, he came home to the family farm to raise a family and do what he was proud of, raising seed potatoes for the next 40 years. Bob had an understanding of what was important in life to him, be it rides & picnics in the woods, spending time at the camp on #9 Lake, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, creating special projects in his woodworking shop or spending time with his family. Family was the focal point of his life, and he was willing to just sit and talk, make you laugh or cringe, tell a story, or try to convince you to see life as he saw it, which was always being fair to others, accepting of others’ choices and never being judgmental. He attended St Anne’s Episcopal Church in Mars Hill.
Bob was a Past Noble Grand of Bridgewater Odd Fellows Lodge, and over 56-year member of Aroostook Lodge # 197 A.F & A.M. Lodge of Masons in Mars Hill, St. Aldamar Commandry # 17, 54-year member of Anah Temple Shrine, the Aroostook Shrine Club and the Royal Order of Jesters. He learned to play golf later in life and spent many happy hours at the Mars Hill Country Club. Bob served on the Bridgewater School Board and the Maine Seed Board for many years.
Surviving him is the love of his life, Edwena (Sirois) Whited of Bridge-water; two sons: Robert A. Whited and his wife, Pegi of Veazie, and Steven Whited and his wife, Joy of Bridge-water; three daughters: Nancy Duncan and her husband, Rick of Presque Isle, Mary Whited-McKeon and her husband, Tom of Falmouth, and Susan Pillsbury and her husband, Rusty of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren: Jonathan Whited and his wife, Melanie, Leslie Supitalov, Raegan Whited, Fred Whited and his wife, Rachel, Erin Johnson and her husband, Dana, Sarah Duncan, and Alex, Morgan and Tucker Pillsbury; nine great-grandchildren; a special sister, Anna Duvall of New Jersey; and several brothers- and sisters-in-law; and nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Harris Whited; and a sister, Lydia Barager.
Friends and Relatives called at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, from 4 to 6 p.m., on Tuesday. Private funeral services for the family will be held Wednesday April 27, with Rev. Robert Smith officiating. Interment will be in the Boundary Line Cemetery in Bridgewater. Gifts in his memory may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, P.O. Box 735, Bangor, ME 04402, JDRF, New England Chapter, 175 Ammon Dr., Ste 201, Manchester, NH, 03103 or to the Aroostook House of Comfort Foundation, P.O. Box 766, Presque Isle, ME 04769. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com
