Harold E. Corey

    COREY, Harold E., 80, WASHBURN, at Caribou, September 18, 2010. There will be a private burial with Pastor Dale Nason officiating. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

WASHBURN –  Harold E. Corey, 80, died Saturday morning September 18, 2010, at Cary Medical Center in Caribou. He was born in Washburn on May 12, 1930, the son of Hughie and Margaret (Rideout) Corey.
    He graduated from Washburn High School where he was a member of the 1948 Eastern Maine State Championship basketball team. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict in Germany and received various medals of honor. Harold graduated from Hansons Barber School in Lewiston in 1956. As a proud citizen of Washburn, he owned and operated a barbershop for more than 50 years. Not afraid of hard work, in high school he began a snow plowing business with his close friend, Ellsworth Woodman, which he evolved into a service business of snow plowing, garden and lawn care for over 50 years. Glad to ‘make-an-honest-buck”, he purchased and re-sold thousands of “potato baskets” made by Micmac Indians from the local region, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In 1977, he was proud to win a Tractor Pull at the Northern Maine Fair Grounds in Presque Isle where his 100+ foot pull eclipsed his competitors, whose pulls were only a few inches – they stalled and Harold was able to keep his Farmall C running.
    Harold is survived by two sons, Stephen of Clearwater, FL, and  Scott and his companion Wallace of Boston; two grandchildren, Andrew Stephen and Michael Scott of Clearwater, FL; three brothers-in-law, Richard Thompson and his wife Linda of Quitman, TX, Paul Thompson of Bangor, and Donald Thompson and his wife JoAnn of Wade; a sister-in-law, Elaine Corey of Washburn; several nieces and nephews.
    He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Joyce (Thompson) Corey in 2001.
    There will be a private burial with Pastor Dale Nason officiating. Those who wish may donate in his memory to the Maine Veterans Home (M.V.H.) Activities Fund, 163 Van Buren Rd, Suite 2, Caribou, ME 04736 or to the Washburn Public Library, Main St, Washburn, ME  04786.  Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle. Online condolences may be expressed at duncan-graves.com.