PORTLAND – Albert W. Pulver I, 80, of Devonshire St. and formerly of Freeport, died Wed-nesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at a Portland hospital. Born in Chelsea, Mass., he was a son of Frank J. and Margaret E. Dixon Pulver and attended Amesbury, Mass. schools. After serving in the Army during World War II, Mr. Pulver moved to Maine. He had worked for Central Maine Power and also had been an oil delivery driver. From 1961 until retirement in 1986, he was a bus driver for Greyhound. Mr. Pulver was a member of World War II Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, DC. He enjoyed fishing as well as his monthly meetings with his retired Greyhound driver’s at Cole’s Farm and watching old TV shows. He was predeceased by a brother, Arthur Edward Pulver and a stepson, Peter Carignan. Surviving him are two daughters, Genelle Baston of Standish and Sylvia Marchese of Middleton, Mass.; four sons, Albert W. Pulver II of Merrimack, N.H., John E. Pulver of Groveland, Mass., Frank J. Pulver of Hermon and William A. Pulver of Vassalboro; a stepson, Charles Carignan, M.D. of Sudbury, Mass.; two stepdaughters, Stacie Sturgeon and Kelly Greenleaf, both of Old Orchard Beach; two sisters, Dorothy Bersin of Jamaica Plains, Mass. and Eleanor Casey of Port Howe, Nova Scotia; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Dolby and Dorr Funeral Chapel, 76 State St., Gorham. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Interment in Strong Village Cemetery, will be in the spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Albert W. Pulver, I, Truck Driving Scholarship, Northeast Tractor Trailer School, care of Gorham Savings Bank, 10 Wentworth Drive, Gorham, ME 04038.
ALBERT W. PULVER
