SOUTHWEST HARBOR Douglas E. Beal Sr., 80, died July 4, 2008, at a Mount Desert Island hospital. He was born July 25, 1927, in Manset, the son of Harvard R. and Elva L. (Spurling) Beal. In 1945 he joined the U.S. Navy in Bainbridge, Md., and served during World War II in Key West, Fla., serving on the USS Gilmore and USS Shanaclare. In 1946 he was discharg-ed from the service in Boston. Doug then returned to high school and graduated in 1947 from Pemetic High School, Southwest Harbor. He and Joanne Helen MacLeod were married in 1950. He soon trained as an electrician with his brother-in-law, Al Vine. He managed Beal’s Bowling Spa and was co-owner of H.R. Beal and Sons. Doug worked seining and as a lobster fisherman for a number of years, until a diagnosis of Meniere’s disease changed his life in the 1960s. Doug and Joanne purchased two houses and began a career of renting apartments and cottages. Doug retired in 1987. He had been a life time member of American Legion Post No. 69 of Southwest Harbor, a member of Knights of Pythias and Causeway Club. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Joanne (MacLeod) Beal of Southwest Harbor; two sons, Douglas E. Beal Jr. and wife, Vicki, of Southwest Harbor and Jensen Beach, Fla., and Dickie Beal and wife, Amanda of Bass Harbor; a daughter, Janice E. Beal and partner, Karen H. Godbout, of Bass Harbor and St. Petersburg, Fla.; two brothers, Elmer L. Beal and wife, Prue, of Southwest Harbor and Harold R. Beal and wife, Marcia, of Manset; a sister, Bernice B. Stork of Mount Desert; a bro-ther-in-law, Robert C. MacLeod of Southwest Harbor; nine grandchildren, Tricia Grant and husband, Nick, Robert L. Beal and wife, Brooke, Benjamin R. Beal and wife, Ida, Kara Beal-Chambers and husband, Jeff, Shannon M. Scott and wife, Lori, Ryan P. Scott and wife, Naoko, Jennifer Wilcox, Bruce Wilcox and John P. Godbout; 12 great-grandchildren, Ethan, Evan, Spencer, Faith, Yukki, Kouji, Aiden, Taylor, Makenzie, Cameron, Avery and Michael; many nieces and nephews. Doug was predeceased by two sisters, Vera B. Rich and her husband, Maurice, and Nettie B. Vine and her husband, Alfred; two nephews, Charles H. Rich and Maurice Rich Jr.; brother-in-law, Albert Stork; and sisters-in-law, Karen MacLeod and Marion Hodgkins. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Tre-mont Congregational Church, Tremont, with the Rev. Dr. Wayne Buchanan officiating. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, those who desire may make contributions in Doug’s memory to Tremont Congregational Church, care of Carol Farley, P.O. Box 6, Bernard, ME 04612. Arrangements in care of Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount Desert. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.
DOUGLAS E. BEAL SR.
