LEWISTON – Harold “Sonny” C. Hartford Jr., 68, a resident of Bernie Hartford Road, Leeds, passed away late Saturday evening, Aug. 5, 2006, surrounded by his family at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, after a brief illness. He was born Jan. 31, 1938, in Lewiston, the son of Harold C. and Virginia E. Hartford Sr. He was a 1956 graduate of Leavitt Institute, Turner. Sonny served in the U.S. Army in the early 60s. Sonny liked to tinker on things and worked as an auto mechanic, truck driver and on the assembly line for General Motors in Framingham, Mass. Sonny enjoyed time with his grandchildren, hunting and fishing, four-wheeling, riding mopeds, boating, visiting friends, eating candy and ice-cream, and riding the loop with his beloved dog, Pongo. He is survived by two sons, Scott Hartford and his wife, April, of Jay and Tony Hartford and his wife, Karen, of Cumberland; two daughters, Nichola “Nikki” Hartford-Hardy and her husband, Neal, of Bowdoinham and Michele Hartford and her husband, Sean Scovil, of Bangor; 10 grandchildren, Zakkary, Nicholas and Jacob Morin, Benjamin, Alexander, Abbie and Emily Hartford, Jack and Tate Scovil and Cole Hartford; a brother, Gerald Hartford and his wife, Valerie and their children, Todd, Tammy, Troy, Toby and Travis, of Leeds; and his sister, Helen Lehoux of Greene. He was predeceased by his parents; and brother-in-law, Robert Lehoux. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home, 707 Main St., Monmouth. Visiting hours will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Union Cemetery, corner of Jennings Road and Bernie Hartford Road, Leeds. Messages of condolence may be sent to bfinleyfh@adelphia.net
HAROLD C. HARTFORD JR.
