DOVER-FOXCROFT – Llewellyn C. Rideout, 85, husband of the late Hope (Buzzell) Rideout, died Feb. 6, 2005, at a local nursing home. He was born Nov. 15, 1919, in Atkinson, the son of Robert “Wilmot” and Alice (Day) Rideout. A World War II U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Rideout was a well-known potato farmer. He was active with the Masons and Shrine for 58 years. He is survived by his daughter, Carol and her husband, Emery Cole, of Sebec; a granddaughter, Cindy and her husband, David Brown, of Sebec; three great-grandchildren, Randy, Nicole, and Casey; several nieces and nephews, including a special nephew, Dean and his family. He was predeceased by brothers, Ensley “Jack”, Chesley, Wilmot “Francis”, Delbert, Floyd “Ike”, Harold, and Beecher; sisters, Eleanor, Verna, Phoebe, and Alice; and a granddaughter, Beverly. Friends are invited to call 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at the Lary Funeral Home, Dover-Foxcroft, with Masonic memorial services said at 7 p.m. Graveside funeral services will be held at the family lot in Atkinson Corner Cemetery in the spring. A Farmer’s Creed I believe a man’s greatest possession is his dignity and that no calling bestows this more abundantly than farming. I believe hard work, and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person’s character. I believe that farming, despite its hardships and disappointment is the most honest and honorable way a man can spend his days on this earth. I believe farming nurtures the close family ties that make life rich in ways money can’t buy. I believe my children are learning values that will last a lifetime and can be learned in no other way. I believe farming provides education for life and that no other occupation teaches so much about birth, growth and maturity in such a variety of ways. I believe many of the best things in life are indeed free: the splendor of the sunrise, the rapture of wide open spaces, the exhilarating sight of your land greening each spring. I believe true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the field, your children grow tall in the sun, your whole family feel the pride that springs from their shared experience. I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it, an honor that does not come to all men. I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my fellowman and by this standard I fear no judgment. I believe that a man grows old and sums up his day, he should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life he’s lived. I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.
LLEWELLYN C. RIDEOUT
