MONSON – Robert M. Sawyer, 88, died Feb. 18, 2007, at C.A. Dean Nursing Home, Greenville. He was born Feb. 3, 1919, in Linneus, son of Guy and Olive (Murchie) Sawyer. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corp, 1937-1939, and the U. S. Army, 1942-1945, serving 20 months in the European theater as an anti-aircraft artillery automatic weapons crewman. He worked many years at Monson Slate Quarry, and was one of the workers that manufactured John F. Kennedy’s headstone. He is survived by a daughter, Teresa York and her partner, Joseph LeClair, of Monson; two sons, Robert G. Sawyer and his wife, Joan, of Dexter and Thomas Sawyer and his partner, Joelle Palmer, of Greenville Junction; two sisters, Gertrude Lake of Houlton and Jacqueline Ellett of Missouri; a brother, Eugene Sawyer of Presque Isle; six grandchildren, several great-grand-children, great-great-grand-children, nieces and nephews. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Crosby & Neal, 21 Oak St., Guilford. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Pastor Tom Kirkman officiating. Spring burial will be at Lakeroad Cemetery, Monson. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations in his memory to the C.A. Dean Nursing Home, P.O. Box 1129, Greenville, ME 04441. To sign an online guest book, please go to www.CrosbyNeal.com
ROBERT M. SAWYER
