EDMUNDS TOWNSHIP – Keith C. Damon, 84, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, with his family by his side at a Bangor hospital. Keith was born Oct. 19, 1924, in Pembroke, son of the late Roy and Edwina (Cambridge) Damon. After school, Keith worked on his family farm. He married Joyce Suddy, June 10, 1944, in Calais. In February 1945, Keith was drafted into the Army Air Corps, where he served his country as a longshoreman and cook in Leyte, Guam, and Hawaii. Upon his discharge in 1946, he returned home and worked at Hallowell Lumber Co. Shortly after he began his career with the Maine Department of Transportation, starting as a laborer and working up to a heavy equipment operator, and finally foreman. Even after his retirement in 1980, Keith loved to stay busy. He was an active member of Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church, where he served as deacon for many years. He was a 60-year member of Gardner-Foss Post No. 169 American Legion and was a member of the Grange in Charlotte and Dennysville. Keith enjoyed farming, gardening, cutting wood, camping, traveling, teaching his grandchildren to drive and assisting with building the family camp. In addition to his parents, Keith was predeceased by a grandson, Jay Suddy; three brothers, Edmund, Willis and Lawrence; two sisters, Betty Faucher and Joyce Cox; and a sister-in-law, Inez Suddy. Surviving are his loving wife of 65 years, Joyce Damon; five children, Bonnie Higgins and her husband, Peter, of Bangor, Douglas Damon and his wife, Cherie, of Bangor, Marguerite Tourtillotte and her husband, Earle, of Boothbay Harbor, Allen Suddy and his wife, Mary Ann, of Bangor and Karen Seeley of Edmunds; seven grandchildren, Forrest Higgins and his wife, Sandra, of Woodbury, Conn., Darren Higgins and his wife, Karrie, of Naugatuck, Conn., Shawn Damon and his wife, Katie, of Madison, Conn., Derek Damon and his fiancee, Andrea Johnstone, of Kassel, Germany, Magen Chryplewicz and her husband, Tom, of Orlando, Fla., Meredith Plummer and her husband, Quinton, of Jefferson and Scott Suddy of Portland; seven great-grandchildren, Rebecca, Shauna, Emilie and Lauren Higgins and Parker, Drew and Paisley Damon; four sisters, Grace Hatton of Charlotte, Ruth Nuttall of Charlotte, Rowena Cousins and her husband, Charles, of Princeton and Maybelle Pratt and her husband, Wilbur, of Kissimmee, Fla.; three brothers-in-law, Albert Suddy and his wife, Anna, of Veazie, Willard Suddy and his wife, Julia, of Eastport and Clarence Suddy and his wife, Jane, of Eastport; two sisters-in-law, Beverly Crosby of Baileyville and Carolyn Robertson and her husband, Herman, of Eastport; many special nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church, Dennysville, where a celebration of Keith’s life will begin 2 p.m. Burial with military honors will be after at Dennysville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Keith’s memory may be made to Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Homes, Calais and Eastport. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.maysfuneralhome.com.
KEITH C. DAMON
