MOUNT DESERT – Duncan Iain Rosborough, 52, died unexpectedly, Jan. 23, 2011, while cross-country skiing in Acadia National Park. He was born Oct. 28, 1958, in Bar Harbor, son of John Trafton and Lo-rene C. (Comstock) Rosborough.
Duncan attended Lawrence Academy and Ellsworth High School, where he graduated in 1977. He attended University of Maine Farmington, where he met his future wife, Anne in the first month of their freshman year. He went on to attend the University of Southern Maine and graduated from the UMaine System in 1981. After graduation he attended Commercial Union Insurance School, Andover, Mass. He was co-owner of J.T. Rosborough Inc. insurance agency with his brother, Mark. He was a past member and chairman of the Ellsworth YMCA Board, a Mariaville selectman for several years and a member of the Ellsworth Chamber Board. Duncan loved everything about his life. First most, his love of family was immense. His wife, Anne, and daughters, Kaylie and Ashley, were the center of his world. His love for his mother, father; sister, Bonnie; and brother, Mark and his extended family, were very special to him as well. He had many other passions and hobbies including motorcycling, hiking, skiing, skating, canoeing, playing guitar and boating on the ocean. He loved his community, and people young and old from a multitude of backgrounds. He will be remembered for his big heart and never-ending sense of humor, which made him friends wherever he went.
Duncan will be dearly missed by his mother, Lorene; his faithful wife of 27 years, Anne (Cunningham) Rosborough; his daughters, Ashley Rosborough of Town Hill and her partner, David Blaney, and Kaylie Rosborough of Ellsworth and her partner, Casey Shannon; his brother, Mark Rosborough and wife, Mary, of Ells-worth; his sister, Bonnie Rosborough and husband, John Batchelor, of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.; mother-in-law, Phyllis Cunningham; brothers-in-law, Bill Cunningham and wife, Heidi, Bob Cunningham and wife, Donna, and Steve Cunningham and wife, Stephanie; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his father, John Trafton Rosborough; his father-in-law, William J. Cunningham; and brother-in-law, Christopher Cunningham.
Friends are invited to call 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount Desert. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at First Congregational Church of Ellsworth, with the Rev. Nick Davis, minister, and the Rev. Dr. Bonnie Rosborough officiating. A reception for friends and family will be held after at the Rosborough residence, 12 Ridgewood Lane, up Ober Mill Road, off Indian Point Road, Mount Desert. Contributions in Dun-can’s memory may be made to National Park Service, Acadia National Park, Search and Rescue, Box 117, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 or MDI Search and Rescue, P.O. Box 493, Bar Harbor, ME 04609. Condolences may be expressed at
www.jordanfernald.com.