WASHBURN – Larry Allen Turner, 69, passed away Saturday morning, May 25, 2013, at his home. He was born April 25, 1944, in Caribou, son of Guy and Catherine (Churchill) Turner.
Larry graduated from Washburn District High School, class of 1962, and attended the University of Maine. He farmed with his father and later on with his son, Aaron. Larry was very active, he coached little league in Washburn, served as a deacon at State Street Baptist Church, was a Sunday school and Boys’ Brigade teacher, and a Word of Life basketball coach. He enjoyed collecting baseball cards, watching the Giants, Celtics and the Red Sox; watching old Westerns on TV, and thoroughly enjoyed watching the grandchildren’s activities. He was a big Washburn Beavers fan and attended as many games as he was able.
He is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart, Brenda (Brown) Turner, whom he married June 15, 1963, of Washburn; his children, Wendy Rose and husband, David, of Centerville, Mass., Sheila Clark and husband, Doug, of Ellsworth, and Aaron Turner and wife, Laura, of Washburn; sister, Joyce Doody and husband, Wendell, of Washburn; grandchildren, Alexander David Rose of Centerville, Mass., Michael Ray and Brian Allen Clark of Ellsworth, and Mason Allen and McCall Brown Turner of Washburn; mother-in-law, Kathleen Brown of Washburn; several sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and other family, Cheryl and Winston Shankel of Hampden, Vicki and Deryle Sponberg of Washburn, Joanne and David Lavway of Glenburn, Eugene “Sam” and Londa Brown of Washburn, and Margaret Turner; aunt, Christina (Churchill) Lavway; uncle, Bert Turner; aunt, Una Churchill; aunt, Eunice (Churchill) Bothwick; many cousins, nieces and nephews who adored their uncle Larry; and his lifelong best friend, Duane Sands of Caribou, who he met in kindergarten. He was predeceased by his parents; brother, LeRoy; father-in-law, Eugene Brown Sr.; grandparents, Scott and Mary (Libby) Turner and Harry and Pearl (Hanson) Churchill; nephews, Luke Sponberg and Edward Doody; and cousin, Dale Turner.
Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Dunntown Advent Church, Wade, with the Rev. George McLaughlin officiating. Interment will be at Crouseville Cemetery. Larry was diagnosed at the age of nine with diabetes. Donations may be made in his memory to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 825 Hammonds Ferry Road, Suite H, Linthicum, MD. 21090. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com. “Whither thou goest, I will. Where thou lodgest I will lodge; Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.” Ruth 1:17.
Larry Allen Turner
