TITLE:  Roger Pollard Ramsdell, Obituary, Feb. 5, 2001,

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Feb 07, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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Roger Pollard Ramsdell 

KITTERY, Maine - Roger Pollard Ramsdell, 79, of Palmer Avenue,
the husband of Lessie Ann (Pemberton) Ramsdell, died Monday, Feb.
5, 2001, at the Harbor Home, after a long illness. 

Born in York, Maine, July 2, 1929, he was the son of Clarence and
Maude (Duprey) Ramsdell and graduated from York High School. In
his teen-age years, he was a logger. 

He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army for 20 years, serving in both
the Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict. From 1971 to 1977 he
worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as a pneumatic tool
operator. 

He enjoyed fishing, gardening, working around the house and
especially his grandchildren. He was a member of the American
Legion in York and the V.F.W. in Portsmouth.

He was predeceased by two sons, Kenneth M. Ramsdell, who died in
1987, and Roger D. Ramsdell, who died in 1979, and by two
brothers, Clarence Jr. and Kenneth George Ramsdell. 

Survivors include his wife, Lessie Ann (Pemberton) Ramsdell of
Kittery; two sons, Larry Riley of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Steven P.
Ramsdell of South Berwick; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth (Julia)
Ramsdell of Eliot; a first cousin, Richard Ramsdell of Cape Neddick,
with whom he grew up; four grandchildren, Cory Dean Ramsdell,
Ann Marie Ramsdell, Brandon Ramsdell and Jessica Ramsdell; four
stepgrandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

RAMSDELL - Roger P. Ramsdell of Palmer Avenue, Kittery,
Maine, died Feb. 5, 2001, at the Harbor Home. Funeral services will
be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Lucas and Eaton Funeral
Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. Visiting hours are from 6 to 8
p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Family flowers only. Memorial
donations may be made to either the American Legion Building Fund,
P.O. Box 1211, York Beach, ME 03910, or to the American Diabetes
Association, 10 Bangor St., Suite F, Augusta, ME 04338. 


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