TITLE:  Howard Lester Gunnison Jr., Obituary, March 30, 2001 

SUMITTERS:    COLEBROOK NEWS & SENTINEL
              "Independent but not Neutral"
              1 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576
 	      (603) 237-5501 (issue-Apr 4, 2001 )

FORMATTED:    by CParziale, Apr 2001

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HOWARD GUNNISON JR.


Howard Lester Gunnison Jr., 64, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, died on
Friday, March 30, 2001 at St. Andrews Hospital. 

He was born on January 19, 1937 in York, Maine the son of the late
Howard L. and Barbara L. Winningham Gunnison. He lived in Kittery
and attended local schools. 

He was graduated from New England Institute in Boston. He was a
funeral director, licensed in both Maine and Massachusetts. He was
employed by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, MCI Cedar
Junction. He was also employed with his familyıs business, Gunnisonıs
Motor Service, and was York County Deputy Sheriff in Bridgton,
Maine. 

He and his wife summered in the Boothbay region for many years before
retiring here from Wrentham, Mass. He was a railroad enthusiast. His
hobby and love was working at the Edaville Railroad in South Carver,
Mass. He was a member of the Mystic Valley Railroad Society and the
Wiscasset-Waterville-Farmington Railway Society. 

He was a member of the Masons York and Scottish Rites, Swedish
Square and Compass Club and was a past president. He was also a
member of OES, Kiwanis and the Viking Club of Braintree, Mass. 

A devoted family man, he is survived by his wife of 37 years, Melba Lord
Gunnison; three daughters, Cynthia Ann Whitman of Quincy, Mass.,
Wendy Barbara Gunnison of Wrentham, Mass. and Kristin Elaine Davis;
seven grandchildren and a great-grandson; a brother, Robert Gunnison of
Benson, Vt.; two sisters, Shirley Hamel of Pittsburg and Carol Drew of
Kittery, Maine; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Howard's
memory be made to St. Andrews Hospital, 3 St. Andrews Lane,
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, or New England Home for Little
Wanderers, 271 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. 

A visiting hour was held on Monday, April 2 at St. Mark's United
Methodist Church, Government Street in Kittery. A funeral service
followed. 

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Simmons,
Harrington and Hall Funeral Home in Boothbay, Maine. 

(Issue of April 4, 2001) 

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