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In Memory of
Richard H
Ames
Ames
1926 - 2015
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Obituary for Richard H Ames
RICHARD H. AMES
CAMDEN……………..Richard Henry Ames, 88, passed away peaceably at Knox Center For Long Term Care in Rockland on Saturday, April 11, 2015 with his wife, Betty holding his hand. Born in Camden on October 4, 1926, he was the son of Fred C. and Rita (Huntley) Ames and was a 1944 graduate of Camden High School. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the U.S. Army primarily in a field maintenance unit in Korea.
Richard was a man who could solve his own problems and worked on his own equipment on his farm in Searsmont, raising dairy cattle and laying hens. He worked at the Searsmont Village School for 27 years as custodian and bus driver, alongside his first wife, Margaret. The school was later named, The Ames School, in their honor. For many years at the school, Margaret prepared meals, boxed them up, and Richard delivered them to another local school.
No stranger to hard work, Richard was always busy in the woods or on the farm making a life for his family. He also served as a Selectman for the Town of Searsmont.
After Margaret’s passing in 2006, Richard married his old high school sweetheart, Betty Leach Beveridge and for the last seven years, they have made their home in Camden.
Surviving is his second wife, Betty Beveridge Ames of Camden; his four children, Cynthia Huston of Greer, SC; Paul Ames, James Ames and his wife, Joanne, Richard Ames and his wife, Annette, all of Searsmont; multiple grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren; a sister, Marjorie Sawyer of Camden; and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife, Margaret Erskine Ames and a grandson, Tom Poland.
Calling hours will be held 6-8 PM, Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at the Long Funeral Home, 9 Mountain Street, Camden. There will be a funeral service held at 2 PM, Thursday, April 16, 2016 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, 66 Old County Road, Rockport. Spring burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Searsmont. If desired, memorial gifts may be made to the Searsmont Fire Dept. & Rescue, P.O. Box 50, Searsmont, ME 04973. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com.
CAMDEN……………..Richard Henry Ames, 88, passed away peaceably at Knox Center For Long Term Care in Rockland on Saturday, April 11, 2015 with his wife, Betty holding his hand. Born in Camden on October 4, 1926, he was the son of Fred C. and Rita (Huntley) Ames and was a 1944 graduate of Camden High School. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the U.S. Army primarily in a field maintenance unit in Korea.
Richard was a man who could solve his own problems and worked on his own equipment on his farm in Searsmont, raising dairy cattle and laying hens. He worked at the Searsmont Village School for 27 years as custodian and bus driver, alongside his first wife, Margaret. The school was later named, The Ames School, in their honor. For many years at the school, Margaret prepared meals, boxed them up, and Richard delivered them to another local school.
No stranger to hard work, Richard was always busy in the woods or on the farm making a life for his family. He also served as a Selectman for the Town of Searsmont.
After Margaret’s passing in 2006, Richard married his old high school sweetheart, Betty Leach Beveridge and for the last seven years, they have made their home in Camden.
Surviving is his second wife, Betty Beveridge Ames of Camden; his four children, Cynthia Huston of Greer, SC; Paul Ames, James Ames and his wife, Joanne, Richard Ames and his wife, Annette, all of Searsmont; multiple grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren; a sister, Marjorie Sawyer of Camden; and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife, Margaret Erskine Ames and a grandson, Tom Poland.
Calling hours will be held 6-8 PM, Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at the Long Funeral Home, 9 Mountain Street, Camden. There will be a funeral service held at 2 PM, Thursday, April 16, 2016 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, 66 Old County Road, Rockport. Spring burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Searsmont. If desired, memorial gifts may be made to the Searsmont Fire Dept. & Rescue, P.O. Box 50, Searsmont, ME 04973. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com.
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