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Ralph M. Weston
1930 – 2017
SKOWHEGAN — Ralph M. Weston, 86, passed away on Jan. 22, just five days after his wife of nearly 50 years, Dolores Baker Weston.
He was born July 14, 1930, in Skowhegan to Ralph C. Weston and Irean T. (Kitchen) Weston. His early years were spent in Skowhegan. Ralph’s high school years were interrupted during war time. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he returned home and received his high school diploma. Being the youngest of three children and only boy, he would NEVER admit to being a little spoiled.
He married Dolores Baker on Feb. 6, 1967.
Ralph’s jobs working as a telecommunications engineer took them all over the world. They shared experiences many of us only dream about. Both he and Dolores loved meeting people and creating lifelong friendships.
After retiring, their winters were spent in the Canary Islands. Ralph played golf every day and made his evening rounds to all his favorite watering holes, continuing to make friends at every stop.
Their summers were spent in Skowhegan, where he played golf and kept score for tournaments while Dolores worked at the Lakewood Golf Club.
Ralph enjoyed many cribbage matches, poker games and rounds of golf; he insisted you sign your name and date to any dollar bills you lost to him, just to add to the humiliation. Ralph cherished his bragging rights! He relished teasing anyone he could, especially all his nieces and nephews, such as teaching us to spell STOP, “SH*T” or “put your finger in the crow’s nest” and squeezing it until you cried.
Ralph is survived by his sister, Mary (Weston) MacGregor of Bangor, and her four daughters; brother-in-law, Richard Brophy and wife, Sylvia, of Livermore, and his four children; many great- and great-great nieces and nephews; brother-in-law, Paul Baker of East Millinocket; sister-in-law, June Ann and husband, William Mackin, of Hopkinton, Mass; sister-in-law, Tena Snyder of Allentown, Penn.; brother-in-law, Frank and wife, Carol Baker, of East Millinocket; and all their families.
In addition to his parents and wife, Ralph was predeceased by his sister, Ruth (Weston) Brophy; brother-in-law, Roy A. MacGregor; and in-laws, Mary Elaine (Baker) Manson; Donald, Frederick, Raymond, Arthur, Leona Michaud, Dorothy (Michaud) Ambrose and Alma (Michaud) Silvestri.
Together with Dolores, his best friend, “They did it their way!”
A special thank you to the staff at Redington-Fairview General Hospital and to Dennis and Andrea Corson for your care and kindness.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Jim Browne Foundation First Tee, 289 Golf Course Road, Madison, ME 04950.
