Sidney Warren Price, 92, died peacefully Jan. 25, 2024 at his St. Andrews Village home in Boothbay Harbor. He was surrounded by his loving family, while his devoted cat, Callie slept at his feet. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Millet (Fannie Louise Rier) Price in Woburn, Massachusetts on May 6, 1931. 

Although raised in Malden, Massachusetts, summers were spent on Cape Cod and laid the foundation for his future. Warren first attended Rye Academy (NH) where he learned to fly, and while in New Hampshire met his future wife, Jacquie. He later graduated from Tabor Academy where he refined his love of sailing. Despite graduating with a degree in history and politics from Northeastern University in Boston, his wife, flying, and sailing remained his enduring life passions. 

Shortly after marrying Jacquie, Warren was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy. He became a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida before being reassigned to Brunswick Naval Air Station (Maine).  From there, in his P2V, he flew North Atlantic Patrol on search and rescue missions, deploying to Newfoundland, Iceland, Greenland, Norway and Morocco, fitting in sailing on the Maine coast when home.  

After separating from the Navy, Warren became a commercial airline pilot with Mohawk Airlines in Upstate New York and ended his flying career 25 years later, with USAir in Boston, while living on Cape Cod. Highlights of his aviation career were flying the inaugural flight for USAir to Portland International Jetport, founding the USASA Yacht Club, which held annual sailing rendezvous at various ports throughout New England, and receiving special permission to do a “low flight” over Cape Cod on his retirement flight to Boston. This final flight was a thrill to his friends watching from the ground, in his hometown of Brewster, as well as to his family and passengers aboard his jet. 

Retirement years allowed Warren to pursue his other passions more fully. Alongside Jacquie, he was an active member of Brewster Baptist Church. One of his many proud accomplishments on Cape Cod was waging and winning a court battle against the state, which helped preserve local boat owners’ rights of harbor access. His wife, growing family, and even the family cats, were able to share in his love for sailing, joining him on sailing cruises everywhere from Cape Cod Bay to Canada, but especially along his beloved Maine coast. A true mariner, Warren could navigate by the stars and even splice his own lines. He enjoyed gunkholing in his sailboat Intrinsic. Warren was especially touched when the Townsend Gut swing bridge, operated by twin brothers Duane and Dwight, opened off schedule to honor his final sailing trip. 

With an eye for detail, his lifelong hobbies included woodworking; from wooden boat building and varnishing, constructing boat models and clocks, and carving small decoys, to making and sanding walking sticks, made from small trees scavenged while hiking. His rough and fine finish carpentry skills turned his family houses into beautiful homes, which included the partially finished cottage which Jacquie and he purchased nearly 40 years ago on Ovens Mouth in Boothbay. Three subsequent family generations, as well as friends, continue to enjoy the property to this day.  

A courteous and punctual gentleman to the end, his last years were spent in St Andrews Retirement Village where he perfected his story telling, regaling neighbors, staff, Grover’s hardware employees and even the patient mail carriers with many tales of adventure. Upon establishing residence in Maine, they became members of the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor. Warren was especially proud of his wife Jacquie, asking the Boothbay Register to interview them regarding their marriage, as a special interest story, for their 67th wedding anniversary.  

A grandson said, “he lived an enviable life.” Warren was however, unassuming, and simply wanted to be certain his family and cat were taken care of before he cast off on his last “Big Trip.” 

His family extends heartfelt gratitude to the kind staff of St Andrews Retirement Village for their amazing care of Warren in his final years.   

He was loved and will be missed by: his wife of 69 years, Jacquelyn Flagg Price of Boothbay Harbor; daughter Laurie Price Dougherty of Bridgton; daughter Luanne Price Weekes (husband Dan) of Alna; son Russell Carl Price (wife Irish) of Dallas, Texas; grandchildren: Ryan Price (Chelsey) Dougherty, Nathan Scott Dougherty, Katelyn Joy Dougherty, Taylor Warren (Hillary) Price; a plethora of great-grandchildren and other extended family members; and Calianne, the cat.

Predeceased by: son Mark Warren Price (wife Deborah) of Crown Point, New York; granddaughter Sarah Kathleen Dougherty; and sister Marjorie Waters. 

Donations in Warren’s memory may be made to: PALSCatShelterWinthrop.com, mailing address: P.A.L.S. Cat Shelter, 188 Case Rd., Winthrop, ME, 04364; or The Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum, bnamuseum.org, mailing address: 179 Admiral Fitch Ave., Brunswick, ME 04011.

A gathering in his memory will be held in the main lobby at St Andrews Village on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 4:30 p.m. Please bring and share your memories.  

A “Celebration of Life” will be held this summer on Cape Cod.  

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay. 

Condolences may be shared with the family at hallfuneralhomes.com