William Lowell Stinson, 87, of Wiscasset passed away on Feb. 21, 2022. Lowell was born in Bath, Maine  May 20, 1934 to William L. and Mary (Boudin) Stinson. He lived most of his life on the Stinson farm that his great-great-grandfather William Stinson homesteaded in November 1786. 

 

As a young man Lowell worked for  Mark Carroll  doing construction  jobs on government buildings all over New England. He was on a job working at the South Paris Post Office when he met his wife Priscilla Gammon. They were married in July 1962 and raised their family in the home that Lowell build in Wiscasset.

 

Lowell went on to work at  Shorey Winters Oil Company in Wiscasset starting in the mid-1960s working as a driver, burner man, and working his way to manager of Wiscasset Fuel owned by the Gibbon's Oil Company of Bath.

 

He later worked for the town of Wiscasset Highway Department plowing long hours in snow storms and various other highway jobs. While working for the oil company and the Highway Department he also ran his own construction business doing driveways, lawns, septic systems and other construction work around the area.

 

Lowell was happiest staying busy and working with his construction equipment but he was always up for an opportunity to stop and talk with an old friend, share a story or reminisce about days gone by.

 

He and his wife enjoyed the vacations they took traveling to Missouri to visit his brother John and family. They also enjoyed their winters in Florida; for 11 years they spent a couple of months each winter in Dade City, Florida visiting with people from Maine. Lowell would grow restless in  Florida without a project to keep him busy and he always looked forward to coming home. 

 

He was predeceased by his parents William L. and Mary (Boudin) Stinson, his sons Kenneth Stinson 1976, and David Stinson Sr. 2002, his brother John Stinson July 2021, and adopted sister Dorothy Woodard.

 

He is survived by his wife of  59 years, Priscilla; his daughters, Mary Lou Leighton and her husband Gardner of Wiscasset, Diane Palmer of New Hampshire, Laura Bacon and her husband Wendell of Dixfield, and Lisa Foye and her husband Trevor of Wiscasset; and six grandchildren, Stacy, David Jr., Scott, Melissa, Hanna and Brian.

  

A celebration of life will be planned in the spring.