Jack attended Methuen schools and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass. Jack married Winifred Wrigley in 1953. He worked for many years at Lawrence Paper Board as a welder and later for the State of Massachusetts as a project manager on the Waste to Energy Plant in Haverhill, Mass.
He served in the Massachusetts National Guard, Yankee Division for 14 years. Jack and his wife Winnie relocated to West Bath and then moved to Woolwich, Maine. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff for Sagadahoc County, a school bus driver for local sporting events and as a lobsterman on the New Meadows River before retiring.
Jack had a strong sense of civic duty and was active in local politics. He served as a selectman in West Bath and was a member of the American Legion. Jack devoted countless hours organizing and directing the “We Remember” ceremony in Bath on Memorial Day honoring veterans killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He was a Justice of Peace, performing well over a hundred weddings in the Bath area. He was also very active at the Bath YMCA where he coached boxing class for men and women of all ages on Saturday mornings. Jack loved to meet with his many friends every afternoon at Dunkin Donuts in Bath where he enjoyed coffee and conversations. Jack was predeceased by his loving wife Winnie and brother Leonard.
He is survived by his two sons John and his wife Annette of Litchfield, Maine, and Scott and his wife Mary Ann of Pelham, N.H., two grandchildren Ben Albis and wife Nichole of Bedford, Mass., and Sarah Marines and husband Jonathan of Sanford, Maine. He has five great-grandchildren, Allison, Emma, Katelyn, Parker and James. He is also survived by his sister Maureen Albis of Methuen, Mass., and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Bath YMCA boxing program.
A memorial Mass of Christian burial will take place on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 144 Lincoln St., Bath, Maine 04530.
To share your thoughts and condolences with the family, please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com.
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