
He was predeceased by Margaret Hale Kunhardt in 2004, and is survived by Mary Lou Lavallee, his children Elizabeth, Daniel, Susan and Amelia, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
He attended Bowdoin College, General Theological Seminary in NYC, and was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1952.
From 1955 to 1958 he served as a Chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, stationed in Roswell, NM and Fairbanks, AK. He served as rector of Episcopal churches in Tacoma, WA, and Wilbraham, MA, and on the staff at Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, MA.
In 1975 he transitioned out of parish work to follow his calling as a pastoral counselor in the field of alcoholism treatment, serving patients at the Springfield, MA city detox and at Beech Hill Hospital in Dublin, NH. He retired to Bath, ME in 1991 and moved to Brunswick in 2005.
A Celebration of
Life will be held on
Wednesday, August
16 at 1:00 p.m. at
Grace Episcopal
Church, Bath, ME, with refreshments to follow in the parish hall. Burial will be held on Saturday, September 2 at 1:00 p.m. at Meetinghouse Cemetery on Frost Hill Road in Marlborough, NH.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 1100 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530.
Arrangements by Daigle Funeral Home http://www.daiglefuneralhome.com.
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