FREEPORT — Alfred Kinsman Fogg, 100, of Freeport, Maine, passed away April 10, 2016, at Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where he lived for the past four years.
Always well loved by family and care givers, he will be missed for his positive attitude, love for family and community, his hearty laugh, his story telling, and his need to read the Portland newspaper every day.
He was born in Freeport on May 19, 1915, the son of Thomas and Evelyn (Sears) Fogg. Alfred worked at various jobs locally and served proudly in World War II as a Seabee, receiving a Purple Heart. He raised his family on a small farm and was a devoted husband, father and neighbor. He retired from Bath Iron Works in 1976, and together with his wife Bertha, they traveled extensively throughout the United States. He was a seventy year member of the New Gloucester Masonic Lodge and a 4-H leader. He and his wife did volunteer work at Judith Landing on the Missouri River in Montana. Alfred was a former member of the Wolf ’s Neck Club and the Grange.
He was predeceased by Bertha, his wife of seventy-three years, on March 22, 2014; a brother Morris Fogg; a sister Annie Murray and a son in law Bud.
He is survived by his daughters; Eileen and her husband Buck, Judy, and Merry and her husband Jake; four grandchildren and their spouses; seven great grandchildren; as well as several nieces and nephews.
A committal service will be held sometime in the future at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Wayne, Maine.
A special thank you goes to the Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for his continued loving, safe and comforting care over the years as well as to Hospice most recently. Any acts of kindness in his memory would be appreciated.
Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home, One Church St., Augusta where condolences, memories and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com.
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