ROBERT "BOB" RONALD COTE
PITTSFIELD – Robert “Bob” Ronald Cote, 73, died May 29, 2005 at a Bangor hospital following a short illness. He was born January 23, 1932 at Manchester, NH to Napolean and Henrietta (Gauthier) Cote. Bob graduated from West High School in Manchester, NH, Class of 1951. He was in the first graduating class of the Thompson School at the University of New Hampshire in 1953. He farmed in Hinsdale, NH from 1962 -69, owned Keyser Pond Campground in Henniker, NH, sold real estate for Ordway Real Estate from 1969-76 and worked at the State Prison and farmed in Canterbury, NH from 1976-79. Bob moved to Maine in 1979 to farm on a larger scale. He loved to farm and in Pittsfield started with a sheep farm and then moved on to a dairy operation. He was a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Pittsfield.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Gloria of Pittsfield; son Michael and wife Jan Cote of Canterbury, NH, daughter Adele and husband Ken Scott of Orleans, MA, son William and wife Linda Cote of Loudon, NH, son Thomas and wife Brenda Cote of Pittsfield, daughter Annette and husband Paul Anderson of Falmouth, daughter Andrea and husband John Connolly of Pittsfield; a sister, Jocelyn Soares of Port St. Lucie, FL; 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Friends may be call from 4 to 8 P.M. Thursday, at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 117 Main Street, Newport. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 A.M. Friday, June 3rd at the St. Agnes Catholic Church, Pittsfield, with Rev. Fr. C. James Martel officiating. Burial will be in the Village Cemetery, Pittsfield. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Agnes School, 6 Pine Street, Pittsfield, ME 04967.