YALE A. LYNCH
DEXTER & GARDINER, Yale A. Lynch, 82, died November 2, 2003 at a Dover-Foxcroft hospital. He was born February 1, 1921, in Monticello, son of John Owen Lynch Sr. and Rowena (Nason) Lynch. They moved to Easton where he attended Easton High School. He worked on the farm with his dad and later had his own trucking business, hauling potatoes through out New England. He worked for Bridge Corp. for 55 years as a heavy equipment operator. Yale was a drummer, had his own band, and enjoyed life at it’s fullest. He was a great dancer and loved to dance. He also enjoyed fishing, camping, and planting a big garden which he shared with others. He was a communicant of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Gardiner for over 40 years and later attended St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Dexter until his health failed.

He is survived by a brother John Owens Lynch Jr. and his wife Betty; a sister, Patricia Graves and her husband, Robert; a daughter, Judith Swim all of Monticello and a daughter, Sharon Vitaz of Ohio; a step daughter, Wanece Lambert of Farmingdale, Massachusetts; 6 grandchildren; several great grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Vira (Grass) Lynch. He will be sadly missed by his cousin, Marilyn Bolduc whom he lived with for the past 3 years.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 am Friday November 7, 2003, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Dexter with the Rev. Raymond Morency officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Presque Isle. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, Dexter.