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In Memory of
George
Beley
Beley
1930 - 2017
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Obituary for George Beley
George Edward Beley passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. On June 16, he would've been 87 years old. He is survived by his wife, Joan Jean Beley, to whom he was married for 66 years. He is also survived by his 3 children and their spouses: Doug and his wife Kay, Michelle and her husband Jim, and Renee and her husband Bob; 7 grandchildren: Jeffrey, Amy, Amanda, Alissa, Emma, Micheal, and Andrea; and 5 (soon to be 6) great-grandchildren: Ava, Caden, Henry, Adilyn, and Avery.
George was born in Ware, Massachusetts on June 16, 1930 to his mother Marie Exauria Lacasse, and father Arsene Robert Beley, who immigrated from France in 1901. George grew up with his two brothers, Eugene and Robert, in Paxton, Massachusetts on the family farm, where he worked after graduating high school.
He joined the Air Force in 1951, and began working on “weather” balloons, and learning cryogenics. On April 23, 1951, he married Joan Jean Lareau. Over the course of the next 15 years, they bore 3 children, Douglas, Michelle, and Renee. George served in the Air Force for 27 years, when he retired as a Master Sergeant and settled in Rockland, Maine. There, he opened his own business, Beley’s Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. He served the Rockland area from 1977-2007.
He is remembered by his grandchildren as Pepa, a keen cribbage player, a formidable golf player, eater of ice cream and donuts, and a man of few words who made those words count. Beneath the gruff exterior of a man who worked hard to provide for his family, was a tender heart. He was the true self-made man.
A funeral service will be held at 12:00pm, on Tuesday, June 6 at the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Burial will be at 9:00am, on Thursday, June 8 at the Maine Vetrans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in George’s memory to the American Legion, Donation Processing Center, PO Box 21009, Tulsa, OK 74121-1009.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Condolences, and messages for his family, may be expressed by visiting: www.StrongHancock.com
“Having lived long in time,
he lives now in timelessness
without sorrow, made perfect
by our never finished love,
by our compassion and forgiveness,
and by his happiness in receiving
these gifts that we give. Here in time
we are added to one another forever.” - Wendell Berry
George was born in Ware, Massachusetts on June 16, 1930 to his mother Marie Exauria Lacasse, and father Arsene Robert Beley, who immigrated from France in 1901. George grew up with his two brothers, Eugene and Robert, in Paxton, Massachusetts on the family farm, where he worked after graduating high school.
He joined the Air Force in 1951, and began working on “weather” balloons, and learning cryogenics. On April 23, 1951, he married Joan Jean Lareau. Over the course of the next 15 years, they bore 3 children, Douglas, Michelle, and Renee. George served in the Air Force for 27 years, when he retired as a Master Sergeant and settled in Rockland, Maine. There, he opened his own business, Beley’s Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. He served the Rockland area from 1977-2007.
He is remembered by his grandchildren as Pepa, a keen cribbage player, a formidable golf player, eater of ice cream and donuts, and a man of few words who made those words count. Beneath the gruff exterior of a man who worked hard to provide for his family, was a tender heart. He was the true self-made man.
A funeral service will be held at 12:00pm, on Tuesday, June 6 at the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Burial will be at 9:00am, on Thursday, June 8 at the Maine Vetrans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in George’s memory to the American Legion, Donation Processing Center, PO Box 21009, Tulsa, OK 74121-1009.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Condolences, and messages for his family, may be expressed by visiting: www.StrongHancock.com
“Having lived long in time,
he lives now in timelessness
without sorrow, made perfect
by our never finished love,
by our compassion and forgiveness,
and by his happiness in receiving
these gifts that we give. Here in time
we are added to one another forever.” - Wendell Berry
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