Mechanic Falls-- Charlie W Crabtree SR, 72, of McFalls. Passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec.21. Charlie was a devoted Dad, and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family. He was very much loved by his family and friends, and was well respected and liked in the Community.
Throughout his life, Charlie always enjoyed helping people. Not surprisingly, when he passed, he was volunteering his time assisting friends. We are told that he was happy and cheerful right to the end.
As many people have observed, 'Charlie passed away while doing what he loved; helping others.'
Charlie also loved working outdoors, tending to his garden and yard, and building almost anything. He built homes, garages, and sheds; fixed and rebuilt cars, tractors and bulldozers, and cleared and developed land to build his home.
Charlie always enjoyed learning new things, such as installing satellite dishes, and was happy to help others make repairs or solve any mechanical problem.
Charlie was born Dec.9.1944, in Lewiston, son of the late John and Beatrice (Hayden) Crabtree. He grew up and spent most of his life in McFalls, {nick name of town} graduating from McFalls High School in 1963. He served in the National Guard, and worked as an optician for more than 30 years, much of which was spent at Optometric Associates in Lewiston.
While raising his family, he was an involved member of the community serving in many capacities, including building a new baseball field and hockey rink for the town, coaching for seven years on his son's baseball teams, serving as a member of the town's school board and Recreation Committee, and serving in the Lions Club. Charlie was humble and didn't do things for recognition but did them because he believed they were the right thing to do.
Charlie was also a longtime and valued member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, supporting and attending various local churches over the years, most recently in Turner. He even went on a mission trip to India a number of years ago with his late wife, Paula, who predeceased him in 2010.
Charlie is survived by his children, Charles "Chad" Crabtree JR and his wife, Rebekah, of Atlanta, GA. and Julie Roux and her husband, Francis, of Hampstead, NH,; grandkids, Nathan, Joshua, and Carly Roux of Hampstead NH; two brothers, 'twins' Robert Crabtree of McFalls, and Talmage Crabtree and wife Norma of McFalls; nieces, Cheryl Piper of Minot, Deborah Marston of Auburn; nephew, Stephen Chase of Fryeburg; and stepsons- Herbert Thomas Glover IV, and Frank Howard Glover JR.
He was predeceased by his wife, Paula Crabtree, his parents, John and Beatrice Crabtree; sister Lydia D. Chase and her husband Kenneth Jerry Chase; and niece Stephanie Brown.
Charles' family wants to thank everyone for their love and support of Charlie and his family throughout his life, and at this time. Your kind words, thoughts and actions continue to mean a lot to us all.
Throughout his life, Charlie always enjoyed helping people. Not surprisingly, when he passed, he was volunteering his time assisting friends. We are told that he was happy and cheerful right to the end.
As many people have observed, 'Charlie passed away while doing what he loved; helping others.'
Charlie also loved working outdoors, tending to his garden and yard, and building almost anything. He built homes, garages, and sheds; fixed and rebuilt cars, tractors and bulldozers, and cleared and developed land to build his home.
Charlie always enjoyed learning new things, such as installing satellite dishes, and was happy to help others make repairs or solve any mechanical problem.
Charlie was born Dec.9.1944, in Lewiston, son of the late John and Beatrice (Hayden) Crabtree. He grew up and spent most of his life in McFalls, {nick name of town} graduating from McFalls High School in 1963. He served in the National Guard, and worked as an optician for more than 30 years, much of which was spent at Optometric Associates in Lewiston.
While raising his family, he was an involved member of the community serving in many capacities, including building a new baseball field and hockey rink for the town, coaching for seven years on his son's baseball teams, serving as a member of the town's school board and Recreation Committee, and serving in the Lions Club. Charlie was humble and didn't do things for recognition but did them because he believed they were the right thing to do.
Charlie was also a longtime and valued member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, supporting and attending various local churches over the years, most recently in Turner. He even went on a mission trip to India a number of years ago with his late wife, Paula, who predeceased him in 2010.
Charlie is survived by his children, Charles "Chad" Crabtree JR and his wife, Rebekah, of Atlanta, GA. and Julie Roux and her husband, Francis, of Hampstead, NH,; grandkids, Nathan, Joshua, and Carly Roux of Hampstead NH; two brothers, 'twins' Robert Crabtree of McFalls, and Talmage Crabtree and wife Norma of McFalls; nieces, Cheryl Piper of Minot, Deborah Marston of Auburn; nephew, Stephen Chase of Fryeburg; and stepsons- Herbert Thomas Glover IV, and Frank Howard Glover JR.
He was predeceased by his wife, Paula Crabtree, his parents, John and Beatrice Crabtree; sister Lydia D. Chase and her husband Kenneth Jerry Chase; and niece Stephanie Brown.
Charles' family wants to thank everyone for their love and support of Charlie and his family throughout his life, and at this time. Your kind words, thoughts and actions continue to mean a lot to us all.
Mechanic Falls-- Charlie W Crabtree SR, 72, of McFalls. Passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec.21. Charlie was a devoted Dad, and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family. He was very much loved by his family and friends, and was well respected and liked in the Community.
Throughout his life, Charlie always enjoyed helping people. Not surprisingly, when he passed, he was volunteering his time assisting friends. We are told that he was happy and cheerful right to the end.
As many people have observed, 'Charlie passed away while doing what he loved; helping others.'
Charlie also loved working outdoors, tending to his garden and yard, and building almost anything. He built homes, garages, and sheds; fixed and rebuilt cars, tractors and bulldozers, and cleared and developed land to build his home.
Charlie always enjoyed learning new things, such as installing satellite dishes, and was happy to help others make repairs or solve any mechanical problem.
Charlie was born Dec.9.1944, in Lewiston, son of the late John and Beatrice (Hayden) Crabtree. He grew up and spent most of his life in McFalls, {nick name of town} graduating from McFalls High School in 1963. He served in the National Guard, and worked as an optician for more than 30 years, much of which was spent at Optometric Associates in Lewiston.
While raising his family, he was an involved member of the community serving in many capacities, including building a new baseball field and hockey rink for the town, coaching for seven years on his son's baseball teams, serving as a member of the town's school board and Recreation Committee, and serving in the Lions Club. Charlie was humble and didn't do things for recognition but did them because he believed they were the right thing to do.
Charlie was also a longtime and valued member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, supporting and attending various local churches over the years, most recently in Turner. He even went on a mission trip to India a number of years ago with his late wife, Paula, who predeceased him in 2010.
Charlie is survived by his children, Charles "Chad" Crabtree JR and his wife, Rebekah, of Atlanta, GA. and Julie Roux and her husband, Francis, of Hampstead, NH,; grandkids, Nathan, Joshua, and Carly Roux of Hampstead NH; two brothers, 'twins' Robert Crabtree of McFalls, and Talmage Crabtree and wife Norma of McFalls; nieces, Cheryl Piper of Minot, Deborah Marston of Auburn; nephew, Stephen Chase of Fryeburg; and stepsons- Herbert Thomas Glover IV, and Frank Howard Glover JR.
He was predeceased by his wife, Paula Crabtree, his parents, John and Beatrice Crabtree; sister Lydia D. Chase and her husband Kenneth Jerry Chase; and niece Stephanie Brown.
Charles' family wants to thank everyone for their love and support of Charlie and his family throughout his life, and at this time. Your kind words, thoughts and actions continue to mean a lot to us all.
Throughout his life, Charlie always enjoyed helping people. Not surprisingly, when he passed, he was volunteering his time assisting friends. We are told that he was happy and cheerful right to the end.
As many people have observed, 'Charlie passed away while doing what he loved; helping others.'
Charlie also loved working outdoors, tending to his garden and yard, and building almost anything. He built homes, garages, and sheds; fixed and rebuilt cars, tractors and bulldozers, and cleared and developed land to build his home.
Charlie always enjoyed learning new things, such as installing satellite dishes, and was happy to help others make repairs or solve any mechanical problem.
Charlie was born Dec.9.1944, in Lewiston, son of the late John and Beatrice (Hayden) Crabtree. He grew up and spent most of his life in McFalls, {nick name of town} graduating from McFalls High School in 1963. He served in the National Guard, and worked as an optician for more than 30 years, much of which was spent at Optometric Associates in Lewiston.
While raising his family, he was an involved member of the community serving in many capacities, including building a new baseball field and hockey rink for the town, coaching for seven years on his son's baseball teams, serving as a member of the town's school board and Recreation Committee, and serving in the Lions Club. Charlie was humble and didn't do things for recognition but did them because he believed they were the right thing to do.
Charlie was also a longtime and valued member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, supporting and attending various local churches over the years, most recently in Turner. He even went on a mission trip to India a number of years ago with his late wife, Paula, who predeceased him in 2010.
Charlie is survived by his children, Charles "Chad" Crabtree JR and his wife, Rebekah, of Atlanta, GA. and Julie Roux and her husband, Francis, of Hampstead, NH,; grandkids, Nathan, Joshua, and Carly Roux of Hampstead NH; two brothers, 'twins' Robert Crabtree of McFalls, and Talmage Crabtree and wife Norma of McFalls; nieces, Cheryl Piper of Minot, Deborah Marston of Auburn; nephew, Stephen Chase of Fryeburg; and stepsons- Herbert Thomas Glover IV, and Frank Howard Glover JR.
He was predeceased by his wife, Paula Crabtree, his parents, John and Beatrice Crabtree; sister Lydia D. Chase and her husband Kenneth Jerry Chase; and niece Stephanie Brown.
Charles' family wants to thank everyone for their love and support of Charlie and his family throughout his life, and at this time. Your kind words, thoughts and actions continue to mean a lot to us all.
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