BANGOR - Patrick Neil Graves, 45, died unexpectedly March 9, 2023, at his residence in Bangor. He was born June 6, 1977, in Waterville, Maine, the son of Samuel N. Graves and Wendy K. (Smith) Foley Smith.
Pat graduated from South Portland High School, Class of 1996. He carried his lifelong love for trucks and equipment to working as a heavy equipment operator with the City of Bangor Public Works and Alan Dorr Construction, of Hermon.
Pat is survived by his father and stepmother, Samuel and Stephanie Graves, of Bangor; his mother, Wendy K. Foley Smith, of Windham, Maine; sister, Ami Porter and her husband, Lucas, of Kirkland, Washington; brothers, Shawn Athearn and his wife, Victoria, of Windham, Maine, Drew Athearn and his fiancée, Melissa, of South Portland, Maine, stepbrother, Matthew Woodman and his wife, Alison, of York, Maine; stepsister, Emily Adams and her husband, Paul, of Windham, Maine; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by grandparents, John and Flora Graves and Wendell and Pearl Smith.
A graveside service will be held at a date and time to be announced this spring, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Etna.
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