Richard Lee Cynewski
Corinth, ME and Tarpon Springs, FL - Dick Cynewski lost a long and courageous battle with cancer on August 12, 2022 at home with his family by his side. He was born February 14, 1934, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the son of Clara (Asplund) and Frank Cynewski.
Dick graduated from Amesbury High School in 1952. He served in the United States Air Force for 20 years, initially stationed in Korea. He was transferred to the Charleston Radar Station in Charleston, Maine where he met and married Janice Bickmore of Bradford in 1957.
They traveled the world including 6 years in England, which they thoroughly enjoyed, Dayton, Ohio; Biloxi, Mississippi; Battle Creek, Michigan and once again in Charleston, Maine. He retired from the Air Force in 1973 and continued his career at Charleston AFB in the civil service. When the Charleston AFB closed down in 1979 he became a professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Bangor and ultimately retired as the Department Head in 1993.
Dick and Janice were happily married for 65 years enjoying Charleston / Corinth for the last 52 years. They have spent the last 22 years wintering in Tarpon Springs, Florida where Dick had a great circle of golfing friends. Dick was an avid golfer and was fortunate enough to have 4 hole in ones in his lifetime (Todd’s Valley in Charleston, Maine, Heritage in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Palmyra Golf Course, and finally Plantation Palms in Florida in 2003)!! Dick loved to watch the New England sports teams and the Red Sox kept him entertained in his declining days. Dick was an avid computer buff and historian and spent many hours organizing family photos and researching Charleston history. He managed the Charleston Historical Society and Charleston AFS Facebook pages. He also very much enjoyed his family including his many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He enjoyed many golf outings with his sons and friends including trips to Sugarloaf and Belgrade Lakes.
He was predeceased by his parents, brother Frank Jr., and grandsons, Jason and Matthew Cynewski.
Surviving in addition to his wife Janice, are his sister Lois Pierce and his brother Norman Cynewski both from Amesbury, MA; his children, Anne Knowles and husband, Curtis, of Brewer, David of South Berwick, Donald and partner, Karen Stearns, of Northport, Russell and wife, Kimberly, of Charlotte, VT, and Susan Cynewski and partner, John Charpentier, of Bangor; 10 grandchildren, Ben Cynewski, Chris Knowles, Jared Knowles, Katherine Cynewski, Lindsey Smith, Jaimee Perry, Tyler Cousens, Lauren Fisher, Emily Hintz, and Delanie Cynewski; 9 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Thank you to Beacon Hospice for their care, Ray Bickmore and Sue Lussier for their support, and Susan Cynewski for her amazing care.
A celebration of life will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith, 163 Center St., Bangor. Military honors and words of remembrance will begin at 3:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Maine Cancer Foundation, 170 US Rte. 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, Maine 04105.
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Corinth, ME and Tarpon Springs, FL - Dick Cynewski lost a long and courageous battle with cancer on August 12, 2022 at home with his family by his side. He was born February 14, 1934, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the son of Clara (Asplund) and Frank Cynewski.
Dick graduated from Amesbury High School in 1952. He served in the United States Air Force for 20 years, initially stationed in Korea. He was transferred to the Charleston Radar Station in Charleston, Maine where he met and married Janice Bickmore of Bradford in 1957.
They traveled the world including 6 years in England, which they thoroughly enjoyed, Dayton, Ohio; Biloxi, Mississippi; Battle Creek, Michigan and once again in Charleston, Maine. He retired from the Air Force in 1973 and continued his career at Charleston AFB in the civil service. When the Charleston AFB closed down in 1979 he became a professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Bangor and ultimately retired as the Department Head in 1993.
Dick and Janice were happily married for 65 years enjoying Charleston / Corinth for the last 52 years. They have spent the last 22 years wintering in Tarpon Springs, Florida where Dick had a great circle of golfing friends. Dick was an avid golfer and was fortunate enough to have 4 hole in ones in his lifetime (Todd’s Valley in Charleston, Maine, Heritage in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Palmyra Golf Course, and finally Plantation Palms in Florida in 2003)!! Dick loved to watch the New England sports teams and the Red Sox kept him entertained in his declining days. Dick was an avid computer buff and historian and spent many hours organizing family photos and researching Charleston history. He managed the Charleston Historical Society and Charleston AFS Facebook pages. He also very much enjoyed his family including his many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He enjoyed many golf outings with his sons and friends including trips to Sugarloaf and Belgrade Lakes.
He was predeceased by his parents, brother Frank Jr., and grandsons, Jason and Matthew Cynewski.
Surviving in addition to his wife Janice, are his sister Lois Pierce and his brother Norman Cynewski both from Amesbury, MA; his children, Anne Knowles and husband, Curtis, of Brewer, David of South Berwick, Donald and partner, Karen Stearns, of Northport, Russell and wife, Kimberly, of Charlotte, VT, and Susan Cynewski and partner, John Charpentier, of Bangor; 10 grandchildren, Ben Cynewski, Chris Knowles, Jared Knowles, Katherine Cynewski, Lindsey Smith, Jaimee Perry, Tyler Cousens, Lauren Fisher, Emily Hintz, and Delanie Cynewski; 9 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Thank you to Beacon Hospice for their care, Ray Bickmore and Sue Lussier for their support, and Susan Cynewski for her amazing care.
A celebration of life will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith, 163 Center St., Bangor. Military honors and words of remembrance will begin at 3:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Maine Cancer Foundation, 170 US Rte. 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, Maine 04105.
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