Frederic W. Hutchings Sr.
HUTCHINGS, Frederic W. Sr., 76, PRESQUE ISLE & EASTON, at Presque Isle, March 15, 2011. Interment will be in Green Ridge Cemetery, Caribou, later this spring. Arrangements are in care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.
PRESQUE ISLE & EASTON – Frederic W. Hutchings Sr., 76, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at a Presque Isle health care facility. He was born in Houlton on December 9, 1934, the son of Horace and Mona (Bulley) Hutchings.
He served in the National Guard and the Maine State Guard as a Lt. Colonel. Fred was a member of the Civil War Re-enactment Group.
He started Hutchings Flooring in Presque Isle in 1965, which he owned until 2010.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Barnes Hutchings of Easton; a son, Frederic “Todd” Hutchings Jr. and his wife, Patty of Presque Isle; three daughters: Naomi Mallot and her husband, Louis of Yuba City, CA, Ann Swan and her husband, Galen “Chip” of Hampden, and Janet Barnes and her husband, Roger of Presque Isle; step-children: Mark Barnes of Presque Isle, and Tamra Keaton and her husband, Ken of Caribou; grandchildren: Vaughn Hutchings and his fiancé, Jennifer Holmquist, Brenton Mallot and fiancé, Jessica Collier, Aaron and Cassy Mallot, Jennifer Hair and fiancé, Michael Eldridge, Jason Hair, Christopher Swan, Julia Sanipass and fiance, Keith Wilcox, Kristin Barnes, David and Caitlin Sanipass, Daniel Sanipass; step-grandchildren: Zach, Sara, and Cody Barnes; great-grandchildren: Savannah Mallot, Tyler and McKenzie Eldridge, Erin Rose, Dylan and Kylan Wilcox. He also leaves behind two sisters: Mary Corbin and her husband, Gilbert of Alton, NH, and Jean Jones and her husband, Bob of Wichita, KS.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, Mary Ann (Todd) Hutchings on October 5, 1990; and two sisters: Louise Turner and Lois Dubois.
Funeral services were held 3:30 p.m., Friday, March 18, 2011, at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, with Pastor Larry Palmer officiating. Friends called 1 p.m. until time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Green Ridge Cemetery, Caribou, later this spring. Donations may be made in his memory to Angel Flight Northeast, 492 Sutton Street, North Andover, MA 01845, or to Lahey Clinic Transplantation Dept., 41 Mall Rd., Burlington, MA 01805. Online condolences may be expressed at Duncan-graves.com
