Verrill "Sonny" Worcester

Verrill "Sonny" Worcester
1929 - 2018
COLUMBIA -
Verrill "Sonny" Worcester passed away at his home on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, at age 88. Sonny was born to Erma and Verrill Worcester in Jonesport on March 18, 1929.
He graduated Columbia Falls High School with the class of '47 and married Marilyn (Diz) Worcester in September 1950. He was a loving husband and father and doting Grampie and "PA" to his large family.
Sonny served 22 years in US Army as a Ranger in the 503rd Infantry Division & master jumper in the 11th Airborne Division, and rose to the rank of Sergeant Major. His service included 2 tours of active duty in Vietnam and a year in Iran. He also served in Panama during the Cuban Missile crisis. Among his many awards for distinction are multiple Bronz stars with valor, the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation medal for meritorious service.
In 1971, Sonny retired from the military and he and Marilyn moved back to Maine to care for her father, Clarence Drisko, and to run the family Tabbutt blueberry rake business.
He and Marilyn settled in Columbia where he served as an SAD 37 School Board director for 16 years. He was a past member of the Board of Directors for the Milbridge Medical center and Downeast Community Hospital. He served on the board for the Pleasant River Ambulance Service and as Tax Assessor for Columbia and was an active blueberry grower for Pleasant River Canning Company.
Sonny was an avid outdoorsman and loved to be out hunting or fishing whenever possible. He was a lifelong reader until his eyesight was affected in later years. To say he was a staunch Republican would be an understatement. He was active in the Maine Republican Party for many years.
Sonny was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Marilyn (Diz); his mother, Erma and father Verrill; brothers David, Dwight and sister Joyce. Sonny is survived by four siblings: sisters Julia Worcester of Columbia Falls Maine and Cassie Hardwick and husband Jim of Jackson, Mich., brother Everett Worcester and wife Lee in Ornville, and sister-in-law Marilyn Worcester in Winterport; seven children, Deyanne Worcester of Augusta, Cathy Marshall and husband Edward of Lakeland, Fla. and children Edward II, Benjamin and Meghan, Sandra Potter of Dover, N.H. and son Andrew Kymm Lange and husband Dr. Stephen Lange of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. and children Whitney, Alexandra and Kelsey, Pam Hull and husband David of Alpharetta, Ga. and children Sarah, Katie and Jonathan, Gayle Dunning and husband John of Orono and children Carrie and Heather, Craig Worcester and wife Lisa of Bangor and children Ryan, Cory, Curtis. He also has 13 great grandchildren to continue his legacy.He was a true modern hero and will be greatly missed by all.
Visiting hours will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home, 47 Main St., Milbridge. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Columbia Falls, Methodist Church, Church Street, Columbia Falls. To leave a message of condolence for the Worcester family, please visit www.bragdonkelley.com

In lieu of flowers,
please consider a gift to:
American Macular
Degeneration Foundation
P.O. Box 515
Northampton, MA 01061-0515 or:
Downeast Community Hospital for the Comfort Room on Med Surg Wing
11 Hospital Dr.
Machias, ME 04654