Kenneth Yore, 84 of Ormond Beach, Florida and Damariscotta Maine died peacefully at home in Florida on Sunday, March 29th.
He was known by his family as Ken was born in Lewiston, Maine on March 20, 1931 to Edward and Esther (Abbott) Yore.
His family moved to Bath, Maine to work in the Bath Iron Works, building destroyers for the U.S. Navy. He attended Morse High School and worked at American Can Company in Illinois and the Bath Iron Works in the accounting department.
Ken also worked as a private chauffeur for Mrs. Oliver Moses at the Iron Works. He chauffeured actor John Wayne when he came to christen a destroyer.
He was a former member of the Polar Masonic Lodge and the West Bath Grange.
Ken is survived by his wife Doris; they were married on August 31, 1958, also survived by his daughter, Deirdre and her husband, Kent Jewett, grandchildren, Nicole and Nathaniel Jewett, as well as two sisters, June Manning of Coral Gables, FL, and Muriel Milne of Brunswick, Maine and several cousins.
Kenneth and wife Doris lived in Bath, Maine most of their married life. In 1993 they became snowbirds, spending seven months in Florida and five months at their cottage in Lake Pemaquid, Damariscotta, Maine.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, May 16th at David E. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, Bath, Maine. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lohman Funeral Home Ormond. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lohmanfuneralhomes.com