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In Memory of
Theodore Avery
Stickney
Stickney
November 25, 1917 -
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
Obituary for Theodore Avery Stickney
Dateline – Rochester, NH
Theodore Avery Stickney, within days of reaching his 100th birthday, died peacefully Friday afternoon, November 17, 2017, surrounded by family. He was born in Brownville, ME on November 25, 1917, a son of Clinton Stanley and Helen Hayward (Williams) Stickney. Following his graduation from Brownville High School in 1935, he moved to New Jersey and began a long career as a model maker, Assembler, toolmaker and machinist, working first for Westinghouse, and then Instrument Specialties of West Paterson, NJ, Davis Tool Company, Scott Williams Laconia, Clarostat, Inc., Dover, NH, General Electric, Somersworth, and Janco, Rollinsford.
On January 16, 1954, he married Eleanor M. Willbrant, and together they shared 59 years until her death in 2014.
Following their marriage, Theodore and Eleanor moved to Dover, NH. Then in 1958, they settled in Berwick where they raised their 3 boys. He was a member of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, the YMCA, the Y’smen’s Club in Dover, NH, and the former Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (now called the Barbershop Harmony Society).
Theodore enjoyed working around the house, and usually had one (or twelve) projects going at once, and at times reinventing the wheel. When not working on projects for Eleanor, his children, or his grandchildren, he could be found riding his yard tractor mowing his “estate”, which he often described as “his therapy.”
This past September, Theodore was awarded the Boston Post Cane, which recognizes the oldest male citizen of the town. After being awarded the Cane, he was interviewed by Berwick Community Television, and by Foster’s Daily Democrat.
Theodore is survived by three sons, John Avery Stickney and wife Muriel, James Jay Stickney and wife Donna, and Mark Allen Stickney; eleven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
The one thing he wants people to remember about him was his ability to work with engineers and to know that he had a great career.
A period of visitation will be held on Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Laing-Bibber Funeral Chapel, 36 Rochester Street, Berwick. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Berwick. This will be followed by a Celebration of Life at the Granite Steak & Grill in Rochester, NH.
If desired, a donation may be made in lieu of flowers to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, N.Y. 10001 by mail, www.alzfdn.org online, or by calling 1-866-232-8484. To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Theodore’s Book of Memories page at www.bibberfuneral.com.
Arrangements are in care of Laing-Bibber Funeral Chapel, Berwick.
www.bibberfuneral.com
Theodore Avery Stickney, within days of reaching his 100th birthday, died peacefully Friday afternoon, November 17, 2017, surrounded by family. He was born in Brownville, ME on November 25, 1917, a son of Clinton Stanley and Helen Hayward (Williams) Stickney. Following his graduation from Brownville High School in 1935, he moved to New Jersey and began a long career as a model maker, Assembler, toolmaker and machinist, working first for Westinghouse, and then Instrument Specialties of West Paterson, NJ, Davis Tool Company, Scott Williams Laconia, Clarostat, Inc., Dover, NH, General Electric, Somersworth, and Janco, Rollinsford.
On January 16, 1954, he married Eleanor M. Willbrant, and together they shared 59 years until her death in 2014.
Following their marriage, Theodore and Eleanor moved to Dover, NH. Then in 1958, they settled in Berwick where they raised their 3 boys. He was a member of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, the YMCA, the Y’smen’s Club in Dover, NH, and the former Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (now called the Barbershop Harmony Society).
Theodore enjoyed working around the house, and usually had one (or twelve) projects going at once, and at times reinventing the wheel. When not working on projects for Eleanor, his children, or his grandchildren, he could be found riding his yard tractor mowing his “estate”, which he often described as “his therapy.”
This past September, Theodore was awarded the Boston Post Cane, which recognizes the oldest male citizen of the town. After being awarded the Cane, he was interviewed by Berwick Community Television, and by Foster’s Daily Democrat.
Theodore is survived by three sons, John Avery Stickney and wife Muriel, James Jay Stickney and wife Donna, and Mark Allen Stickney; eleven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
The one thing he wants people to remember about him was his ability to work with engineers and to know that he had a great career.
A period of visitation will be held on Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Laing-Bibber Funeral Chapel, 36 Rochester Street, Berwick. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Berwick. This will be followed by a Celebration of Life at the Granite Steak & Grill in Rochester, NH.
If desired, a donation may be made in lieu of flowers to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, N.Y. 10001 by mail, www.alzfdn.org online, or by calling 1-866-232-8484. To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Theodore’s Book of Memories page at www.bibberfuneral.com.
Arrangements are in care of Laing-Bibber Funeral Chapel, Berwick.
www.bibberfuneral.com