WILTON – Bill Weed’s voice broke as he spoke Wednesday about the type of man his older brother Ray was. He was very close to his family, a giving person and at times a serious prankster.

The 40-year-old Wilton contractor’s life ended Dec. 23 when he was slain at his home on Main Street. No arrest has been made, and the Maine Medical Examiner’s Office is withholding autopsy results pending further investigation, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

The Weed family and community members were to say their goodbyes New Year’s Eve.

“I think he will be most remembered (by the family) as an incredibly giving person who would help any one of us out in any way, at any time, it didn’t matter,” Bill Weed said.

“Butch” Weed was known for his good deeds throughout the area. According to townspeople and friends, he was there when they needed him. He was a former Wilton Planning Board member, an active Lions Club member and someone who would help others without being asked. He even did work for others without charging.

Bill Weed, the only core family member to live outside of Maine, said his brother was the third oldest of five siblings and turned out to be the “most gregarious of us all” and “to be incredibly active in the community.”

Weed said he came up from Maryland to visit his brother this summer and was amazed at how many people Butch knew.

“He knew everyone,” Weed said.

It takes a certain quality in a person to handle being so well-known, he said.

His brother was “very close to everyone in the family. He always tried to keep peace,” he said.

He was especially close to his dad, Raymond H. Weed Jr., who died in April. Their father instilled in them a love of the outdoors, Bill Weed said.

His brother was also interested in his nieces and nephews, Weed said, and tried to make sure he had something special for them when he saw them.

Butch was also a “serious prankster.”

“He didn’t mind giving it and he didn’t mind getting it back,” Weed said.

dperry@sunjournal.com

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