DAMARISCOTTA – Reginald C. “Ras” Bachelder, 79, of Newry, died Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Cove’s Edge Nursing Care Center in Damariscotta.

He had resided on the Bear River Road in Newry.

He was born in Rangeley on Aug. 29, 1925, a son of Aaron and Marion (Nile) Bachelder, and had attended schools in Stratton.

He worked as a woodsman and also as a carpenter for Haakon Olson General Contractor in the Bethel area for many years until retirement.

Reginald was a long-time rock hound.

He was married in Kingfield, on June 15, 1944, to the former Karlene York who survives of Newry.

Other survivors include daughters; Claire Romano and husband, George, of Wiscasset, Heidi Littlefield and husband, Arlan, of Winthrop; sons, Donald Bachelder, of Alachua, Fla., Aaron Bachelder and wife, Colleen, of Morganton, N.C., Brent Bachelder, of Providence, R.I.; many grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.