RUMFORD – Maurice “Moe” Ronello Voter, 56, of Hancock Street, Rumford, died July 16, at his home, after a courageous three-month battle with colon and liver cancer.

He was born in Rumford, Nov. 7, 1948, the second child of Colin and Annie Knox Voter, and graduated from Stephens High School in 1967.

An Air Force veteran, he served as a military police officer from 1967 to 1971 in Italy, where he met and married his wife, Alba Leongito.

He worked as a police officer for the town of Dixfield from 1971 to 1972, returning to Italy until 1986 when he returned to the states. He took residence in San Antonio, Texas, and in 1990 returned to Rumford, where he worked at Ames department store, Thurston’s Mill and up until his illness, Formed Fiber Technologies.

He was a member of Swasey Torrey Post 100 of Dixfield. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, time spent with his boys and their wives, and especially his two grandsons.

He is survived by his wife, Alba, of Rumford, whom he married in Naples, Italy, on Aug. 6, 1970; three sons, Colin and his wife, Christie, of Bangor, Salvatore and his wife, Jennifer, of Pennsylvania, and Norman and his wife, Jessica, of Gray; the joys of his life – his two grandsons, Colin McDonald of Peru and Thomas Townley of Bangor; five brothers, Norman Voter and his companion, Brenda, of Rumford, Charlie Voter and his wife, Paula, of Mexico, Dexter Voter and his wife, Patricia, of Dover-Foxcroft, Colin Voter and his wife, Kathleen, of Peru, and Merwin Voter and his wife, Kathy, of Mexico; one sister, Charlene Wing and her husband, Archie, of Peru; two sisters-in-law, Ada Ferrandes and Laura Riccio, and a brother-in-law, Rosario Leongito, all of Naples, Italy; three sisters-in-law, Judy Voter, Nancy Laughton and Rebecca Powell; and many nieces and nephews in Maine and Italy.

He was predeceased by his parents, Colin Voter on July 24, 1965, and Annie on March 6, 2000; his father-in-law, Salvatore Leongito, and mother-in-law, Anna, of Naples, Italy.

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