LEWISTON – Harold S. Swain, 78, a resident of 96 Kyle Lane, Auburn, died unexpectedly Saturday, Sept. 8, at Central Maine Medical Center with his family by his side.

He was born in Rangeley, Nov. 30, 1928, the son of Stephen and Bessie (Haley) Swain. He attended Rangeley schools and then joined the U.S. Army as an MP serving in Italy during World War II. After the war, he graduated from the Utilities Engineering Institute of Chicago, Ill., as a diesel mechanic. He married the former Rowena Hammond on Feb. 3, 1951 in Farmington.

He resided in the Farmington area for 40 years before moving to Auburn in 2003.

He was a member of the American Legion, and while in Auburn attended the Riverside Drive Baptist Church.

Survivors include his loving wife, Rowena of Auburn; three daughters, Marjorie Santoro, and her husband, Brad, of Wareham, Mass., Eunice Goss, and her husband, Greg, of Kent City, Mich., and JoAnn Gallant, and her husband, Chris, of Turner; two sisters, Jean Grant of Rangeley and Geraldine Wilkinson of Manchester, N.H.; one brother, Marshall Swain of Rangeley; eight grandchildren, Bridget Peirce, Bernadet Smith, Daniel Goss, Joshua Goss, Bethany Ferrell, BobbiJo Pond, Amber Brown and Ethan Gallant; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.