ORONO – Roger Ernest Priest died peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 11.

He was born Dec. 1, 1958, in Dover-Foxcroft, son of Guy Louis and Frances Louise Eldridge Priest. He worked as the asbestos and lead project manager at the University of Maine for many enjoyable years.

He took great pleasure in working with wood, gardening, fishing, collecting diecast cars, vacationing at the ocean and spending time with his family. He also loved to listen to his wife and children sing and play the piano and especially enjoyed reading aloud together in the evenings.

He is survived by his wife, Cynthia A. Jennings; his children, Noah Francis Jennings Priest, Hannah Elizabeth Jennings Priest and Erin Louise Padham; his brother, Leslie Priest, his wife, Betsy and their sons, Nathan and Brandon; brother, K. Jon Priest, his wife, Alta and their children, Alexandra and David; sister, Gertrude O’Farrell and her husband, Clifford; sister, Nena Schultz and her husband, Seiford; sister, Connie Clement; sister, Lorraine Maurice and her husband, Ronald; sister, Eunice Mansfield; and brother, Ronald Priest and his wife, Kathy.

He was predeceased by his parents, Guy and Frances Priest; and his twin brother, Rodney Enoch Priest.