NORWAY – Arthur F. Field of South Paris, passed away on July 21, at Stephens Memorial Hospital due to complications of cardio-vascular disease.

He was born in Paris, Oct. 15, 1920, the son of Ralph B. and Marion Tyler Field. On June 28, 1946 , he married Deloris Seals of St. Joseph, Mo.

In 1943, he joined the Army Air Force, and was eventually stationed at Rosecrans Field in Missouri, where he made crew chief. While stationed there, Art met and married Deloris. They moved to South Paris in 1948, and built their home on Hill Street.

He was actively involved in the community at large. He created a degree wheel, used for many years at Oxford Plains Speedway, which is featured in “Oxford Plains Speedway the First Three Years 1950-1952” by Floyd “Zeke” Trask. Later, he joined the American Legion, Foster-Carroll Post 72, and in conjunction with Deloris, led an all time high membership drive.

He enjoyed the years he spent as a member of the Falcons Drum and Bugle Corps. In addition, he supported his wife’s efforts in forming a successful music boosters group to promote music in SAD 17.

In their retirement years, he and Deloris traveled to all 49 continental United States in their motorhome.

As long time level A-2 square dancers, they danced in many states with people from around the world. On all his trips, he collected barbwire, which he donated along with other items of interest to the Oxford County Fair Association. He will be remembered by friends and family for his “Yankee ingenuity,” his bountiful gardens, his grade A maple syrup, and for the management of his woodlot, described by the state of Maine Forestry Department “as one of the best managed hardwood stands in the state.”

He is survived by his wife, Deloris; daughter, Janice of Norway and daughter, Donna and son-in-law, Ron Goodspeed of Exeter, N.H.; granddaughter, Elizabeth Field Goodspeed and husband, Aaron Parnes, M.D., of Baltimore, Md.; and a grandson, Tyler Beck Goodspeed of Cambridge, Mass.