PORTLAND – Brian Philip Swan, 57, of Dayton, died Aug. 25, quietly in his sleep at Maine Medical Center after a brief illness with lung cancer.

He graduated from Dirigo High School in 1969, and received a diploma in drafting from CMVTI in 1971.

In 1971, he joined the Air Force and spent his 20-year career affiliated with AFTAC and retired as a master sergeant. During that time, he was stationed at Shymia, Alaska, Patrick AFB, Florida, Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland, and Falcon AFB in Colorado. Upon retiring in 1991, he returned to school at Colorado Tech and received a bachelor’s degree in logistics.

He worked at SAIC in Colorado Springs as a systems analyst and was head of the IT department until his retirement in 2005. At that time, he and Carol moved back to Maine, and built their retirement home in Dayton.

His interests were fishing, hunting, woodworking, painting watercolors, carving fish, singing karaoke and just being there to help out anyone who needed it.

He will be sadly missed by all of his friends and family.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Carol Anderson Swan; their son, Tim and his wife, Shellene, and children, Kaila and Tyler of Dayton; their son, Sam and his wife, Laurie, and their son, Camden of Dayton, their son, Mark of Colorado Springs, Colo.; his parents, Richard and Janice Swan; two brothers, Dennis and David Swan, both from Dixfield; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his grandparents.