TOGUS – Ellis A. Kilponen Sr., 76, of South Paris, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Togus.

He was born in Sumner, on March 19, 1932, the son of August and Lena (Piirainen) Kilponen and was educated in local schools. He was a truck driver most of his life in the local area and was a member of the Finnish American Society. He had served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and married Jennie Violet Kilponen on Aug. 18, 1955, with whom he enjoyed going on rides with as well as enjoying NASCAR racing.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years of South Paris; two sons, Ellis Jr. and his wife, Kathy, and Mark Kilponen, all of South Paris; five daughters, Gail Farr of Rumford, Loraine Bonney and her husband, Kirby, of Sumner, Karen Morse of New Hampshire, Debra Kangas of West Paris and Belinda Edmunds and her husband, Paul, of North Waterford; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.