LEWISTON — Charles H. Stone, 83, of Poland, formerly of Norfolk, Mass., died Thursday, June 10, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Born in Middleboro, Mass., he was the son of the late Walter and Irene (Keith) Stone. He was educated in Norfolk, and was a graduate of the Boston Trade School. Following high school, he entered the U. S. Army Air Force, where he served as an aircraft mechanic, during World War II.

A former lifelong resident of Norfolk, he retired in 1987, after over 35 years with the Norton Company, where he worked as plant manager.

In his retirement, he was an avid golfer, and a former member of the Fairlawn Country Club in Auburn, Maine, the Fairlawn Men’s Golf Association, Sharon Country Club, the Norfolk Men’s Golf League, the Norfolk Advisory Committee, and the Norfolk American Legion, Post 335. He was a jack-of-all-trades, who enjoyed his family, and his lake house in Maine. He and his wife wintered in Florida and Arizona, prior to her passing in 2004. A former coach of the Norfolk Little League, and scoutmaster with Troop 80, Norfolk, he had delivered meals on wheels for the last six years in Wrentham.

Husband of the late Frances L. (Dolan) Stone, he was the devoted father of Charles H. Stone Jr., of Wrentham, Mass., Cheryl A. Blair and her husband, Charles “Wells,” of Rosemount, Minn., and Patricia L. Watson and her husband, Richard, of Norfolk, Mass.; grandfather of Lisa, Jason and Erin Blair, Lauren A. Stone, Charles H. Stone III, Brittany Cummings Stone, and Michael Cummings Stone; and brother of Barbara Evans of Norfolk, Mass., and the late Walter F. and Robert L. Stone. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.