TOPSHAM — John (Jack) Doughty III, 87, passed away at home in the house that ‘Jack’ built on Lewiston Road on Monday, Dec. 13.

Jack was born on Feb. 21, 1923, in Topsham, the son of John H. Doughty Jr. and Ina (Hicks) Doughty. He attended Governor Baxter State School for the Deaf in Portland. On Aug. 24, 1946, he married Dorothy Jean Arnold, who predeceased him in 1980.

He worked for 44 years at the Pejepscot Paper Co. He retired in 1985 and traveled extensively throughout western U.S. and Nova Scotia.

He was a Boy Scout Troop leader for a number of years and was featured in the national Boy Scout magazine as the only deaf Scoutmaster with a hearing troop in the USA. Jack co-founded the Lewiston and Auburn Deaf Club. He was an active member in the Maine Deaf Senior Citizens in Westbrook and the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf.

Jack loved the Red Sox and the Patriots, gardening, photography, carpentry, chair-caning, playing cards, word puzzles and spending time with his family, especially at his cottage in Harpswell. While Jack could not serve in the military due to his hearing impairment, he was an avid patriot.

He is survived by his children, John Doughty IV and his wife, Elaine, from Athol, Mass., Barbara Stoner and her husband, Michael, from Bloomfield, Ind., Larry Doughty and his wife, Kathryn, from Sharon, Vt., Enola Hitchcock and her husband, Jim, from Topsham and Clifford Doughty from Topsham; along with 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; he also leaves behind his best friends, Alcide and Madeline Dube and Don Knight.

You are invited to share your thoughts, condolences and fond memories with the Doughty family by visiting their guestbook at www.crosmanfuneralhome.com.