BINGHAM — Herschel W. Dolbier Sr., 90, of Rangeley, died Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Somerset Rehab Center.

He was born Aug. 7, 1920, in New Portland, the son of Phillip and Leana (Mamie) Dolbier and graduated from Kingfield High School. During World War II, he served in the Navy SeaBee’s as a CM1 (MCB) in New Guinea from 1942 to 1946.

Herschel made his home in Stonington, Conn., where he worked at General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division in Groton until he retired in 1985. In 1994, he moved to Rangeley. He was a life member of the Coastal Masonic Lodge 57 AF and AM of Stonington, Conn. He enjoyed wood working, the annual hunting trip with the “guys,” gardening and traveling.

Survivors to cherish his memories are his son, Herschel “Butch” Dolbier Jr. and his wife, Jean; three grandsons, Noel and his wife, Kim, BJ and his wife, Yae, and Tom; three great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Louise Doak and Jean Grant of Rangeley; brother-in-law, George Grant and his wife, Marguerite, of Alabama; niece, Bonnie Grant-Berry and her husband, Don, of Palm Harbor, Fla.;  son, Frank Satriano Jr. and his wife, Leanne, and their children, Grant and Erika of Oldsmar, Fla., and her daughter, Rebecca Grant Seeburger and her husband, Joseph, Lt. Cmdr. USN of Spring Hill, Tenn.; nephews, David Batchelder and his wife, Jerri, of Massachusetts, John Dolbier and his wife, Carol, of Missouri, and Colby Robinson and his wife, Bonnie, of Kingfield.

He was predeceased by his loving wife of 47 years, Doris Grant; a brother, Chester; and a sister, Greta Robinson.

Condolences, tributes, and memories can be shared with the family at www.wilesrc.com.