DIXMONT — It is with great sadness and a heavy heart we regret to inform you Floyd Lewis Reynolds of Vassalboro, has passed away peacefully on March 13, with his longtime companion, Marion Dunivan by his side.

Floyd was born in Norway, April 26, 1925, the son of Arthur Reynolds and Sadie Ercel McAllister. Floyd attended Mechanic Falls High School then proudly served our country during World War II in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1944.

On Jan. 19, 1945, he married Dorothy Evelyn Brown, and in December of that year they welcomed their only child Marjorie. After leaving the Navy, Floyd worked for S.D. Warren paper mill in Gardiner for 20 years and later became the shop foreman for the Maine State Museum in Augusta until his retirement in 1985. After retirement, he fulfilled two lifetime dreams, 3 months traveling through Alaska and visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

He was an avid outdoorsman and a former registered Maine Guide. He enjoyed fourwheeling, hunting, fishing, ice fishing and snowmobiling. He was a great gardener and most of all loved spending as much time as possible at his camp on Rangeley Lake.

Floyd, being such a talented master carpenter, was commissioned by Gov. James Longeley to build a French Provincial China Cabinet for display in the Blaine house. Floyd also built 4 homes for his family along with being a “master of all trades.”

Floyd enjoyed tending to his orchards in Pittston and Dixmont. He grew apples, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, plums, peaches, nectarines, pears and even tried his hand at Maine oranges. He was a certified Maine beekeeper, and harvested his own maple syrup. He loved to teach others his craft, be it fishing on Rangeley Lake or grafting an apple tree to grow 4 varieties on one tree.

Floyd served twice as master of the Dresden Lodge 103, a member of the Scottish Rites of Maine, and then became a member of the Kora Shrine. He was a member of the Gardiner Lions Club, The Lucky Point Snowmobile Club, The Dixmont Goldcrest Riders, a member of the VFW and a founding member of Camp HA in Dixmont, along with two of his best friends, Bud Smith of Farmingdale and Dale Stubbs of Augusta. Above all else, Floyd most enjoyed being surrounded by his family and friends.

He is survived by a sister, Joyce Crane of Poland; a brother, Richard Beal of Windham; a sister, Karen Hudnall of Texas; his beloved friend and companion, Marion Dunivan of Dixmont; his daughter, Marjorie Chaplin and husband, Merle, of Auburn; four grandchildren, Kim St. Amand and husband, Rick, of Vassalboro, David Jackson Jr. of Chelsea, Sharon Jackson Jasper of Winthrop and Todd Jackson of Pittston; four great-grandchildren, Timothy Farnsworth of Haverhill, Mass., Joshua Folsom of Chelsea, Benjamin Farnsworth, currently serving in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Pensacola, Fl.a, and Baylee Grace Jackson of Pittston; and many nieces, nephews and extended family in Mechanic Falls and Dixmont.

He was predeceased by Dorothy Brown Reynolds, his wife of 56 years in 2001; his brother, Ivan “Bud” Reynolds; his sister, Dot Plummer; and his brother, George Reynolds.