1944 – 2013

LEWISTON — Alan M. Churchill, 68, of Lewiston died Sept. 2 at Central Maine Medical Center after a lengthy illness.

He was born Sept. 20, 1944, the middle son of the late Ralph and Shirley Churchill. He attended schools in Minot and Auburn, graduating from Edward Little High School with the class of 1963. He then attended Boston University, majoring in music. He returned to Auburn and worked at various clerical and office jobs. He eventually moved to Augusta, taking a position with the state of Maine as a computer operator. After more than 20 years, he retired from that position due to disability and moved to Lewiston, where he spent his remaining years.

During his school time in Auburn, he was involved with the Walton School Band, the ELHS band and played flute for several years in the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the First Universalist Church, Universalist-Unitarian, of Auburn, where he was quite active, as a Sunday school teacher, sang in the choir and was a frequent flute soloist. He also enjoyed travelling, taking driving vacations to the national parks in Utah, Colorado and other states as well as Cape Cod. He was an avid reader and had an extensive collection of Louis L’Amour novels. He was fascinated by covered bridges and visited many located east of the Mississippi River. He liked taking hikes to find waterfalls in Maine and New Hampshire. He contributed generously to numerous charitable organizations but was especially interested in and supportive of the National Wildlife Federation and the World Wildlife Federation. In his last years, he enjoyed watching television and riding the bus in Lewiston.

Alan is survived by two brothers and their wives, David and Marilyn Churchill of Minot and Cameron and Edith Churchill of Auburn; five special nieces, Linda Churchill Delorme of Lisbon, Alina Churchill Burke of Auburn, Amber Churchill of Boulder, Colo., Tara Churchill of Chicago, Ill., and Moriah Churchill of West Medford, Mass.; an aunt, Masako Benson, and three cousins, Carl, Stanley and Ami, all of Washington State.