1943 – 2014

STOCKHOLM — Michael G. Sandstrom, 71, of Stockholm, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at his residence, with his family at his side.

Mike was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, on April 9, 1943, the son of Adelaide (Lavoie) Sandstrom Klein and Gunner Sandstrom. Michael lived a busy life growing up at Long Lake with his parents and sister, then in his later years living in Stockholm. Michael was a 1961 graduate of Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton. On May 8, 1965, Michael married Anne Marie Bossie.

Michael’s work life, which was always a passion, started with a technical education from Southern Maine Vocational School, leading to a career in electrical construction that took him to every pulp and paper mill throughout the state of Maine and much of New England, working with a variety of contractors. Mike also spent several years working at his singular passion, which was farming. He farmed several properties around the Stockholm and New Sweden areas with the help of his wife and children. Working with Anne and the kids were some of the happiest times Mike lived.

Mike always had strong commitment and a civic-mindedness that led to his commitment and involvement in many organizations, including the Catholic Order of Foresters, St. Theresa’s Church Council, God’s Country and Nordic Lakers snowmobile clubs and Club Twenty. Mike also served as an adviser for the NMCC Electrical Construction Advisory Board, the ABC Bargaining Council, the Regional Planning Commission and the Maine Potato Board.

After Michael retired, he was able to pursue his final passion, which was all about the only place Mike’s heart had really ever been: Stockholm. Mike was an active member of the Stockholm School Board and Stockholm’s Board of Selectmen.

In his last years, Mike was very active in town politics and the preservation of the places and buildings that make Stockholm special to those who have had the gift of living there, including the reuse of Stockholm School, the repair of the Stockholm fire tower and the ongoing maintenance and care of Stockholm Catholic Church and both the Catholic cemeteries, with special efforts to fix the old cemetery to respect those who are laid to rest and, of course, the care and repair of Knockout, which is a special place to a large group of Stockholm’s hunting friends.

Michael loved his wife, children and grandchildren, as well as his extended family and especially his friends and home — Stockholm.

Michael is survived by his loving wife, Anne Marie (Bossie) Sandstrom, of Stockholm, and children: Timothy Sandstrom and partner, Claudia Springer, of Stockholm, with children, Caleb Sandstrom Ritts of Arizona, and Jade Anderson, Brady Anderson and grandson, Mason, all of Stockholm; Tamara Sandstrom Cote and husband, Jeffery, and their children, Lindsey Cote Theriault and husband, Tyler, and Courtney Cote, all of Stockholm; Jennifer Sandstrom and partner, Timothy Marcinak, of Wilmington, N.C.; and Jessica Sandstrom Richardson and husband, Michael, and their children, Cody Douglass, Cali Richardson, Kayla Richardson and Melissa Richardson, all of Turner. Michael is also survived by his sister, Jaqueline Sandstrom Simoneoux and her husband, Jules, of Jacksonville, Fla., and their family; along with a very large, extended family of the Sandstroms and Bossies.

Michael was predeceased by his parents.

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