1942 – 2015

AUBURN — Tim Faulkner was born in North Tonawanda, N.Y., on March 1, 1942, the son of James Levant Faulkner and Barbara Page Wilbur Faulkner. In June 1946, his family moved to Mexico, where Tim attended public schools and learned to ski under the auspices of Chisholm Ski Club members who had served in the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy during World War II. In 1957, he entered the sophomore class at Kents Hill School, where he continued his studies in classical piano with Richard Fosse and distinguished himself athletically and academically, graduating as salutatorian of his class in 1960. During his senior year, he was a member of the Junior Eastern Cross Country Ski Team, which competed in the Junior National Nordic Championships in Yakima, Wash.

After entering Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., in the fall of 1960 with a full-tuition ski scholarship, Tim experienced the first episode of a brain disorder that he courageously fought for the rest of his life with the help of his family, friends and Maine’s mental health system. Regaining his bearings, he worked for a while in the pizza parlor owned by the family of his friend, Andy Notis.

In 1965, he completed a course of studies at Gates Business College in Augusta. He then worked for the State Department of Inland Fisheries and Game, Division of Sanitary Engineering and other state agencies and programs. In 1967, he married Evelyn Sylvester of Readfield, and together, they had a daughter, Susan.

Tim was a hard worker, an artist and a writer with a wide range of skills. He lovingly created many fine watercolor paintings of local scenes.

Tim cleared blowdowns from woodlots, annually prepared the vegetable garden and built a beautiful stone walkway at the home of his sister, Hannah, in Mount Vernon. As a public service, he regularly mowed and cleared brush from the Echo Lake boat landing in Mount Vernon. He baled and delivered paper for recycling and did bookkeeping for Motivational Services in Augusta. He was part of the grounds cleanup crew at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Augusta. Using his signature red wheelbarrow, Tim donated much of his time to cleaning the streets and sidewalks in Augusta, clearing and landscaping small business and residential properties to beautify neighborhoods.

His generosity was appreciated by friends and acquaintances wherever he went. Tim’s kind and loving spirit touched the lives of many people.

In 2004, Tim became a member of the family of residents at the Auburn Group Home at 109 Davis Ave., Auburn, where for ten years, he enjoyed warm friendships, outings and celebratory occasions. There, he continued to share his talents for writing, gardening and yard work and his passion for walking many miles each morning. Before entering St. Mary’s Hospital in November 2014, he completed a collection of essays titled, “Explanations: How Do These Work:” cell phones, television reception, scientific calculators and personal computers. The doctors and nursing staff at St. Mary’s Hospital gave Tim months of exceptionally compassionate and loving care before he passed away on March 4, 2015. Tim’s family expresses deep gratitude to the staff of St. Mary’s Hospital and to the Auburn Group Home for their outstanding work with Tim.

Tim is survived by his daughter, Susan and her husband, Chris, and their children, Megan and Candice; his younger sister, Martha Faulkner Fenno and Steve of Windham; his older sister, Hannah Faulkner of Mount Vernon; his former wife, Evelyn Kittredge of Ocala, Fla.; niece, Sarah Fenno Strunk and Jeff of Eustis and their children, Mason and Cassidy; nephew, Timothy Fenno and Tiffany of Lewiston and their children, Jahmira, Emanuel and Devon; grandnephew, Tyler Gould and Ralyssa of New Vineyard and their daughter, Cheyenne; and friends, Lewis and Jean Allen of Mount Vernon.

Memories, condolences and photos may be shared with Tim’s family on the obituary page of www.khrfuneralhomes.com.

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