1930 – 2015

SOUTH PARIS — Chester L. “Chet” Osgood, 84, of Waterford, died Thursday morning, March 26, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris with his wife and daughter by his side.

He was born on July 15, 1930, in Bethel, a son of Francis “Frank” and Beatrice (Brown) Osgood Sr. He attended Bethel schools and went on to enlist in the U.S. Army Airborne Division and served in Germany in the early 1950s.

Upon his return from the service, he married Margaret Rolfe and had a daughter, Robin.

He remarried on Dec. 30, 1972, to Carolyn Foster in Bridgton. They made their home in Waterford, where he worked as a carpenter most of his life. He also worked for Whitman Oil and later owned and operated his own bottle gas business, retiring in 1990.

Chet enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling and especially time spent at his camp on McWain Pond.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Carolyn of Waterford; his daughter, Robin Downing of Waterford and her daughters, Casey Pike and Samantha Downing; a brother, Francis “Frank” Osgood Jr. and his wife, Lillian, of Berlin, N.H.; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents; sisters, Marion Kimball and Flossy Aubin; brothers, Robert and Walter Osgood; a half-brother, George Brown; and a half-sister, Dot Bennett.

“To love you is easy, I do it every day. Missing you is a heartache that never goes away.”

Online condolences may be shared with his family and friends at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

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