Russell E. Toothaker

WILTON – Russell E. Toothaker, June 30, 1952, to March 31, 2024. “Butch” battled Alzheimer’s for two years but was able to stay in his home with his wife’s help, until the last day. He passed away peacefully at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, with his wife and sister-in-law, Debbie, by his side.

Alzheimer’s took his memories, but not his ability to make people laugh at his stories. A practical joker, his jokes were funny, unless you were on the receiving end of one of them!

A lifetime resident of Wilton, his childhood was spent at the family camp in Podunk Pond and as an adult, the family camp in Madrid.

Marrying as a young man, he helped raise his children, Travis, and Tracy. Later marrying Becky Hayden, they spent 35 years building a lifetime of memories. Butch was the happiest being outdoors. From being in the woods, hunting, or 4-wheeling, to being on the water- frozen or not – fishing.

Butch worked as a millwright at several companies, and later worked retail, helping people solve their household projects.

Butch is survived by his wife, Becky; son, Travis, and his wife Sharon; daughter, Tracy, and her family; stepson, Chad Bradbury; stepdaughter, Cary Ann Bradbury; and his beloved grandchildren, Cole Gordon, and Caly Ann Gordon. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rupert and Lydania Toothaker.

Being a self-proclaimed Tree Stump Baptist, he chose to have no funeral service. The burial will be June 1 at the Lakeview Cemetery in Wilton at 1 p.m., followed by a Celebration of Life, held at his home.

Arrangements are under the care of Dan and Scott’s Cremation and Funeral Service, 488 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington Maine, where memories, photos and condolences may be shared at dsfuneral.com.