AUBURN — Dwight W. Thurlow, 58, a resident of River Road, Livermore, died late Friday evening, June 3rd, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born Aug. 29, 1952 in Newburyport, Mass., the son of Dwight M. and Mary Eugenia (Scott) Thurlow. He was a graduate of Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1972-1976. On June 30, 1984 at Sacred Heart Church in Amesbury, Mass., he married Catherine “Cathy” Moras of Newburyport.

Dwight worked with his father at Newburyport Shellfish Company, which his father owned, as a machinist at Vitronics in Newburyport, and from 1984 to 1998 he worked for other machinist shops throughout Massachusetts and Maine.

Dwight attended North Livermore Baptist church. He was also a member of the 20th Maine Volunteer Civil War Reenactment Regiment, UCV (Union & Confederate Volunteers) and the 2nd South Carolina Confederate Regiment and portrayed the regiment surgeon. He was an active member of the reenactment organizations from 1978 to 2010. He was once interviewed on a PBS documentary concerning his part during the reenactments. He was also a member of National Rifle Association (NRA), and a former member of the George Bunton Post #10 American Legion in Livermore Falls.

Dwight is survived by his wife of 26 years, Cathy Thurlow, of Livermore; his daughter, Sarah Mary Catherine Wright and her husband, Adam, of Lewiston; his son, Joshua Dwight Henry Thurlow and his wife, Ashley, of Livermore; grandchildren, Elijah Henry Thurlow and Alexander James Wright; 2 sisters and their husbands, Donna and Robert Porter of Randolph, and Paula and John Gynan of Newton, N.H.; many nieces and nephews; close friends, James and John Ashworth, and Richard and Susan Moody; and his faithful dog Trooper.

He was predeceased by his parents, and good friend, Walter Estabrook. Messages of condolence may be sent to: www.finleyfuneralhome.com