Edwin Arthur Howe

BRIDGTON – Edwin Arthur Howe passed away on Jan. 8, 2024, at Woodlands Memory Care of Bridgton. He was born on Nov. 30, 1930, the son of John E. and Rena Farrington Howe of Bryant Pond. He leaves behind a son, Wayne Howe and wife Marilyn of Bryant Pond, a daughter, Irene Cerra of Wilton, three grandchildren, Christopher Howe (and fiancé, Tonia Gilley Pratt) of Auburn, Bethany Emerson (and husband, Fred, and great-grandchildren Laurel and Grant) of Gorham, and Jared Howe of Bryant Pond, a brother C. Stephen Howe (and wife, Joyce) of Bryant Pond, and a sister-in-law, Winona Howe, of Bryant Pond. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife, Elouise Dunham Howe, a sister, Olive Risko, a brother J. Francis (Bill) Howe, and a son-in-law, Jerald Cerra.

Edwin graduated from Woodstock High School, Class of 1949, and went on to work at Stowell Silk Spool Company in Bryant Pond for 25 years in the office. He ended his working years employed by the U.S. Forest Service for 18 years retiring in 1993. There he was a certified timber marker and law enforcement officer in the Evans Notch Ranger District of the White Mountains National Forest. He also fought fires for the Forest Service on many western details and in Yellowstone National Park in 1988.

He was a member of the Universalist Unitarian Church and caretaker of the building for decades after the church closed and was transferred to the Woodstock Historical Society in 2019. He believed strongly in public service and served for several years as moderator of the Woodstock Planning Board. He was a Past Master of the Franklin Grange; a member for over 50 years, a member of the Woodstock Historical Society, the Woodstock/Greenwood Senior Citizens, and served as a trustee for The Whitman Memorial Library of Woodstock for 15 years.

Edwin was a talented and enthusiastic athlete. He was a former Pine Tree League Baseball All-Star playing for over twenty years and managing the Bryant Pond/ Locke Mills Lakers. Upon retirement, he was a volunteer basketball coach for several years. He was a forever die-hard Red Sox fan.

Edwin loved horses and ponies. For thirty years he enjoyed owning and showing them in harness at the fair. He was a past director of the Maine Pony Teamsters Club.

He enjoyed watching his grandchildren play sports and liked to hunt and fish. He and his wife, Elouise, enjoyed traveling to Alaska many times to visit their daughter, Irene.

After retirement, he kept busy in his workshop making Meadowbrook pony carts in the winter months for many large pony and small horse owners. In the summers, Edwin enjoyed going to car shows and showing his Volkswagens with his son Wayne.

A graveside memorial service will be held in the spring.

Anyone wishing to make a donation in his memory is asked to give to the Whitman Memorial Library of Woodstock or the Woodstock Historical Society.