Livermore Falls – Earl E. Newcomb, 82, a resident of Pine Avenue in Livermore Falls, died Sunday morning, Aug. 26, at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born on Oct. 22, 1924, in Livermore Falls, the son of Richard and Leona (Chabot) Newcomb. He was a 1942 graduate of Livermore Falls High School.

He served as a boatswain’s mate gunner from 1942 to 1945 in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving in the Atlantic and Pacific theater and observed the surrender of the Japanese.

On March 30, 1946, he married Ann M. Tobin in Brooklyn, N.Y. They made their home on Pine Avenue since 1954. She passed away on Oct. 13, 2000. Earl worked for the Maine Central Railroad as a telegraph clerk for 11 years, then as an accountant for International Paper Company for 32 years, retiring in 1987. He was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, and a member of Frank L. Mitchell V.F.W. Post 3335, Lane-Dube AmVets Post 37, and American Legion George Bunton Post 10.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, woodworking, Indian artifacts, bird-watching, walking, beagle dogs and teaching his grandchildren about his travels during World War II.

He is survived by a son and his wife, Richard and Carla Newcomb of Fairfield; three daughters, Mae Parlin of Oswego, N.Y., Dianne Newcomb of Livermore Falls and Teri Allen and her husband, David, of Readfield; nine grandchildren, Leah Hayford and her husband Steve, Sarah Knapp and her husband Richard “Sport,” Matthew Newcomb, Tobin Fournier, Duncan, Emily, Chloe, Heidi Allen Brochu and David Allen III and his wife Ruth; eight great-grandchildren, Abbie and Cole Hayford, Brandi and Levi Knapp, Alex and Noah Brochu, Noah Fournier and Elana Allen; three brothers, Harold Newcomb and his wife, Marsha, of Livermore Falls, Donald Newcomb, also of Livermore Falls, and Ronald Newcomb and his wife, Louise, of Hamden; and daughter-in-law, Paulette Newcomb of Livermore Falls.

He was predeceased by his parents; his wife Ann; a son, John Newcomb on Aug. 25, 2001; and two brothers, Clarence and George Newcomb.