BUCKFIELD – William Robert Kimball, 79, of Buckfield, died Monday, March 14.

He was born in Waterford on March 20, 1925, the son of Merton M. and Hazel S. (Sawin) Kimball and was educated in local schools.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier Hancock, was a member of the VFW, and had worked as a self employed livestock dealer most of his life. He had also owned Kimball’s Slaughterhouse of Waterford, bought raw furs and hides and had worked at real estate for a while.

He was an avid sportsman and loved trapping.

He is survived by his wife, Donetta Kimball of Buckfield; three sons, Wade Kimball and his wife, Susan, of Waterford, William R. Kimball Jr. and his wife, Amanda Graham, of Waterford, and Matthew M. and his wife, Leta Kimball, of South Paris; four daughters, Brenda Gerry of Fryeburg, Linda Wakefield of Harrison, Sharon Hadley and her husband, Jeffrey, of Waterford, and Sue LeBlanc and her husband, Tom, of Norway; three sisters, Edna K. Hill of Conway, N.H., Ethel West of Bowdoin, and Evelyn Maxfield of Harrison; his first wife and mother of his children, Muriel Lapham, of South Paris; 14 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his brother, Merritt Kimball in 2004.