Brunswick-Donald M. Trice age 92 of Maquoit Road died
Wednesday, August 14th at Mid Coast Hospital.
He was born in Allisona, Tennessee on January 28, 1927 the
son of Grover and Carrie McCall Trice. Donald attended Tennessee schools
joining the Navy in January of 1945. Donald had a long productive Navy Career
retiring in August of 1970 as a Chief Petty Officer.
During his Navy career he served on the USS Philipine Sea,
USS Salerno Bay, USS Siboneay Bay, USS Cromwell and the USS Glennon. In 1966
Donald came to Brunswick. Donald worked at the Navy Exchange and then the
commissary store.
In the early seventies Don owned and operated Uncle Don’s
Fish and Chips on the Bath Road. Don also worked as a bartender at several area
bars and was club manager of the American Legion Post 202 in Topsham for eight
years.
He was a member of the Topsham American Legion Post 202, The
Fleet Reserve Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Surviving are two sisters Jessie Bennett of College Grove,
TN; Peggy Johnson of Franklin, TN and several nieces and nephews. Don is also
survived by his companion Eva Smith Crocker of Brunswick. Donald served as a
second father to Linda Ward (Jeff) of Brunswick ; Donna Richardson (Keith)of
Cundy’s Harbor; Wanda Smith of Brunswick, Dianna Smith of Brunswick, Donald
"Sonny” Smith Jr. of Brunswick and their extended families.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 21st
at 11 AM at Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St. Brunswick. A committal
service with military honors will follow at 1PM at the Maine Veterans Memorial
Cemetery 163 Mount Vernon, Road Augusta, Maine 04330.
Memorial condolences may be expressed at
stetsonsfuneralhome.com