Euray B. Hutchison, age 89, passed away from congestive
heart failure on May 12 at the Coastal Shores Assisted Living in
Brunswick. He was born in
Mount Pleasant,
Utah,
on September 29, 1930, the son of Thomas and Mata Bertram Hutchison.
After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in
1948. While stationed at Brunswick Naval
Air Station, he met and married Irene Bergeron on February 7, 1953. Euray and
Irene held hands when they walked—for all 64 years of their marriage until she
passed away on May 31, 2017.
In 1970, Euray retired from the Air Force after 21 years of
service. His career in electronics had taken him around the world including
assignments in
Panama,
Iceland,
Morocco,
The Philippines,
Vietnam,
and finally
Pakistan. After moving ten times and living twice
overseas and in four different states, Irene "convinced” him to settle down in
Brunswick. He worked at Dittmore-Freimuth in
Bath for 3 years and after that, Bath Iron Works for 20 Years in the Electrical shop.
Following his retirement from BIW, he and Irene sold the
snow-blower and moved to
Arizona.
There, he established "Rays Shipyard”.
He spent hundreds of hours building model wooden sailing ship replicas,
crafting a fleet of a dozen vessels that his children, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren will treasure far into the future. In 2012, they returned home to
Brunswick.
Euray loved spending time with family and friends and was
always willing to lend a hand when asked. He was an imaginative story teller,
with a sense of humor that made people smile, or sometimes roll their eyes and
groan. He wore his USAF-retired ball cap and Air Force Tartan plaid shirt with
pride. He enjoyed spending time at a
favored cottage looking out at the water, birds, and boats on the
New
Meadows
River.
He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-laws, Mark and
Susan Hutchison of Phippsburg, Brian and Kay Hutchison of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, daughter and son-in-law Pam
and Tom Murtha of Manassas, Virginia, seven grandchildren, and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to CHANS Home Health and Hospice 60 Baribeau
Drive, Brunswick, Maine 04011 or to The Alzheimer’s Association 383 US Route
One #2C Scarborough, ME 04074 or your local food bank.
Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St.
Brunswick where memorial condolences may be expressed at
stetsonsfuneralhome.com