Brunswick-Luther (Luke) Earl Philpott, 82, passed away
Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in
Scarborough. He was born July 23, 1938 in Danville, VA.
Luke graduated from Whitmell High School in 1956 and served
in the U.S. Air Force for 21 years. Upon entering the military, he had
deployments in Alaska, Okinawa, Japan, Italy, Germany, England and stateside, Maine,
Florida and Colorado.
In February 1961, Luke married Pauline Alice Caron of
Brunswick, Maine. They had one daughter, Sharon Lee (Nation) of Coatesville,
Pennsylvania.
After retiring from the military in 1977, Luke relocated to
New Jersey and managed a fast-food establishment for the next two years. He
then began employment with a convenience store chain where he progressed from
manager to regional director in three years. Luke later moved on to a
supermarket chain and retired from the Algamated Meat Cutter’s Union in 2002.
In 2003 he moved from New Jersey back to his beloved Brunswick, Maine.
Luke is survived by his spouse, Pauline; daughter, Sharon;
grandson, Ryan; sister, Mary Jane Sanders and brother, James. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Richard and Sarah Philpott and brother Bill.
A private Mass of Christian Burial with military honors will
be held for the family. Interment will be at the Central Maine Veterans’
Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in memory
of Luke Philpott to Midcoast Humane at 190 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, Maine
04011.
Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal
Street, Brunswick where memorial condolences may be expressed at
stetsonsfuneralhome.com