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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Max E. Underwood
Max E.
Underwood
Mar 2, 1926 — Aug 20, 2016
Max E. Underwood's Obituary
Max Elwin Underwood passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 20, 2016.
He was born on March 2, 1926, in Barton, Vermont and spent his childhood growing up in Barton in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
He served in the Navy for 4 years, including time on the USS Maury in the South Pacific. Afterward, he attended WPI on the GI bill, graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He went to work for American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Dunkirk, NY and there he met his future wife and married her 6 months later. After having 3 children, Max and his family moved to England for 4 years so that he could train other engineers. On his return to the United States, he settled in Bedford, MA where he remained for the rest of his life, working until retirement for Badger Company/Raytheon in Cambridge, MA.
Max spent a lot of his time gardening and taking care of his home. Once a year, he spent a week at the camp that he shared with his brother, back home in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. He loved brook, bog, and lake fishing there and working around the camp. He continued this into his eighties. His two sons took him up to the camp one last time, helping him do the things that he enjoyed including catching a big lake trout.
He developed Alzheimer's disease in his later years and spent the last 2 years at Sunrise in Burlington.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ray Underwood and Blanche MacPherson Underwood, his brother, Norman Underwood of Hudson, Mass, and his sister, Arleen Bemis also of Hudson.
He leaves behind his devoted wife, LaVerne (Baker) Underwood, his 3 children and their spouses, Janet and Gary Fogg of Topsham, ME, David Underwood and his wife, Annie Saint-Pierre of Zurich, Switzerland, and John and Kirsten Underwood of Chelmsford, MA; 6 grandchildren, Aaron and Linda Fogg, Laura and James Underwood, and Robin and Kenneth Underwood and many nephews and nieces.
Visitation will be at the Bedford Funeral Home, 167 Great Rd., Bedford, on Thursday, August 25, from 10 A.M. until noon, followed by a service at the funeral home at 12:30 P.M.
Burial will be at Shawsheen Cemetery following the service.
He was born on March 2, 1926, in Barton, Vermont and spent his childhood growing up in Barton in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
He served in the Navy for 4 years, including time on the USS Maury in the South Pacific. Afterward, he attended WPI on the GI bill, graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He went to work for American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Dunkirk, NY and there he met his future wife and married her 6 months later. After having 3 children, Max and his family moved to England for 4 years so that he could train other engineers. On his return to the United States, he settled in Bedford, MA where he remained for the rest of his life, working until retirement for Badger Company/Raytheon in Cambridge, MA.
Max spent a lot of his time gardening and taking care of his home. Once a year, he spent a week at the camp that he shared with his brother, back home in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. He loved brook, bog, and lake fishing there and working around the camp. He continued this into his eighties. His two sons took him up to the camp one last time, helping him do the things that he enjoyed including catching a big lake trout.
He developed Alzheimer's disease in his later years and spent the last 2 years at Sunrise in Burlington.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ray Underwood and Blanche MacPherson Underwood, his brother, Norman Underwood of Hudson, Mass, and his sister, Arleen Bemis also of Hudson.
He leaves behind his devoted wife, LaVerne (Baker) Underwood, his 3 children and their spouses, Janet and Gary Fogg of Topsham, ME, David Underwood and his wife, Annie Saint-Pierre of Zurich, Switzerland, and John and Kirsten Underwood of Chelmsford, MA; 6 grandchildren, Aaron and Linda Fogg, Laura and James Underwood, and Robin and Kenneth Underwood and many nephews and nieces.
Visitation will be at the Bedford Funeral Home, 167 Great Rd., Bedford, on Thursday, August 25, from 10 A.M. until noon, followed by a service at the funeral home at 12:30 P.M.
Burial will be at Shawsheen Cemetery following the service.
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