UNITY – Born in Farmington on Nov. 22, 1931, Gordon Edwin Cheeseman Sr. passed away on March 21, 2022. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Alice Barbara (Chandler) Cheeseman; his mother, Margaret Nolfi and stepfather, Salvatore Nolfi.

Gordon is survived by his son Gordon Edwin Cheeseman Jr. and his wife Cherrie Cheeseman, daughter Martha Mayberry and her husband Rusty Mayberry, daughter Melissa Cheeseman and her husband Karl Swenson, and daughter Eliza Quill.

He loved his grandchildren so very much: granddaughter Kristen Alice Campbell and her husband Robbie Campbell; granddaughter Hannah Gilman; granddaughters Tessa Mayberry and Colleen Mayberry; and grandsons Ian Mayberry and George Swenson.

Gordon graduated from Everett High School in Everett, Mass. During the Korean Conflict, he joined the United States Marine Corps and was a Private First Class. He played trumpet in the Marine Corps Band. With Alice, he raised four children, worked full time, all while attending night school and earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Management from Northeastern University.

In 1974, Gordon and Alice moved from Newburyport, Mass. to Unity, Maine, and bought what would become Knollwood Farm. They turned the 1848 property back into a working dairy farm, and spent many challenging, yet happy years, milking cows, working the land, and providing for their family.

He loved to ride his Harley Davidson and went to several motorcycle rallies in Canada and the U.S. If asked, he would have gladly gone “where no man has gone before” – to space; he loved Star Trek. He loved to go out to dinner and order seafood, especially fried clams. He never turned down cannolis and tarts from Hillman’s Bakery in Fairfield.

The family wishes to thank the staff of the Maine Veterans’ Homes in Augusta for all they have done for him these last several months.

Arrangements are in the care of Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, 107 Main St., Fairfield where memories may be shared, and an online register book signed by visiting http://www.familyfirstfuneralhomes.com.

In lieu of flowers,

donations can be made to:

the Unity Barnraisers at

unitybarnraisers.org

Copy the Story Link