Donald F. Maskell

WATERVILLE – Donald F. Maskell, 77, passed away May 18, 2022, at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, surrounded by his loving family. Donald (Don) was born July 31, 1944, in Quincy, Massachusetts, the son of Grace Wilmer (Peavey) Maskell and Howard Frederick Maskell. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves from 1962 to 1967, and was married to the late Barbara Maskell in 1974 in Waterville, Maine. They resided in Oakland, Maine for many years where they raised their three sons before building a retirement home in Waterville.Don worked at Cianbro Construction before joining Schwan’s Food Company in the late 1970s. At Schwan’s he held various jobs as a driver before being promoted to warehouse manager, and he managed a number of depot warehouses across New England before he retired. Don will be greatly missed by his two surviving sons, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was known to his loving grandchildren as grampa and “Pupup”. Before his health declined Don was an avid fisherman, sharing fishing stories with his family right up until the day before he passed. He loved to take fishing excursions with his kids and his beloved grandnephew, Ricky Morse. Don became a skilled woodworker, making furniture for himself and his children while his health permitted. He passed his love and knowledge of woodworking on to anyone who wanted to learn. At the Easter Vigil ceremony in 2002, in answer to the longtime prayers of his wife and children, Don was received into the Catholic Church. He later joined the Knights of Columbus and became a fourth degree Knight. The family wishes to express our gratitude to the Catholic Chaplain at Maine Medical Center and the local Priests who brought him the Sacraments until he passed.Don is survived by one brother, Charles Maskell of Englewood, Fla., son Randall Landry and wife Jeannine of Londonderry, N.H., son Marc and wife Lynn, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Barbara, son Scott Landry, siblings Albert Maskell, Howard Maskell, Sophie (Hamilton) Vicnaire, Everett Hamilton, Mildred (Hamilton) Chapman, Henry Hamilton, Harold “Tubby” Hamilton, and Perley Hamilton. A Catholic Mass will be held on June 15, at 10 a.m., at Notre Dame Church in Waterville, Maine, followed by a committal at St. Francis Cemetery.Arrangements are in the care of Wheeler Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Oakland, where condolences may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the website atwww.lawrybrothers.com.