BANGOR – Leon “Bill” L. Peavey, 91, passed away, Tuesday Oct. 25, 2022, at Maine Veterans Home in Bangor.

Leon was born in Fairfield on Oct. 12, 1931, the son of Joseph and Leona (Peavey) Robinson. He attended Fairfield school. He stopped when he went to work in the woods helping his dad cut wood with a crosscut saw.

He was known as Bill because his dad gave him the nickname Buffalo Bill when he was young. Bill was a Veteran of Foreign war, serving in the Army in Korea. He was a cook in the Army. Returning home he married Ella M. (Pottle) and he also had a milk route delivering for Fitzpatrick Dairy. Over his lifetime, he had other jobs, cooking, construction, and maintenance man. He loved to fish and hunt with family and friends. He built and helped in the construction of many houses. He loved to cook and was great at it as gg nephew said, he was the ultimate cook.

He was predeceased by his parents, Joseph, and Leona; his spouse, Ella; his siblings, Joseph Holmes Robinson, Inez (Robinson) Moody, Charles Robinson and his wife Vivian, Sylvia (Robinson) Kidd, and Augustus Runnells and his wife Ida, his brother-in-law, Clyde Spaulding, his brothers- in-law and sisters-in-law, Norman and Glennis Thompson, Nathan and Mavis Chase, Lawrence and Hester Pottle, Ed and Faye Pottle, James and Eileen Pottle, and Dorothy Pond.

He is survived by his daughter, Brenda Meins and her husband Jerry of Kingman, Ariz.; his son, Dana Peavey and his wife Darlene of Clinton; his sister, Virginia Spaulding of Sidney; his grandchildren, Dallas Lessard of Arizona, Kevin Peavey and his wife Katina of Clinton, and Eric Peavey and his wife Corey of Clinton; his great- grandchildren, Denasia Call and her husband Gordon, Damien Peavey, and Elijah Clarcq; his great-great grandchildren, Charlotte and Gordon Call Jr; and many nieces and nephews and friends.

A graveside service that will be held at Brown Cemetery in Benton on October 31st at 1 p.m.

The family would like to thank Maine Veterans Home for the care they provided.

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.lawrybrothers.com.



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