WATERVILLE – Retired Waterville veterinarian, Dr. David S. Corwin, passed away on August 13, 2023 at the age of 77. He will be best remembered for his sense of humor, loyal friendship, and adventurous spirit.

Dave was born in 1946 in Greenport, NY to David E. and Helen Corwin. He moved to Maine with his wife, Carol, and two-year old daughter in 1976 after graduating from Purdue University’s Veterinary Medicine program.

Dave started Animal Hospital of Waterville with Carol in 1982. The practice was originally located on College Avenue. Years later, Dave purchased land on Washington Avenue and built a brand new veterinary hospital which opened in 1998. In 2002, Dave retired from full-time work and sold his practice, but continued to do part-time work at local veterinary clinics until 2020. During that time, he also helped build the new Waterville Humane Society on Webb Road.

Throughout his 40 years as a veterinarian, Dave liked the challenges and variety that veterinary medicine offered. He also enjoyed getting to know his clients and their pets, as well as the many folks whom he worked with over the years.

Beyond his profession, Dave was an avid sportsman. In high school and at Oberlin college, he was a star football and track and field athlete. As a father, his love of sports continued as he encouraged and watched his children play soccer, basketball, and run track at Waterville High School and for regional teams.

Dave also had an adventurous spirit on both land and sea. He had a life-long passion for sailing, which started as a child on Long Island where he mowed lawns to earn enough money to purchase his first boat. He went on to own multiple sailboats throughout his life and to join his friend Harry on the annual sailboat race around Long Island and his son Joe and wife on their sailboat down in Rockland. Mid-life, Dave got into mountain biking. This included winter riding on the Monday night rides in Waterville and venturing out to Moab, Utah’s Slickrock Bike Trail.

Later in life, Dave became an avid motorcyclist. He crisscrossed the country multiple times on his motorcycle visiting family and friends along the way. Some of his best trips included motorcycling across Alaska with his son-in-law, touring around Nova Scotia and British Columbia, and cross-country rides out to California to visit his children. He motorcycled until he was 77.

He did all of this as a type 1 diabetic. He developed diabetes in 1959 at the age of 13, at which time he went to Joslin Diabetes Center’s Pediatric Education program. He never let diabetes hold him down and lived his life to the fullest.

Dave was a committed husband, father, grandfather, and friend who always made time for people. He leaves behind his wife Carol of 55 years; daughters Christine Corwin Cowdery and Heidi Corwin Collins, son David Joseph Corwin; granddaughters Phoebe and Isla Collins; sons-in-law James Cowdery and Marcus Collins, daughter-in-law Samantha Corwin; sister Dale DeCastro, her three children; and numerous friends and colleagues.

A celebration of life for Dave Corwin will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Lakeside Lodge, 28 Marigold Lane in Sidney, Maine.

In lieu of flowers,

donations can be

made to the:

Joslin Diabetes Center’s Pediatric Education program at

https://tinyurl.com/dave-corwin-memorial-donation



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