Enrico F. Conti

FREDERICK, Md. – Enrico F. Conti, 89, whose hands in life shaped the wooden contours of both life-sized and miniature boats, has set sail to embark on his final voyage. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024 at the Kline Hospice Center in Mt. Airy, Md. surrounded by the love of his wife and all seven of his children.

Born in Waterville to first generation Italian immigrants, Enrico “Rico” was a graduate of Waterville High School, where he met his wife, Wilma, marrying in 1954 to begin their 69-year life together.

While steadily adding children, Rico charted a course that would lead him through the halls of the University of Maine and the University of Rochester, where he earned his master’s degree in Radiological Physics. A fellowship at Harvard followed. After that, Enrico worked for many years as a Nuclear Health Physicist at the Atomic Energy Commission in Chicago (now NRC) and two other private companies in Maryland.

Enrico’s legacy is not just in the boats that bear his touch or the books that filled his shelves. It is in the laughter-filled summers at their house in Sidney, the quiet winter evenings making puzzles with Wilma in their cottage at the Homewood Retirement Center in Frederick, Md. and the countless moments of joy, challenge, and triumph shared with his beloved Wilma, seven children, 20 grandkids, and 19 great-grandkids.

He is survived by his wife, Wilma Conti, and children, Lisa Shannon, Debbie Bingham, Linda Conti, Peter Conti, John Conti, Paul Conti, and Matthew Conti.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Enrico and Iva Conti; and a sister, Rita Murdock.

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Donations in Enrico’s memory can be made to your local Food Bank.