Leroy A. Starbird

CLINTON – Leroy A. Starbird, 99, died peacefully on Jan. 31, 2025, at the Veterans Home in Augusta.

He was born on April 21, 1925, in Pittsfield, Maine, a son of the late Earl and Florence (Chamberlain) Starbird. He graduated from Clinton High School and served our country in the United States Army during WWII.

During the war he was stationed on the frontline between France and Belgium at the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he remained in Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. Returning home, he worked at several jobs before establishing a house painting business.

He was a Past Master Mason, belonging to the Meridian Lodge #125 A.F. & A.M. and a High Priest of Ira Berry Royal Arch Chapter #57. Leroy also held the Boston Post Cane as being the oldest citizen of Clinton.

He is survived by his daughter, Kathy Warburg and husband Paul; grandson, Jason Warburg and wife Melissa, granddaughter, Tristan Warburg; great-grandchildren, Henry, Felix, and Nathan; sister, Rosemary Springer and husband Dean; several nieces and nephews; and a very special friend of the family, Helen Desimone.

He was predeceased by his wife, Guillermina (Chicha) Starbird; sister, Phyllis Bickford and brother, Philip Starbird.

The family wishes to express their gratitude to the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta for their wonderful care and compassion.

A heartwarming interview done by FOX ABC with Leroy about his military service can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfcBEUCg1HY.

A funeral service and Masonic service will be held in the late spring at the Shorey-Nichols Funeral Home, 191 Hartland Ave., Pittsfield. A committal with military honors being presented will immediately follow at the Village Cemetery, Peltoma Ave., Pittsfield.

To leave a message of kindness or to share a memory, please visit http://www.shoreynichols.com.

Care has been provided by Shorey-Nichols Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Pittsfield.

In lieu of flowers,

memorial donations may be made to the:

Somerset Animal Shelter

123 Middle Road

Skowhegan, ME 04976

in his memory



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