BRUNSWICK — Benjamin Isaac Warner, Jr., age 88 of Brunswick, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Mid Coast Senior Heath Center.
Mr. Warner was born in Wheaton, Illinois on January 8, 1924, a son of Benjamin Isaac and Florence Doten Warner Sr.
He graduated from Weymouth & Dalton High School and Mt. Hermon School and attended the University of Maine for two years. It was at this time he faithfully served his country in the US Army Signal Corp during WWII in the Philipines.
During his tour of duty, he attended two semesters of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois. After his return from service, he graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Engineering in 1948. In 1948 he was employed as Supervisor of Bridges and Buildings with the Maine Central Railroad in Lewiston and later at Oxford Paper in Rumford as a Field Engineer in construction. He then moved to East Tampa, Florida where he was Assistant Chief Engineer with U.S. Phosphoric Products.
He returned to Maine where he was employed at Ethyl Corp in Rumford as Supervisor of General Engineering and Chief Engineer. He later was employed as Assistant Chief Engineer and Supervisor of Maintenance at Georgia Pacific and then at Honey Comb System in Biddeford as Chief Engineer.
In 1978, he was employed at Enterprise Engineering where he became a major owner. He was a member of the Registered Professional Engineers in Maine, and was a member of the Bath Country Club.
Mr. Warner married Martha Wolcott in 1944 in Dalton, MA. She died on October 30, 2002.
Surviving are his sons; John Charles Warner of Brunswick, Robert Seth Warner of Durham, NC, and Benjamin Isaac Warner, III of Fryeburg; his brother, Doten K. Warner of Florida; 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 PM Sunday, May 27, at the Bath Congregational Church, UCC. If desired, donations can be made in his memory to the Brunswick Are Respite Care, PO Box 402, Brunswick, ME 04011. Arrangements are in the care of the Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal Street, Brunswick. Condolences can be expressed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
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