My father, Carl F. Swanson, passed away peacefully on the morning of November 11, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. May he rest in peace with his wife Patricia, who passed away on December 1, 2007, from cancer also.
Click here to see photos of a trip Dad & I took to the west coast of Florida in the spring of 2008.
Two poems were read at the gathering, Sunday November 16th in my fathers home, by longtime family friend Ben Scotch.
There was a a gathering on Sunday, November 16 at 3pm, at his home on Log Cabin Road (look for the Big Red Barn around the corner from the Seashore Trolley Museum) - anyone that knew him is invited.
He is survived by his three children – two sons: Tobias of Kennebunkport, ME, and Ashley of Miami Beach, FL; daughter Heather of Kennebunkport, ME; two stepdaughters, Irene Handlon and Maureen McFarland; and his sister Barbara of Cape Porpoise, ME.
Letters of condolences (and fond memories) can be sent to:
Swanson Family – 255 Log Cabin Road, Arundel, Maine 04046
or contact - Ashley Swanson: uncleash@gmail.com / Heather Swanson: hswanson@masiello.com / Tobias Swanson: tobiasaurus@hotmail.com
Born on May, 30, 1932 in New Bedford. He attended Dartmouth High School, MA and graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy – Class of ‘53; He served with the US Naval Reserve; 2nd Mate and Chief Navigator aboard the S.S. United States; taught at S.M.V.T.I./Maine-GULF Program; Celestial Navigation instructor; Captain for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (1966 to 1997 – served as Master on the R/V Lulu, R/V Atlantis II, R/V Knorr and R/V Oceanus); and United States Lines / Merchant Marines.
He also owned The Viking, a Scottish woolen imports store started in Ogunquit, but later moved to Kennebunkport, ME.
He also was one of the first surfers in Maine.
The traditional eight bells were sounded on the R/V Atlantis ships bell on November 16, in his memory. (Thank You to all at W.H.O.I)
UPDATE 11/21: There’s now an Online Obituary, with a Guestbook - click here
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