Ralph N. Thurston

Ralph N. Thurston, 81, of Wells, Maine, passed away on December 16, 2022, at the York Hospital in York, Maine.

 Ralph was born April 29, 1941, in Rumford, the son the late Norman O. Thurston and Eunice M. (Linnell) Thurston of Errol, NH.  He was a lifelong resident of Errol, NH, graduating from Berlin High School in 1959, and later moved to Wells, Maine in 1999.

 Ralph worked as a heavy equipment operator during his life for a variety of construction and logging companies throughout New England, with a passion for road construction and logging.  He was well known for pioneering and maintaining many logging roads throughout the north country while employed for Kel-log Inc. before moving to Wells, Maine.

 He was a member of the Evening Star Lodge #37 F.&A.M. and Bektash Temple.

 Ralph enjoyed living by the ocean, attending and showing at antiques car shows where he entered his 1935 Chevy hot rod and Chevy truck.  After retiring in 2015 he enjoyed some traveling and daytrips. 

 He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jone Thurston, a son, Jeffrey N. Thurston and wife Misty of Piedmont, South Carolina, a daughter, Wendy A. Hakansson and husband Mark of Guildhall, Vermont and two Grandchildren, Jennifer L. Thurston, and fiancé Jeremiah Snader, of Alton, NH and Cody J. Hakansson of Guildhall, Vermont.

 Private services will be held in the spring at the Oceanview Cemetery in Wells, Maine with Pastor Dean Stiles Officiating.

 In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL  33607 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  38105.  

 Arrangements entrusted to the Johnson Funeral Home, North Berwick, ME. Condolences may be expressed at www.JohnsonFuneralHomeME.com

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