Francis O Ayres III

Frank Ayres, 70, passed away August 9, 2009 at Calais Regional Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 19, 1938. He grew up in Waterbury CT and Brighton MI where he developed his love of the outdoors including hunting, fishing and wildlife. He studied agriculture at Michigan State University. He was a paratrooper MP in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and stationed in the far east and Okinawa and returned home in 1963. He met his love, Judith Lawless, in 1964 and they were wed in 1965. He worked at Cape Cod Tuna and assisted in its transformation to Windjammer Sea Farms, which later became the largest shrimp processing plant in the world. He spent some years as a Real Estate Agent, but soon returned to his passion for the outdoors and was a pioneer of aquaculture in Maine. He raised salmon for Ocean Products and was later able to do this independently as owner and operator for Maine Salmon with his wife working by his side. They had two children, Judith Ruth and Christopher Francis. His survivors include his wife, Judith Ayres, his daughter Judith Ayres Ampungan, her husband Rodrigo Ampungan Jr. of Eastport and his son Christopher Francis Ayres and his wife, Donna Ayres of Saco. He was "GRANDFATHER" to Nicholas, Brandon, Savannah, Madisyn and Griffin. His surviving siblings include Mimi Ayres Sanderson, Susan Ayres Weyburn and Christopher Farnham Ayres. A celebration of his life was held at Christ Episcopal Church, Thursday, August 13 followed by an internment at Bayside Cemetery in Eastport, ME.


Cemetery:
Bayside Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Eastport, ME 04631 (map/driving directions)



Services:
11:00AM at Christ Episcopal Church on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 (map/driving directions)