SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Stephen Edward Poole, 43, of South Berwick, Maine, left this world suddenly on Aug. 5, 2010, in Pensacola, Fla., to start his next big adventure.
He was born in Exeter, N.H. on Nov. 15, 1966, the son of Allen R. Poole and Maxine (Bubar) M. Crouch. He just did it all. He had a zest for life that most people only dream about.
He graduated from Marshwood High School in 1985. In 1987, he married his best friend Cindy Littlefield and they spent the next 23 years together living one adventure after another. He has two children, Brenda Anne Poole and James Edward Poole, and they were the absolute proudest accomplishments of his life.
He was the owner of Fuel Solutions. He worked in the environmental field for more than 20 years, and at the time of his passing, he was working at the Gulf Coast oil spill as part of the Hot Shot Recovery Team for Global Remediations. He was also co-owner of Sub-Surface Inspection with Tim Burbank.
He was the mechanic for the family race team, JB Racing, in which both his children were racers. He did more in his short life than most people can even imagine doing.
His life touched thousands of lives. He was involved with both the Boy and Girl Scouts of America with his children when they were younger and helped to organize the South Berwick Pine Wood Derby and floats for the Christmas Parades. He loved every and any type of motor racing and traveled the country racing with his family.
He was a past director of York County United Bikers of Maine. He volunteered his time to organize toy runs, serve at spaghetti dinners to benefit the homeless shelters and many other events to benefit the needy.
He was an instrumental part of legislation for the Maine Ride Safe Motorcycle Plates. He was a firm believer in supporting all veterans and would greet the troops arriving home every chance he could. He helped to bring The Wall That Heals, Vietnam Veterans Memorial to York in 1998.
He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to snowmobile in Northern Maine. He was part of the Ford Bold Moves Super Duty Run in 2008. He was a member of the Yorkshire Lodge, No. 179 A.F. & A.M. of North Berwick. He was also a member of the Petroleum Institute of America and American Water Works Association.
His favorite thing was to finally get home and spend time with his family and two labs, Duke and Millie. He was preceded in death by his uncle, John Edward Poole. His memory lives on in his wife, Cindy Poole; son, James Poole of South Berwick; and his daughter, Brenda Poole and her partner, Alex Kessler, of Portland, his mother, Maxine (Bubar) Crouch and her husband, John, of Shapleigh; his father, Allen R. Poole and his wife, Diane, of Eliot; his sister, Kelly J. Nadeau and her husband, Chris; nieces Kaitlyn, Lindsay, and Mallory; all of South Berwick; sister- in-law Holly C. Littlefield of Eden Prairie, Minn.; and brother-in-law Michael J. Littlefield of South Berwick; uncles, aunts, cousins and more “brothers” and “sisters” than ever could be mentioned here … you are all loved. Wind.
A funeral will be celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the First Parish Federated Church in South Berwick. Parking will be available at Central School and at the Park and Ride behind the town offices. Friends may visit with Stephen’s family on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery, ME 03904, where a Masonic service will be held at 5 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Stephen E. Poole Memorial Fund at Kennebunk Savings Bank, P.O. Box 369, North Berwick, ME 03906. Arrangements are entrusted to the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home.
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