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- http://www.genlookups.com/nh/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/495
YORK - Roger E. Shorey, 76, of Frost Hill Road, York, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2000, at Exeter Healthcare after a long illness.
Born Aug. 18, 1924, in Portland, Maine, he was a son of Clifton and Virginia (Emerson) Shorey. He lived in South Berwick and Dover before finally settling on the Old Rogers Farm in York.
A graduate of Dover High School, he served his country as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1949. He served in the Southwest Pacific for two and a half years and attained the rank of sergeant.
He has been well known for his ready wit and jovial nature. He was a charter member of the York Militia and also a captain. He has been much in demand as an entertaining speaker on Colonial topics for school children and adults alike. He was a life member of the South Berwick Rod and Gun Club. He became an expert on evaluating guns and was noted for building flintlocks and cannons and also collecting and repairing many types of rifles and handguns.
He was a faithful worker at Moore Business Forms for 35 years as a machinist and prototype maker. He looked forward to many hunting trips with his friends to Rangeley, Maine. He also went lobstering with Dan Donnell for several summers.
Roger loved the outdoors, animals and mostly his family, especially his loving wife of 53 years, Lillian Rising Shorey. He always supported his children and is survived by his son, John Shorey of New York City; his daughters, Kathleen and David Avery of Eliot, Sharon Gerald of Eliot, Susan O'Brien of Michigan and Christine Shorey of Durham; his sister, Jeanne Adams of Derry; two brothers, Kenneth Shorey of Rollinsford and Elwin Shorey of Virginia; and five grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a sister, Carole Robinson Gosselin and a niece, Lisa Shorey Saurman.
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