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- From Foster's 5 Feb 2004
Clarence de Rochemont
ROCKLAND, Maine - Clarence R. "Cap" de Rochemont, 80, died Wednesday at Knox
Center For Long Term Care in Rockland.
Born in Rockland, Jan. 23, 1924, the son of Henry M. and Lena K. Fogg de
Rochemont, he attended the University of Vermont, and following service as a
flight engineer with the 2nd Army Air Corps during World War II, graduated
from Suffolk University Law School.
His interest and skill as a photographer grew while working with his uncle,
cinematographer Louis de Rochemont. After returning to Rockland, he joined his father's plumbing and heating business before becoming a real estate broker.
For more than 40 years, he worked as a Realtor in the mid-coast area, and
became known for his integrity, generosity and service to his community and
state.
His keen wit and wisdom, as well as his faith, were evident to all who knew
him. He enjoyed creating slide shows such as his "A Closer Look At..."
programs, which he shared with many local groups. He said that if you live in one place long enough, you get to serve on everything at least once, and he did, giving unfailingly of his time and talents. Among these were past president of Rockland Rotary Club, past president of Penobscot Bay Medical Center, former chairman of the Board of Assessment Review of the City of Rockland, former director of the Mid-Coast Mental Health Center and former director of the Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association.
He received many honors throughout his life, including the 1972 Jaycee
Distinguished Service Award. He was the second member of Rockland Rotary
Club to be elected a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, and was the
1999 recipient of Rotary International's Four Avenues of Service Citation.
He received the 1983 Member of the Year Award of the Rockland Area Chamber
of Commerce.
He was a former director of Knox Industries, Inc., former chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Pratt Memorial United Methodist Church, a life member
and former trustee of the Owls Head Transportation Museum, and he served as
a director of Camden National Bank for 20 years. He was a charter member of
the Board of Overseers of the Maine Bar, from 1978 to 1985, and of the
grievance commission of this board for 10 years.
He also chaired or served on the boards of directors or advisors of the Knox
County Community Concert Association, the Salvation Army, Rockland Area
Chamber of Commerce, Penobscot Bay Board of Realtors, the Farnsworth Art
Museum, Schooner Bowdoin Inter Island Expeditions, Knox County Airport and
the Kelmscott Farm Foundation. In 1987, he was named by Gov. McKernan to
serve as lay member of the Maine Judicial Council.
He is survived by his wife, Permilla Fraser de Rochemont; two daughters,
Katherine M. de Rochemont of Rockland, and Susan de R. Bragg and her
husband, John H. Bragg, of Owls Head; two grandchildren, Andrew F. Bragg and
Emily M. Bragg; one sister, Helen de R. Cole of Lewiston; and several nieces
and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; and by two sisters, Donna de R. Wetzel and Marguerite de Rochemont.
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1924 - 2004 (80 years)
Set As Default Person 
