Captain Hoyt H. Grindle Obituary (1945

ISLESBORO - Captain Hoyt H. Grindle passed peacefully at home at 11:15 P.M., Wed. December 21, 2005 after a heroic four-year battle with CNS Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. By his side were his wife Pamela, her sons Jhawn and David and his daughter Amy. Born in Camden, June 7, 1945, he was the son of Hoyt I. and Marion Knight Grindle. He was educated at the Islesboro Central School. At 17 he enlisted in the United States Navy and served aboard the USS Long beach, the first nuclear powered cruiser. He also served in the Oregon Army National Guard. Hoyt was a fisherman first and foremost but he also was a painting contractor and propane distributor. He loved to hunt, fish, work the land, build and make things, refurbish classic automobiles, watch the deer in his yard and take photo's of everything. Hoyt is one of the very few to have fought so successfully against CNS Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the brain for such a long period of time. His history and treatment plan will benefit many for years to come. He will be sadly and greatly missed by his wife, Pamela J. Grindle of Islesboro, her sons Jhawn D. Paul and his partner James M. Turcotte of Portland, James E. Paul and his girlfriend Ethel Atkinson of Hollis, David E. Paul III of Islesboro, Jeffery R. Paul and his wife Maria of Maryland; his daughter Amy L. Grindle McInnis and her husband Steve of Topsfield, MA; a brother Paul Grindle and his wife Karen; five sisters and their husbands, Rita and Bob Jones, Elaine Grindle, Linda and Donald Durkee, Patricia and Aaron Sorenson, Donna and John Knudsen all of Islesboro; four grandchildren Shawn Paul, Abigail Paul, Joshua McInnis, Marie McInnis; several nieces and nephews; as well as his first wife Ann Marie Mouw. There will be a small service and remembrance gathering at Second Baptist Church, Islesboro, Maine on Thursday December 29, 2005, at 11:30 A.M. The Reverend James A. Weathersby will officiate.