Daniel Parker Jameson, 97, of Boothbay Harbor, husband of the late Shirley K. Jameson, passed away peacefully on Sept. 26, 2023 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.

Dan was born on July 28, 1926 in Melrose, Massachusetts, son of Holder M. and Ethel N. Jameson. While Dan grew up in Melrose, his roots to Wall Point in Boothbay Harbor, run deep. In 1920, Dan’s aunt and uncle, Mary and Malcolm Barrows acquired a farmhouse with 40 acres to be used in conjunction with a boys camp they were developing on Wall Point. Dan spent most summers of childhood in the farmhouse, on what became Barrows Road, with the Barrows-Jameson extended family, finding friends among those from here and “away,” some still living here today. He eventually brought his own family to the farmhouse for summer vacations, and finally fulfilled his dream of retiring there with his wife Shirley in 1988.

Dan began dating Shirley when they were seniors at Melrose High School, the two deciding they would marry some day following their 1944 graduation. At Boston University, Dan signed up for ROTC and trained at Ft. Meade in Maryland. It was a sunny summer day in 1946 when Dan invited Shirley to walk down to the shoreline rocks of Lewis Cove; when they returned to the farmhouse, they were engaged. When they married in January 1948, one of their wedding gifts was a small parcel of land on the cove at the end of Barrows Road.

They moved around from Akron to St. Mary’s, Ohio before Dan was called into active duty in November 1948, completing Army Infantry Training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. On his anticipated day of discharge from training, he instead found himself on a ship to Korea, where he served for 18 months. His experiences as a patrol leader earned a Bronze Star Medal, and powerfully stirred his sense of service that shaped his devotion to family, church, and community.

On his return from overseas, the family began building a life in Massachusetts where Dan worked in Human Resources for Raytheon in Waltham, Lexington, Andover and Lowell, and then three years for Pratt-Whitney in Hartford, Connecticut where he also completed his M.Ed. before returning to Wayland, Massachusetts., and then to Bristol, Rhode Island. No matter where else he lived, he never missed a chance to return to Maine, often bringing friends to enjoy the region. In 1965, he and the family began clearing the parcel of land on the cove where he built a small cottage, completed in 1968.

His interests and hobbies included boating of all kinds, golf, carpentry, church choirs and various church leadership roles, tracking those beloved Red Sox, and enjoying his family and extended family. In his 35 years of retirement here, Dan was active at the Y, in Rotary, in the American Legion, in several church communities and as current parishioner at St. Columba’s Church. He sang in barbershop groups and Lincoln Arts Chorus. He helped facilitate the Save St. Andrews Hospital effort and volunteered as a mediator at the Attorney General’s office in Augusta. He was avidly interested in political, regional and family history and genealogy.

Dan will be greatly missed by his family: daughters Anne Wissler (Timothy) of Boothbay Harbor and Asheville, North Carolina; Ellen Tremblay (Mark) of Boothbay Harbor and Groton, Massachusetts; Judith Sykes (Timothy) of Boothbay Harbor and Franconia, New Hampshire; Susan Jameson (Frances Madden) of Boothbay Harbor and Mashpee, Massachusetts.; Grandchildren Christopher Tremblay (Mary) of Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Kendall Sykes Michaud (Corey) of Clayton, North Carolina; Daniel Sykes of Ayer, Massachusetts; and great-grandson Connor Tremblay.

Dan’s family extends heartfelt thanks to the community at St. Andrews Village for their loving support and care.

A memorial service will be celebrated for Dan on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. at St. Columba’s Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.