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- Fosters Daily Democrat
September 25, 2007
DOVER — Clarence E. Ashe, 73, of 181 Middle Road, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, at his home.
He was born in Sullivan, Maine, on April 23, 1934, the son of Orrin and Pauline (Smith) Ashe. He attended schools in Sullivan, Maine and Technical College in Portsmouth, N. H.
He worked for 10 years as facility and grounds director at St. Thomas Aquinas High School and as a marine electrician for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where he retired after 23 years of service in 1998.
He was a Korean War veteran serving his country in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1955.
He loved the outdoors and liked to work in his garage. His hobbies and passions were many; hunting and fishing, gardening, John Deere tractor repair and restoration, country fairs and tractor meets, traveling, and get-togethers with family and friends. His collections included model tractors, antique tools and implements, oil cans and wooden planes.
Members of his family include his wife of 45 years, Barbara (Burgess) Ashe; his daughters, Bobbi Jean Dewey and her husband, Steven, of Prospect, Ky., and Lori Lisa Ashe of Prospect; his sons, William E. Sanford and his wife, Gayle, of Somersworth and Cory E. Ashe and his wife, Melissa, of Barrington; his grandchildren, Shane Sanford, Stefany Sanford, Katarina Dewey, Alyssa Dewey, Maegan Ashe, and Abigail Ashe; a great-granddaughter, Briyanna Sanford. He is further survived by a sister, Marsha Ward of San Francisco, Calif.; two brothers, Warren Edman of North Carolina and Richard Edman of Rhode Island; a brother-in-law, Harold (Kip) Burgess and his wife, Linda, of Rochester; a sister-in-law, Emogene Gignac and her husband, Ronald, of Altus, Okla., and his mother-in-law, Jennie Woods of Dover. He leaves many beloved nieces and nephews, cherished friends, and wonderful neighbors.
He was predeceased by a sister, Rosalie Havey and a brother, Rodney Ashe.
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