William Charles Sedgwick, 90, of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully on Aug. 12 following a brief illness.
“Bill,” as he was always known to his family and friends, had retired to his beloved state of Maine 32 years before his death, with Evelyn his wife, who predeceased him in 2005. Prior to moving to Maine, Bill had lived and worked in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. He was a native of Shrub Oak, N.Y, where he learned at a too-impressionable age to be a Yankee fan.
Bill was a restorer of antique furniture and was considered highly knowledgeable about Colonial décor and early Americana. But above all, he was an avid sportsman. Bill was in his element whenever, vintage firearm in hand, he ventured forth with his beloved English Setters to stalk game birds on a crisp autumn day, or when he cast a fly in a trout stream at a place unmarked on any map. He even went moose hunting, courtesy of the two separate permits he won in the state lotteries. He especially knew the hills and fields surrounding Waldoboro, and he delighted in finding a new woodcock cover or in picking several quarts of blueberries, and, especially prized were ancient apple trees, still bearing fruit. All year around, Bill loved exploring the back roads of Maine with his wife and dogs accompanying him. For years, his bumper sticker read, “Save the Black Fly,” and a life-like Ronald Reagan cut-out waved from the rear window.
Bill maintained a small-scale but well-patronized antiques shop in his barn, and he also continued to do a bit of woodworking. He was an avid reader and a fierce debater of things political with family and friends.
Bill is survived by his three children, John Sedgwick of Sedro-Woolley, Wash., Martha Sedgwick of Truro, Mass. and Sally Peabody of Medford, Mass.; grandchildren, Mark Sedgwick of High Point, N.C., Cody Sedgwick of Sedro-Woolley of Washington and Morgan Sedgwick of Hilo, Hawaii; and great-grandchildren, Naomi and Sawyer Sedgwick of Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
Memorial service for Bill 1 p.m., Sun., Sept. 13 at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro. A brief service of committal will follow at the German Protestant Society Cemetery, and then a reception at the Broad Bay Congregational Church (next to the funeral home) on Main Street. His many cherished friends and helpers are cordially invited to attend. Bill would want you to be there.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home, Waldoboro.
