Wass, Stanley A

Stanley A. Wass September 22, 1943 – March 28, 2022 Stanley Wass, of Medford, Maine, died at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on March 28, 2022, from complications of advanced prostate cancer and kidney failure. He was born September 22, 1943 in Plymouth, NH to Philmore B.

Wass and Constance T. Wass. Stan lived his life on his own terms. He was a man of many talents: a musician who played guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle with several groups in

Maine, including Dog Mountain; he was also an author and photographer. An avid outdoorsman, he taught cross-country skiing, was a dog-sledder, hiker, canoeist and kayaker, and fly fisherman. He taught sea kayaking and led trips at the Wooden Boat

School, guided wilderness trips, and was a Maine guide. Also an avid reader, he worked at Borders Books in Bangor for several years.

Stan was predeceased by his wife Jane in 1988, and his wife Susan in 2017. He leaves behind his brother, Donald Wass and his wife Patricia of Winsted, CT, his niece Jennifer

Oese and her husband Chuck of Littleton, CO, his great nephew and niece, Cole and

Simone Oese, and his nephew Adam Wass, who currently lives in Ixtapa, Mexico. He also leaves his stepchildren, Rachel Harrod of NY and Daniel Harrod of PA, and

Rachel's children Cheyenne Conti, Jackson Conti, and Nova Conti of NY. A very

special thanks to their good friend Melissa Wood, who cared for Susan and Stan in their later years.

At Stan's request, there will be no services. His ashes will be scattered in the waters off the Maine coast, where he spent many hours paddling his kayak.

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