Gerald Richard Taber

Gerald "Gerry" R. Taber passed away at his home in Robbinston on Saturday, January 17, 2009. Gerry was born in Bangor on May 11, 1927, son of the late William Arnold Taber and Catherine Cullinan Taber. Gerry was educated in Bangor schools and graduated in 1947 after serving his country. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945 and served aboard the General Meigs mainly in the South Pacific. Upon returning home he worked at the Eastern Corp. for a short time. Gerry then worked for Seaboard Finance Company and moved to Calais to open a branch office in 1954. After 13 years with Seaboard, he opened the First National Bank of Bar Harbor in Calais in 1967 as Branch Manager. Gerry graduated from New England School of Banking at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He loved his work and people he worked with. Gerry retired in 1989 as Vice President. Gerry was a member of Calais City Council from 1958 – 1962. He was honored to be a Lifetime Forty Year member of Calais Lions Club and Lifetime Member of Boyd-Smith Post #9779 V.F.W. and Sherman Bros. Post #3 American Legion. Gerry was also an active member of the Robbinston Snowmobile & ATV Club and for many years was a member of St. Croix Golf Club. Gerry attended the Second Baptist Church in Calais and enjoyed gospel music. He enjoyed the outdoors and had a great love of fishing, hunting and golf. His love for music was a part of him which he shared with family and friends. Gerry was very competitive in sports and enjoyed the Red Sox games. In 1963, he built Keenes Lake Campground which he sold in 1973 and built a home in Red Beach. Gerry married Ada Johnson Dunnett in October, 1973. They purchased a home in Florida in 1989 and wintered there until 2008. Gerry is survived by his loving wife Ada; four children, Debbie Taber of Windham, Dennis Taber of Poland, Dawn Taber-Cayer and husband Michael of St. Croix, V.I., and Scott Taber of Mattapoisett, MA; three stepchildren, Linda Pollard and husband Bob of Brewer, Douglas Dunnett and wife Grace of California, and Mary Ellen Dunnett of Kittery; ten grandchildren, Shannon, Michelle, Matthew, Christopher, Nathan, Jennifer, Mindy, Christian, Justin and Jason; ten great-grandchildren; his sister, Patricia Sandburg and husband Richard; brother Norman Taber and wife Henrietta; sisters-in-law, Lillian Robinson, Jean Johnson and Ernistine Taber; and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Homes, Calais & Eastport.