Edward L. Larrabee Jr.

BATH – Edward L. Larrabee Jr., 84, of West Bath was born Dec. 2, 1940, and passed away on March 16, 2025, at his home surrounded by his caring family.

Ed was born in Bath and attended Bath schools and Morse High School. He obtained a B.A. in Mathematics at the University of Maine at Orono and taught high school math in Maine for several years.

He joined the Army and was stationed in Huntsville, Ala. as a specialist in statistics and worked with computer programming associated with missile systems. While in Huntsville he met Mary Nell Morris at the First Baptist Church, and they married soon after.

Post-military he worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer for various companies including Chrysler (Saturn 1B), Raytheon (military hardware), Newport News Shipbuilding (submarines), Tennessee Valley Authority (nuclear power), and Westinghouse (New Production Reactor). He was a Certified Quality Engineer and a Certified Lead Auditor. While working in Chattanooga, Tenn., he was an officer in the National Management Association. He served for several years as co-treasurer and trustee of the Bath United Methodist Church and as a trustee of the Sabino Community Hall Association.

His career allowed him and his family to live in many beautiful cities in the South. After Huntsville, they lived in Bristol, Tenn.; Yorktown, Va.; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn.; and then Aiken, S.C.

Ed and Mary built two houses together, one in Yorktown and the other in Sabino. At each, he was able to enjoy owning and going out on his sailboat. At all their homes, they kept busy with building projects and large vegetable and flower gardens. They were active members of all the churches they attended, including many years at the Church Street UMC in Knoxville, Tenn. and Bath UMC in Maine. He volunteered as a scout leader and soccer coach for his children’s activities, and he and Mary took up a new hobby of square dancing in Aiken. He had a love of classical and oldies music and took his family to concerts as much as possible.

After retiring in 2003, he and Mary moved back to his hometown and built a home in West Bath in Sabino, on the New Meadows River. He enjoyed 20 years there, sailing, boating, working in his office in downtown Bath, gardening, walking and biking, and attending Sabino Hall suppers. When his daughter and grandchildren moved to Maine in 2011, he was active and involved in all their activities. Trips to the beach, museums, outings for ice cream, and, of course, teaching safety and skills for living in Maine and being on the water.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Izetta (Bartlett) Larrabee and Edward Larrabee.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary; his son, Stephen Larrabee of Knoxville, Tenn.; daughter and grandchildren, Katherine Larrabee and her children, Noah and Benjamin Freemerman of West Bath; sister, Barbara Larrabee Hill of Kennebunkport and her daughters Rebecca Lyons of Kennebunk and Laurel Pollard of Kennebunkport; and many family members in Alabama, Maine and around the country.

A memorial will be held at Bath United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. Condolences may be made at DaigleFuneralHome.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the:

Sabino Hall Preservation Fund

233 Houghton Pond Rd.

West Bath ME 04530; or

Bath United Methodist Church

340 Oak Grove Ave.

Bath, ME 04530