| William W. Pearce
JEFFERSON - William W. Pearce died on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Maine Medical Center. Bill was born on August 1, 1944 in Exeter, N.H. to Claudia and William Pearce. Hazel and Walter Preston raised Bill after his mother died. Bill refers to their natural son, Gerry, as his brother. Gerry Preston and his wife now live in Edgewater, Fla.
Bill lived most of his youth in Lee, N.H. He attended Oyster River high school and then the University of New Hampshire where he earned a BS degree in electrical engineering and Economics. After earning his masters degree in EE at Carnegie Mellon, he joined Bell Labs in Whippany, N.J. Initially, Bill worked in the military sector, and then transferred into the telephony business. He retired from Telcordia in 1999 and moved to Jefferson, Maine where he enjoyed his passion for sailing on Maine waters.
Bill was a member of the Jefferson Planning Board and the Lincoln County Regional Planning Committee.
Bill is survived by his soul mate, Dorothy Alt, of more than 40 years, Gerry Preston and numerous nieces and nephews. He will be missed.
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