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LEWISTON -- Arnard "Bus" M. Glidden, 91, a resident of North Leeds, died Wednesday afternoon, June 8, 2005, at Central Maine Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Monday evening.
He was born Oct., 2, 1913 in Mars Hill, the son of Marion Herbert and Leah (Steeves) Glidden. He went to school in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School. He served with distinction as a chief warrant officer in the Army in the European Theater during World War II, receiving a bronze star for meritorious service. He worked as a senior tax auditor for the state of Maine until his retirement.
Arnard was a member and past officer of VFW Post 11032, a member and past lodge master of Monmouth Masonic Lodge Post 110 AF & AM, a member of The Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of the Androscoggin, and a local civil defense director.
In his younger days, he enjoyed hunting and fishing and had a strong interest in science. He was very close to his family and his many friends.
He is survived by a sister, Willa LaPlant of Yarmouth; five nieces, Charline Oelfke, of Shirley, Mass., Leah Hodges of McCormick, S.C.; Helen Lunt of Easton, Willa Beal of Mars Hill and Margaret Beaufort of Ravenel, S.C.; a nephew, John LaPlant of Worcester, Mass.; a stepniece, Lucille McMahon of Watertown, Mass.; a grandnephew, Tim Glidden of Westfield; a grandniece, Kenna Prue of Westfield; and three cousins, Vivian Crabb, Ronald Wallace and Emett Porter, all of Fairfield.
He was predeceased by a brother, Donald Glidden.
Funeral services with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home, 707 Main St., Monmouth. VFW Post 11032 and Monmouth Masonic Lodge Post 110, AF & AM, will meet at 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at Leeds Plains Cemetery, Plains Road, Leeds.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the American Heart Association, 343 Gorham Road, South Portland 04106. Messages of condolence may be sent to bfinleyfh@adelphia.net
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