Andrew Prescott Dillå

Prentiss - Andrew P. Dill, 49, husband of Renita (Brown) Dill, passed away June 8, 2008, at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Andy was born March 16, 1959, in Lincoln, the seventh child of Benjamin and Bernice (Worster) Dill. Andy operated heavy equipment most of his life. His passion was landscape excavating, which he was an artist at. Over the years he has been employed by Thompson Trucking, Thornton Forest Prod., Hanington Lumber, T.E. Linscott and Robin Crawford & Son. Andy was a great husband, father, brother, son, uncle and friend to all who knew him. He loved hunting, fishing, sledding up north with his buddies, shooting pool and hanging out at his garage, riding his motorcycle cross country with his brother, boating, spending time with his family and staying at his cabin on Deering Lake.

He is survived by his loving wife, Renita; three daughters, Kristy Worster and Chris Turner, of Lincoln, Natasha Brown and Michael Bartlett, of Weston and Tara Brown and Dustin Carter, of Etna; one grandson, Darian Andrew Worster, of Lincoln and a granddaughter, "Little Miss Carter" to be born in July; one brother and best friend, Benjamin and Jera Dill, of Prentiss; seven sisters, Elizabeth Baker and Rebecca and Mike Wood, all of Bangor, Bonnie and Lawrence Bedford, of San Antonio, Texas, Barbara and Mike Ward, of Prentiss, Nancy Dill and Steve Harrington, of Greenville, Thelma and Jim Daly, of Lakewood, Colorado and Annabelle and Jeff Kelman, of Glenburn; mother and father-in-law, Hubert and Beatrice Brown, of Wytopitlock; brothers and sisters-in-law, Cary and Ardis Brown, Tonya Brown and Mark Kneeland, Carmela Brown and Roger Parker, Garrett Brown and Chandra and Danny Campbell; Foreign exchange daughters, Nicola Thommes, of Germany and Cristina Rodriguez, of Spain; Devin King and Justin Tozier, who were like his sons; great friends, Peter Clark and John White; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends. He was predeceased by his mother in 2000 and his father in 2001.

A celebration of Andy’s life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Andy and Renita’s home on Tar Ridge Road, Prentiss. In lieu of flowers, please donate to CHCS Hospice P.O. Box 208, Lincoln, ME 04457, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th floor, Brookline, MA 02445-7226 ATTN: Contribution Services or CTCA Gateway for Cancer Research, 1336 Basswood Rd., Schawmburg, IL 60173. Arrangements with Clay Funeral Home, 7 Lee Rd., Lincoln.