Daniel Everett Wing (1937-2021) – Daily Bulldog

Daniel Everett wing

NS. PETERSBURG, FL. – Daniel Everett Wing, 84, passed away on Monday July 12, 2021 at Suncoast Hospice.

Danny was born on March 14, 1937 in Norridgewock, ME, the second son of Merton Everett Wing & Irene Lillian Ladd. The family moved to Madrid from Norridgewock, and Danny trained in the Madrid and Phillips school system, graduating from Phillips High School in 1955. Danny first met his future bride, former Miss Mavis Loey Atwood, when he was picking up his prom. who happened to be her sister. They were married on June 20, 1959 at Phillips Congregational Church. They had four children and after each child was born, they moved to a new place for their growing family. Danny worked in the Maine shoe industry for 10 years and then moved to Connecticut in 1966 for better job opportunities. They eventually settled in Durham, CT after the birth of their youngest daughter. Danny worked as a machinist at Pratt & Whitney for 32 years. After retirement, Danny & Mavis moved back to Maine, but later became “Snow Birds” with a winter residence in St. Petersburg, Florida and a summer residence in Farmington, Maine. They eventually sold their Farmington home to live in Florida year-round.

Danny was a boy scout and scout champion as well as a coach of the small league. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and after retiring in Maine, joined the Biggest Bucks of Maine club by bagging a 225-pound buck. He loved picking dandelions every spring until his health prevented him. In autumn he loved to pick berries and eat them.

Danny had already passed away from his parents, a daughter-in-law Candice (Hinds) Forbes Wing and a son-in-law, Glenn Eigabroadt. He was survived by his widow Mavis from St. Petersburg, FL, four children and three grandchildren: Richard Joseph Wing & Alexia (Krionidou) and their children Nicholas Alexander & Natalie Mariana from Glastonbury, CT; Ronald Everett Wing from Meriden, CT; Raymond Thomas Wing and partner Lynda Lemar from Augusta, ME with daughter Elizabeth Marie Wing & friend Zachary Randall also from Augusta; and Rhonda Lynn (wing) Eigabroadt of Bristol, CT. In addition, Danny was survived by brother Theodore Otis Wing and wife Margaret “Peg” from Middletown, CT and sister Marie Rose (Wing) Bubier and her husband Paul Bubier from Phillips, ME. He also had twelve nephews and nieces and too many cousins ​​to count.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 24th at 10 a.m. at Sunset View Cemetery, Norridgewock.