YARMOUTH— Roland Stockwell Moxcey, 95, died on Sept. 14 in Mesa, Ariz. Moxcey was born March 1, 1917 to Harold and Nellie Stockwell Moxcey in Yarmouth.
He graduated from the North Yarmouth Academy with honors. While working in Portland, he volunteered so serve as a civilian worker in Pearl Harbor. There he met Helen Dickinson and they were married in 1946.
When they returned to the mainland, he went to work for the Magma Copper Company in Superior, Ariz. He retired in 1980 after 30 years with the company. The Moxceys lived 10 years in Superior, and then moved to Apache Junction. He was active in the Boy Scouts and church. He moved to Mesa in 1986 to be nearer to his family.
Moxcey is survived by his wife, Helen; a sister, Mary M. Burns, of Yarmouth; a son, Richard; a daughter, Diana Rowe; two grandsons, Christopher and Michael; and a granddaughter, Jessica Peterson; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sept. 18 at Mountain View Funeral Home Chapel in Mesa, Ariz.
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