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Obituary
Earl, 94, of Falmouth, Maine, died Feb. 2, 2024. He was born in Lowell, MA, May 23, 1929. After an early graduation from high school, Earl enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving as a Corporal at the Marine Air Station at Cherry Point, N.C. He received a B.A. in Forestry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1952. Earl hitchhiked across the country to spend college summers working as a smokejumper with the USFS in Montana. He received an M.S. in Forestry from Yale University in 1953. Earl spent his entire working life with the James W. Sewall Company in Old Town, Maine, retiring as C.O.O. He was integral to the formation and leadership of the Maine Society of Land Surveyors. Earl was a lifelong outdoorsman, a skier, kayaker and hiker. He was a Maine Guide, and a founding member of the Maine Chapter of the International Appalachian Trail. He spent much of his retirement researching and writing about the history of surveying and mapping in the state of Maine, writing more than a dozen papers which he donated to the Maine Historical Society. In his retirement, Earl traveled the world. While traveling in Africa, he climbed near the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Into his last few months, he enjoyed kayaking local lakes and ponds, and across Falmouth Harbor to Clapboard Island. Earl jumped at Missoula in 1951 and at West Yellowstone in 1952.
Identifier
Raymond_Earl-Warren_Missoula_1951
Publication Date
July 2024
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Raymond, Earl Warren (Missoula 1951)" (2024). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1729.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1729
