Maheu and Maine

Of all the obituaries, columns and articles about Bob Maheu following his death earlier this month, the best one I've seen was published Monday in the Kennebec Journal, a newspaper in Maine.

Maheu was born and raised in Waterville, Maine, and the article explains that "although he went on to world renown, Maheu never lost his love of central Maine, and he frequently returned to be with friends and family."

"It was always his home, despite all his travels and all his adventures," Peter Maheu, one of Bob's sons, told the paper. "That was his cement. That was his rock."

The paper tracked down Wilfred Chamberlain in Beaumont, Texas. Chamberlain grew up with Maheu, and remembers him as "not a snob, but he was on a higher education level. Bob was very friendly, but still he was a very different person. He was very, very smart. I remember that he was on a debating team [in high school] and he won honors for the state of Maine."

Maheu's ashes will rest at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville.

To read more about Maheu's Waterville youth, check out the article here.