SCARBOROUGH – Roger Madison Young Sr., 94, of Cumberland, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough.

A good man is one whose warmth, wisdom and humor have earned him the respect of his friends and family…someone who makes this world a better place in which to live.

Roger was born on July 10, 1925, at Camp Ellis, Saco, the son of Arthur Tripp Young and Cora Havens. He moved to Cumberland at the age of eight and remained there his entire life. He graduated from Greely Institute in 1943. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps after high school in 1943, serving in the Pacific theater. Upon return, he was in the Army Reserve, then the Army National Guard as a drill sergeant for the next 32 years. He retired from the military in July 1985. Roger worked at Burnham & Morrill in Portland as a stationary engineer, from where he retired in 1987 after 34 years.

Roger spent many years active in harness racing, as an owner, trainer and driver. He stabled at the Cumberland Fairgrounds. He retired from the horse business in 2000, and at the age of 75, took up golfing as a pastime.

As a 60-year member of the Masons, he served as Master for two years at Deering Lodge #183 in Portland. He was a member of Scottish Right, and the Sojourners. He was also a member of Kora Temple, where he participated in the Legion of Honor and Royal Guard. Roger was also a board member for Maine Charitable Mechanics Association and served as vice president and interim president.

In 1956, he married Anita Yeoman in Cumberland. He married his second wife, Madeline (Leonas) DeCoster, in 1987.

He is survived by his wife, Madeline of Cumberland; his children, Roger Jr. of Casco, Rory of Sumner and Ricky of North Yarmouth; stepdaughters, Sandra Cassen of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Ruth DeCoster of Auburn, Mary Beale of Portland, and Ellen DeCoster of Atlanta, Ga.; 11 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his first wife; and five brothers, Donald, Walter, Robert, George and Philip. 

The family invites you to attend a time of visitation on Friday Nov. 8, from 3 to 6 p.m., where a Masonic Service will be celebrated at Lindquist Funeral Home, 1 Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. A graveside service and military honors will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m., at Moss Side Cemetery in Cumberland.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you contribute to either: Vet2Vet, P.O. Box 1205, Biddeford, ME 04005, or Shriners’ Hospitals for Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104.