Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, Army Air Corps officer, pilot, master plumber, master electrician, carpenter, mechanic, selectman, church deacon, vocational school director, college professor…Bud Lowell was a dynamo, who will be missed by family and friends from Maine to Florida.

Walter Wood Lowell Jr. passed away at the age of 94. An informal celebration of life will be held in July.

He first came to Bridgton to the family’s cottage on Highland Lake in the 1920s. After decades of vacationing, Bud and his father moved their families to town to open a plumbing and electrical company. His new hometown benefited as he joined the board of selectmen, led the hospital board, and was a deacon of the First Congregational Church. A master plumber and electrician, he honed his carpentry skills by building a new house on Highland Road.

Finishing a long career at Lowell Supply Company, he switched gears to teach and eventually head the regional vocational school in Norway. Retirement did not last long. Bud moved to Florida with his wife, Connie, and soon became an adjunct professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, where he taught his love of aeronautics to students who voted him their favorite professor. He taught into his late 80s, ending a remarkable series of careers.

Bud leaves his wife Connie; sons Roger, Peter and John Lowell; stepdaughter Lori Bouchard, and their families, including 33 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

We were always amazed at what Bud could do. Building houses and boats, rebuilding old cars (especially Mustangs) from the tires up, picking up any musical instrument and playing a tune within a few minutes. Although he was not into sports in school, we were surprised to find that he was also a talented athlete. His skills have been passed on and are exhibited in his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We will forever enjoy the characteristics he shared with the many people he loved. He could fix everything except a broken heart.