1947 – 2016

LEWISTON — Robert J. Hand Sr., 68, of South Paris passed away Saturday, Feb. 20, in Lewiston.

He was born Feb. 16, 1947, in Philadelphia, to parents Amos and Alma (Bernat) Hand.

Robert served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1970, two years of which he spent in Vietnam.

Surviving him are his son, Robert Hand Jr., and his wife, Karen, of Buckfield; his daughter, Trish, and her husband, Jeramie Doran, of Waynesville, N.C.; and his three grandchildren, Emmett Hand, and Maddie and Jaxon Doran.

He was predeceased by his parents.