BUXTON, WILLIAM DAVID SR. - BANGOR - William David Buxton Sr., C.D., L.D., 68, passed away peacefully April 29, 2011, with his family by his side after a short battle with cancer. He was born May 10, 1942, in England, during World War II, to war bride, Barbara (Wooller) Buxton, and the late William E. Buxton, a Canadian serviceman. As a military family, William arrived in Canada at the age of 2 to live in British Columbia, and later moved to New Brunswick as a teen, where his father was involved in the building of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. After schooling he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and was a member of the engineers, like his father, and then the Royal Dental Corps. William's military years saw the family living in various places in Canada and at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, Mons, Belgium. He was honorably discharged from the Dental Corps to start his career as a denturist in 1972. He was involved in the denturist movement in Canada, starting in 1972, holding many positions provincially, nationally, and internationally, while owning denture clinics in Fredericton, Woodstock, Minto, Sussex, Petitcodiac and Havelock, New Brunswick. In 1998 he and Nancy came to Maine to help establish New England Denture Centers with their son. The Buxton family has three generations of denturists that graduated from George Brown College, Toronto. William loved to golf and fish. The family has spent many enjoyable summers at Pushaw Lake Campground forming so many friendships and many fond memories, which will continue. Winter vacations were spent in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Nashville, Tenn., with lots of traveling in between to see the sights of the U.S. and Canada. He enjoyed politics in Canada and the U.S. Bill was a former councilor with the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. William is survived by his wife of 48 years, Nancy (Munn) Buxton of Bangor; his son, William F. Buxton Jr. and his fiancée, Cheryl Bouchard, of Winterport; his granddaughter, Stephanie Buxton and her fiancée, Shawn Scott, of Hermon; his mother, Barbara Buxton; brother, Rodney Buxton and his wife, Katie, and family of Winnipeg, Manitoba; a sister, Sylvia Sandquist and family of British Columbia; his mother-in-law, Gloria Munn of Fredericton, New Brunswick; several nieces, nephews and many cousins in western Canada; an aunt, uncle and cousins in England; and a swimming partner, granddog, Sylar.
Services will be announced at a later date to be held at Pushaw Lake, with interment to be in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Bill loved all animals, and those wishing to remember him in a special way may make gifts in his memory to any local animal shelter. A service of Memorial Alternatives, 205 Center St., Bangor.