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Obituary: Ryan D. Fendler
FALMOUTH - As his light was dimmed by dementia, Ryan Fendler raged briefly, and then welcomed death peacefully at Gosnell Memorial .
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Ryan D. Fendler
FALMOUTH – As his light was dimmed by dementia, Ryan Fendler raged briefly, and then welcomed death peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice Home in Scarborough, on April 30, 2021, at age 94. His daughter Nancy and son Michael were with him. Several grandchildren and friends were able to visit him in his last hours.Ryan grew up in a large family in Rye, N.Y., and spent several summers of his youth in Newport, Maine. He was the twin brother of Donn Fendler who famously survived being lost on Mt. Katahdin for nine days in 1939 when they were 12. Ryan was always proud to be the twin who didn’t get lost. He received some of his secondary school education at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine and served in the Navy during WWII. He resumed his education after the war, met Ba
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