Maine Lives Lost: Barry Leighton, longtime dam operator with passion for hot rods
Mr. Leighton, who owned three vintage Chevrolets and rebuilt one himself, died of COVID-19 last month.
One in a series of occasional portraits of people COVID-19 has taken from us.
Barry Leighton, longtime operator of Central Maine Power’s Bonny Eagle hydro dam on the Saco River, died Feb. 3 from complications of COVID-19. He was 74.
Leighton, of Hollis, was remembered Friday for his passion for Chevrolet hot rods, his mischievous grin and zest for life.
Carol Leighton, his wife of 20 years, laughed and cried Friday sharing stories of their life together. She said they both were afraid of getting sick with COVID, and they had quarantined since the start of the pandemic and used services like Hannaford to go for groceries.
Bonny-eagle
Maine
United-states
Vietnam
Republic-of
Kennebec
Bonny-eagle-high-school
Saco-river
American
Barry-leighton
Carol-leighton