Jay S. Ridlon, 58, a resident of Wilson Pond Road, North Monmouth, died April 11, 2013, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after an 18-month illness. He was born on Jan. 14, 1955, in Groton, Conn., the son of Sterling. W. and Grace E. Burnham Ridlon.<\/p>\n
Jay graduated with high honors from Monmouth Academy in 1973. He also was a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine in 1977.<\/p>\n
Jay worked in shipping at the Norfork, Va., Shipyard; he was a mechanical engineer, traveling to many foreign countries, including the USSR. He was aboard the Maritime training ship on its bicentennial entrance to New York Harbor in 1976.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his mother, Grace E. Ridlon, of North Monmouth; his brother, Scott Ridlon, of Middleton, N.H.; two nephews, Seth A. Ridlon and Ian S. Ridlon, both of New Durham, N.H.; three uncles, Richard Burnham, of North Monmouth, Ralph and Connie Burnham, of North Monmouth, and Eugene Burnham, of Reno, Nev.; and an aunt, Vivian Small, of Eliot. He was predeceased by his father, Sterling W. Ridlon, in February 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"