Standish - Ralph Myron Brooks III, age 82, passed away on Nov. 28, 2025, at Woodlawn Rehab. and Nursing home in Skowhegan, Maine, due to progressive Dementia.
He was born in Eustis, Maine (at a logging camp where his parents lived), on January 23rd, 1943.
He was the son of the late Ralph Myron Brooks Jr. and Lillian Ruth (Black) Brooks. He attended the following elementary schools, Bridge St., Warren school, Forest St. in Westbrook, then George E. Jack in Standish. He attended Standish High School and the then new Bonny Eagle High School.
He got his G.E.D. while he was in the Air Force. He went into the Air Force in May 1963. His basic training was at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was stationed at George Air Force
Base (ammo dump), in Victorville, California. He was also stationed at Cuddleback Lake Air to Ground Gunnery, Forbes Air Force Base in Kansas (refueling base). He served two tours of duty in Viet Nam. Ben Hoi Air Force Base in Vietnam and TDY 90 days in Saigon. He was honorably discharged from Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, in September of 1967, Airman 3C
Ralph met Sandra at a USO dance where she was working. Ralph married Sandra Karrie Schiebel on July 2, 1966. Sandra passed away on Feb. 27, 2001. Ralph married his second wife, Kathy J. Drew in May 2001.
Ralph drove tractor trailer trucks coast to coast for many years. He worked for multiple trucking companies and construction companies. He belonged to the Standish Legion Post #128 for several years.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ralph Myron Brooks Jr. and Lillian Ruth (Black) Brooks, his wife, Sandra Brooks, his sister-in-law, Nila A. (Moulton), Brooks, his brother-in-law, Al Archambault and his sister, Carol Ann (Brooks) Archambault.
He is survived by his two brothers, Kenneth R. Brooks and Chester L. Brooks, and his sister, Nancy M. (Brooks) Reitze and her husband, Raymond Reitze, seven nieces and four nephews, five great nephews and seven great nieces, three great great nephews and one great great niece, his ex-wife, Kathy J. Drew and his stepdaughter, Marci Labrie.
A memorial service to celebrate Ralph's life will be held on Friday Jan. 23rd (his birthday) at 2 PM at the Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service Chapel, 498 Long Plains Road (Rt. 22) in Buxton. Burial will be at Dow's Corner Cemetery.
Online condolence messages can be submitted at the funeral home website, www.mainefuneral.com