ROCKPORT — Elwin S. Mank, 88, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2016, surrounded by family, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

Born Aug. 29, 1927, in Hope, he was the son of Elwin and Mary Meservey Mank. He graduated from Appleton High School, Husson College and did MBA graduate work at the University of Illinois and Ohio University.

He joined the Navy shortly after high school, traveled with Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Expedition aboard the USS Pine Island, and later on two cruises to the western Pacific. From December 1946 to March 1947, he flew photographic missions.

He married Carolyn Louise Lufkin on June 11, 1955, at Warren Baptist Church and together they had three children.

In 1955 he accepted a job with Union Carbide Corporation, where he held various management positions during his 28-year career. His service began in Bound Brook, N.J., in an entry level management position, before going to Ottawa, Ill., where he worked one year at the manufacturing plant producing plastics. He then went to Marietta, Ohio, as office manager at Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Plant for seven years, and then returned to Bound Brook, where he held various positions, including accounting supervisor, until 1971. He then transferred to management at the home office in New York City as a technical writer. Two years later he returned to Bound Brook as manager of automated information digital systems, and from 1977 to 1983 served as manager of the Union Carbide accounting center. In 1983 he became project manager for construction of the division headquarters building in South Bound Brook. After construction was completed, he was responsible for facility staffing and managed that facility until retiring in 1985.

After retiring, he realized how much he missed working with people and soon acquired a financial consulting position with Amoco Chemical Company, where he finished his working career. He returned to Maine in 1992 and bought a house in Rockport to be near his mother and Carolyn's father. He was able to help care for them in their final years.

His hobbies included fishing, hunting, carving waterfowl, building furniture and toys for his grandchildren, and helping Carolyn with her flower gardens. He enjoyed being the ultimate 'do-it-yourselfer' and was a voracious reader.

More than anything, Elwin was devoted to his family and valued spending time with them.

In addition to his parents, Elwin was predeceased by a sister, Gloria E. Parker; and a brother, Frank L. Mank. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Carolyn of Rockport; his children, Terry G. Mank and his wife, Deborah, of Bridgewater, N.J., Cindy L. Ross and her husband, Rick, of Charlottesville, Va., and Jeffrey E. Mank and his wife, Donna, of Kennesaw, Ga.; his grandchildren, Justin, Ryan and Colin Mank, all of Bridgewater, N.J., and Michael, Steven and Katie Ross, all of Charlottesville, Va.; a sister, Rosalie A. Gleason; a brother, Mervyn E. Mank and his wife, Gail, all of Appleton; as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, May 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St. in Rockland, where a funeral service will be held on Friday, May 13, at 2 p.m. The Rev. David English will officiate. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery in Appleton.

Elwin attended the West Rockport Baptist Church, and those who wish may make memorial contributions to the West Rockport Baptist Church, P.O. Box 221, West Rockport, ME 04856.