APPLETON, Maine/OXFORD, Mass. — Lloyd Elston Leigher, 86, of Appleton, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2017, at Quarry Hill in Camden. Lloyd was born in Appleton on May 6, 1930, to Carolyn (Fish) and Aubert Leigher.

Lloyd lived in Appleton before moving to Massachusetts in 1950. He was a boiler man for many years at the Ware Industry Complex in Ware, Mass. He served as scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 125 in Rochdale., Mass. His youngest son now holds this position and carries on his legacy.

Lloyd was known as an honorable and resourceful man. When he moved back to Appleton in the early 1980s, he milled the lumber from his own trees and built a two-story home. He also was an avid gardener who categorized his crops from year to year to improve the yield of his hard work.

Lloyd leaves behind his daughters, Robin Bittner and her husband, Jack, of Kingman, Ariz., and Muriel Locke and her husband, William, of Spencer, Mass.; his sons, Randall Leigher and his wife, Debra, of Charlton, Mass., Sheldon Leigher, and Kirk Leigher and his wife, Lynn, of Oxford, Mass.; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother, Bernard and his wife, Maxine, of South Carolina; and a sister, Rhodena Sullivan of Waldo; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his first wife of 27 years, Jean Macintyre; and his second wife of 25 years, Laura Bemis; a son, Wayne Leigher; his grandsons, Jonathan and Jacob Bittner; his daughter–in–law, Bonnie Leigher; his sister, Muriel Knowlton; and his brothers, Frank and Richard Leigher.

Calling hours will be held Wednesday, May 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Morin's Funeral Home, 1131 Main Street in Leicester, Mass. Burial will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery in Appleton at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children, 516 Care Street, Springfield, MA. 01104 or BSA Troop 125, 7 Forest Street, Leicester, MA.01524.