CAMDEN — Guyer G. “Gordie” Guist, Jr., 75, husband of Robin Brown Guist, died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease on Tuesday morning, November 11, 2025 at Sussman House in Rockport. Always a fighter for any good cause, Gordie gave life his all right up to the end.

Gordie was born on April 19, 1950 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Guyer G. and Marjorie (Cole) Guist. In his early years he was fascinated by the ocean which led him to become a surfer and a scuba diver. During his freshman year at Bethany College in West Virginia, he met the love of his life, Robin Brown, from New Jersey. Gordie and Robin were always together holding hands at college.

Known for his quick wit and jokes, Gordie was always the life of the party, especially at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon parties, his fraternity. During their senior year, they were married on January 15, 1972. For the past fifty-three years their love, friendship, mutual interests, and Gordie’s struggles through Parkinson’s Disease for twenty-eight years, kept their bond strong and their devotion to one another ever present.

Following graduation, Gordie attended graduate school in Key West, Florida receiving a degree in marine biology. Robin, an avid sailor, taught Gordie to sail in Key West, where Gordie would scuba dive for their evening meal.

In his professional career, Gordie was all about seaweed, stemming from his early fascination with the ocean. His work with Marine Colloids, and later FMC Corporation, provided travel opportunities in search of seaweed to be used for many products, to be used in our daily lives. Gordie was ever the scientist, both in his professional and personal life, with his curiosity about most anything to do with nature.

In 1976, the lab at Key West was closed and Robin and Gordie moved to Camden, where he continued to work for Marine Colloids, later FMC Corporation. He enjoyed riding his bicycle to work with Pete Bixler, his boss who had hired him at the company. Pete predeceased Gordie by only a few days before Gordie’s death.

Gordie will be remembered for his sense of humor, his collection of mannequins and Sponge Bob paraphernalia, passion for “Roxanne” his antique classic black GTO, rock and roll music, bicycling, sailing, fishing, Trivial Pursuit, and his love of jokes and riddles. He enjoyed Wednesday night potlucks and was proud of his honorary King Diva title as a member of the dog park divas.

Gordie and Robin held a mutual passion for serving others in a variety of volunteer efforts in the mid-coast area – serving as EMT at Camden First Aid, volunteer at the Camden Area Christian Food Pantry. He was a founder of the former Penobscot Pet Pantry, a volunteer at a local veterinary office, and he was active in the local Parkinson’s support group.

For all the years Gordie battled Parkinson’s Disease, he never let it get him down .He found humor every day, enjoying helping his many friends, and living life to the fullest. He was always up for any adventure, looking forward to working out at the Penobscot Bay YMCA, eating lobster rolls, followed by ice cream at Dorman’s, playing cornhole, and enjoying summer days with family and friends at Washington Pond.

Gordie’s commitment to remaining as physically, mentally, and socially active as possible throughout his battle with Parkinson’s, with his many caregivers. With the steadfast care of Robin, along with assistance from Geoff Guist, they were able as a family to keep Gordie at home.

In addition to his parents, Gordie was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Geoff Brown.

Surviving is his wife of 53 years, Robin Guist; their son, Geoffrey Guist; his devoted yellow lab, Blyss; nephews Duncan Brown of Methuen, Massachusetts and David Brown of Pine Beach, New Jersey; and friends too numerous to mention.

Special thanks are extended to his many caregivers at home especially Michelle and Dawn, and those at the Sussman House, for their tender loving care.

A celebration of life will be held Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 2 p.m., at the Masonic Center, 361 Main Street, Rockport. To honor his love of telling jokes and riddles, if you would like, bring a joke or riddle written down and we’ll share some of them at the celebration of Gordie’s life.

Memorial donations in Gordie’s memory may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, donations@michaeljfox.org; Camden Area Christian Food Pantry, P.O. Box 337, Camden, ME 04843; or the Camden Area District Nursing Association, P.O. Box 547, Camden, ME 04843.

Condolences may be shared at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com. Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home Cremation Service, 9 Mountain Street, Camden.