ROCKLAND – Paul R. Watts, 84, died Feb. 28, 2017, surrounded by his family at the Sussman House in Rockport, following a brief illness.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m. at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St. in Rockland. Sherwood Young will officiate. Interment will be at a later date at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road in Augusta.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Sussman House, c/o Pen Bay Healthcare, 22 White Street, Rockland, ME 04841; or to Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County, P.O. Box 1294, Rockland, ME 04841.