CAMDEN — Edmund Roslyn Dewing Jr. passed away on Sept. 8, 2015, at age 90 in Florida.

Born Aug. 11, 1925, he was the son of Edmund R. Dewing and Elizabeth Dewing. He grew up with his two brothers and sister in Wellesley, Mass. They were the 12th generation from Andrew Dewing, who was the first white settler of the area.

Ed attended Deerfield Academy and Staunton Military Academy.

When he was 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and did his military training at Ft. Leonard Wood. He served as a forward observer in the 89th infantry and 341st field artillery. He was awarded two bronze stars for heroic action crossing the Rhine River under enemy fire to establish an observation post and again for carrying a radio down a line of fire within 400 yards of enemy guns to establish an observation post in a building in St. Gearshausen, Germany.

Upon returning from the war, he briefly attended Boston College, and in 1951, he married Roberta Jean Chambers. He went to work for the Towle Silver Company and moved to Indianapolis.

In 1955, they returned to Massachusetts and Ed took a position with Harold Cabot Advertising in Boston, where he would be elected vice president, and he again resided in Wellesley.

In 1970, he purchased the Whitehall Inn in Camden, which he owned until 2005.

Jean Dewing died in 1988, and in 1998, Ed married Ann Failing. Together they continued to share their mutual loves of golf, music, reading and traveling.

Ed was also predeceased by his parents; his brothers, Andrew and Jerry; and his sister, Ginny.

Surviving are his wife, Ann; his son, Edmund R. “Chip” Dewing III of Hope; his son, Jonathan “J.C.” and daughter-in-law, Wendy, of Hope; his daughter, Heidi May; and two grandchildren, Emily and Zachary of Sarasota, Fla.

Ed was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be greatly missed.

A memorial service followed by a reception will be held Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Camden with the Rev. John Rafter officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011, or to Tidewell Hospice Inc., 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238.

Arrangements are with Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service.