Peter J. Bang, MD, 83, passed away peacefully at home in Lincolnville, Maine on March 20, 2022 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Predeceased by his parents, Frank and Ruth Bang, of Grandview-on-the-Hudson, New York and Shelter Island, New York; Peter is survived by his wife of 46 years, Shereen Bang of Lincolnville, Maine; son, Christopher, of Sidney, Maine; brother Paul Bang and his wife, Gail Donnenfeld; sister Francesca Bang and her husband, Gerald Gleich; and nieces and nephews.

Peter was born in New York City on May 31, 1938 and attended local schools before transferring to Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated from Columbia University where he was a member of the sculling team. After a brief stint working on a Norwegian freighter, Peter did marine research for LaMont-Dougherty Earth Observatory in Bermuda. He then traveled in Europe for a few years, perfected his French language skills, and then attended medical school at the Universite of Louvaine in Belgium. After completing his medical education in New York City, Peter and Shereen moved to the Hudson Valley, New York where he began his long year career as an Emergency Physician and later Urgent Care Physician.

Upon his retirement from medicine, Peter and Shreen moved to Lincolnville, Maine where Peter pursued his love of the outdoors. He is especially remembered for the unusual rock walls he continued to build even as his disease progressed.

Peter enjoyed outdoor sports, especially running, kayaking on the Hudson River, biking and tennis. He learned to ski later in life, a passion he pursued for many years. An avid daily reader of the New York Times, Peter loved nothing more than a spirited conversation about world affairs. His early love of classical music continued deep into his dementia and was a source of solace as his disease progressed. His family and friends will lovingly remember him for his intelligence, gentleness, tenaciousness and creative thinking.

Although Alzheimer’s disease eventually robbed Peter of his memories and coherent speech, he never lost his gentleness and sense of humor, qualities that continued to endear him to all who knew him. He is missed.

The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation to the Sussman House, 40 Anchor Drive, Rockport, Maine 04856. The family wishes to thank Regina Knight-Ryder for her compassionate hospice care in the last few weeks of Peter’s life.