In keeping with his wishes there will be a sharing hour for expression memoirs and stories about him. His funeral services will be private with family and close friends. The family would like to express special thanks to the amazing staff of Nashua Crossings and Brookhaven Hospice Care for their compassionate care of Reino during his last few months, (Deepest Thanks He was predeceased by a son Kenneth David Maki on January 2, 1994. Starsja of FL., two nephews, one niece, one great nephew, cousins and special friends. Gerow of Dunstable, one brother-in-law, David R. Morand, David Lee Josselyn, Harrison (Gus) Williams Caleb, Chloe,Reagan and Ethan Maki, Mason, Emily, Matthew and Austin Silk Myles and Kolt Narvin two great-grandchildren, Maya Morand of CA and Zayden Joslyn of NH one sister, Kathryn M. Narvin of Merrimack, NH fourteen grandchildren Nathan J and Caitlin A. Maki and her husband Donald Silk of Amherst, NH and Karyn L. Martorella and her husband Michael of Winchendon, Susan Irene Maki of Royalston, Lauren E. Maki and his wife Susan of TX four daughters, Carina A. Maki and his wife Debra of Winchendon and Gary W. (Starsja) Maki, whom he met in high school two sons, Richard E. He leaves his wife of 61 years, Shirley I. His Finnish heritage was very important to him. He was a member of the former Turner Hill in Fitchburg, the Eastwood Club, a Chess Club, a member of APICs and Saima Park. Ren enjoyed eating out, playing his guitar, chess and cribbage, canoeing, photography, hiking with his family and traveling for work, with his wife and especially with his daughter Susan. He worked his way up from systems programmer to consultant and project leader at GE in Fitchburg until his retirement. Upon completion of the project computers were growing in popularity and became an interest he explored extensively. He was one of the three original workers on the project. He then took a job working for the University of Wisconsin as a brand new fieldworker on the newly developed, Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) project. Straight out of college he taught English to juniors and seniors in Ashland Maine. He then decided electrical engineering was not what he wanted, went to UMass Amherst as an English Major. as an electrical engineering student, he was on the dean’s list and won a scholarship. After high school he entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1960. He was born in Fitchburg on July 2,1942 to Finnish immigrants Reino W. Yet we are thankful that he has gone home to his lord, on Thursday, Octo. Maki, 80, It is with heavy hearts that the family announces his passing from this earthly life.
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