Clifton O. Littlehale

MAGALLOWAY, MAINE – Clifton “Sonny” O. Littlehale, 91, of Magalloway died on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, Me., after a long period of failing health. He was born in Magalloway in the same house that he called home his whole life, on Nov. 12, 1931, to the late Clifton B. and Beatrice (Olson) Littlehale. He attended school in Magalloway and Errol, and later served with honor in the U.S. Army from 1952-54 as a member of the Canine Corps, stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. Colorado. Sonny was a hard worker his entire life. He was a crane operator for Reginald Currier for almost 30 years, and he also worked as a lift operator at the Saddleback Ski Area in Rangeley. He also helped his wife Dianne in the restaurant. He enjoyed traveling with his camper and with his family. He loved to tell people that he had been to every state except the one that he had not been able to take his camper, that being Hawaii, although he was able to visit there with his first wife, Elise, and Norman and Muriel Littlehale. He loved his trips to the National Parks and to Alaska with his second wife, Dianne and his young son, Mark, and he enjoyed many trips to California to visit his sister, Eileen. Sonny took great pride in mowing his lawn and fields. He enjoyed making maple syrup each spring season from the trees on his property, giving it away to his friends and family and having it available at the restaurant. And he loved to play Skip-Bo, and could still play even while suffering from dementia as he got older. He loved the view from his home of the passing wildlife, the surrounding mountains and Horseshoe Pond. He leaves behind his wife of 38 years, Dianne (Violette) Littlehale of Magalloway; three children, Joy Hart of Bethel, Me., Jeffrey Littlehale of Bryant Pond, Me., and Mark Littlehale of Wilton, Me.; four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren; as well as several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Elise (Mann) Littlehale in 1981, two sisters, Eileen Sweeney and Elsie Demayo, and a great-granddaughter, Octavia Morin. There are no public calling hours. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the Errol Congregational Church in Errol, with Pastor Cindy Grassi officiating. A graveside committal service with military honors will immediately follow at the Lincoln Plantation Cemetery in Wilson’s Mills. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mr. Littlehale may be made to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall St., #104, Manchester, NH 03101; or to the Errol Congregational Church, Main St., Errol, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.

Clifton O. Littlehale

November 12, 1931 - March 12, 2023