Frederick Heustis Jamison

ORONO - Frederick Heustis "Fred" Jamison, 85, peacefully passed away on September 28th, 2026 at his home. Fred had long wished to remain in the home he and his wife, Lynne, carved out of the woods in 1973.

Growing up in Avenel, New Jersey during the 1950's, Fred developed a love of Westerns-and then of horses-that became a defining part of his life. As soon as he could afford one, he bought a Quarter Horse. From that first horse through the final years of his life, Quarter Horses were always present, whether in the foreground or quietly in the background.

The first in his family to attend college, he received his undergraduate degree in Agriculture from the University of Delaware and at the advice of his uncle, got his teaching certificate as well. Upon graduation he served in the United States Navy and then went to work for an Agricultural newspaper as a journalist, driving all over the country in his Ford Ranchero to interview people in the industry for stories. At times with a one-horse trailer in tow!

The next chapter after journalism was at the Duke Estate (now Duke Farms) back in New Jersey where he was hired to manage one of the many greenhouses and also completed his Masters of Education at Rutgers University. The Duke Estate changed Fred's life. He met Lynne Manton there who was a veterinary assistant in the barns and had an equal love of horses. They were soon married, living in a trailer in the middle of a pasture surrounded by their horses and very involved in the showing circuit; Fred showing western and Lynne showing English for themselves and for clients.

Another influential meeting at the Duke Estate was his supervisor Woody Littlefield. Woody was from Old Town Maine and Fred and Lynne had fallen in love with this great State on their honeymoon and expressed interest in moving here. Woody helped Fred get a job at Central High School in East Corinth as the Agricultural Shop Teacher and Driving Instructor. In a Jeep J20 pickup with a truck cap camper, their horse trailer, and their horses, Lynne and Fred drove to Maine, bought a 50-acre woodlot on the edge of town in Orono and built a homestead that in many ways is right out of a 1950's western with the 1970's back-to-the-land movement sprinkled in.

From that homestead while raising three children, he continued to further his education completed his Certificate of Advanced Study in Counseling from the University of Maine. During these early years, Woody Littlefield had moved back to Maine and began the ambitious project of creating the Bangor Vocational School (now United Technologies Center) and hired Fred as the school's Guidance Counselor.

For 35 years Fred advised countless students as their High School Guidance Counselor at the Bangor Vocational School, Deer Isle Stonington High School, Searsport High School, Dexter High School, and ending his teaching career where it started as the Director of Guidance at Central High School in Corinth.

Throughout his long life, Fred was known as a caring friend, farmer, husband, teacher, father, mentor, and grandfather. Fred is predeceased by his parents Clarence Jamison and Margaret (Begenau) Jamison, and his beloved wife, Lynne. He is survived by, and will be greatly missed by children Justin, Jonathan, and Janie Jamison; daughters-in-law, Hanna Van Heiningen and Eliza Currie, grandchildren, Zoe, Pippa, Liam, and Anna Jamison; long-time friends he met through his work with the Katahdin Area Council BSA, Penobscot County 4-H, Bangor State Fair, Orono Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Bangor, Cross Insurance Center, and colleagues in Education.

The family wishes to extend a very special thanks to the Durgin Center (Dee in particular), St. Joseph's Home Hospice, and his in-home caregivers Cindy Jason, Ashley Tracie, Tanya Francis, Adam Davis, Tracie Davis, and Lynsie Winters who made Fred's end-of-life journey as best as it could be.

A celebration of life will be held for Frederick at a date and time to be determined. Condolences to the family may be expressed here, at BrookingsSmith.com.