Donald V. Coston

Honor Mission
Donald V. Coston, Veteran
US Air Force – Vietnam
West Gardiner, Maine – May 18, 2023

About the Mission:

Don was born on December 6, 1935, in Palmyra, Maine. He proudly served 21 years in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam Era and retired in 1975. From there he joined the Civil Service at the Brunswick Naval Air Station working in Security until retiring a second time after 21 years in 2007.

Don was a 1991 graduate of Husson College. He was an active participant in the National Veteran’s Golden Age Games representing Maine in 2012 in St. Louis, MO; 2017 in Biloxi, MS and 2018 in Albuquerque, NM winning 7 medals in Track and Swimming. For many years he was a member of the Shriner’s out of the Masonic Lodge at the Kora Temple in Lewiston, Maine.

A graveside service with military honors will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday at the Pine Grove Cemetery.

Primary Staging Details:
May 18, 2023 — 9:15 AM
West Gardiner Service Plaza
I 95/Route 126
West Gardiner, Maine 04943
Map
Ride Captain:

Mike “Swaybar” Edgecomb
medgecomb8@gmail.com

Instructions:

Staging: 9:15 AM
KSU 9:30 AM
West Gardiner Service Plaza, West Gardiner Maine
Escort family to Pine Grove Cemetery, 801 Estes Ave Hartland, Maine (Route 152)

Flags & Water:
Flags will not be provided.
If you have large bike flags, please bring them.
Water will not be provided, please bring your own.
Stage 2 Details:
May 18, 2024 — 10:45 AM
Pine Grove Cemetery
801 Estes Ave (Route 152)
Hartland, ME 04943
Map
Ride Captain:

Mike Edgecomb
medgecomb8@gmail.com

Instructions:

For those not participating in the escort -Staging at the cemetery 10:45 AM.

Flags & Water:
Flags will not be provided.
Large Bike Flags will not be needed.
Water will not be provided, please bring your own.

Submitted by: Mike Edgecomb
Maine State Captain


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