Jaime R. Reatiraza died on December 24, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine.

(The following was provided by the Portland Press Herald on April 11, 2025:)

Jaime Realubit Reatiraza

Mr. Jaime Realubit Reatiraza, 86, passed away at Avita of Brunswick on December 18, 2024. He is the husband of the late Ophelia (Nunez) Reatiraza.

Jaime was born April 22, 1938, in Luzon. the largest island in the Philippines. He grew up on a farm in the Bicol region, planting rice and tending water buffalo. He enlisted in the United States Navy in April 1960, with his first assignment at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

In 1964 Jaime met Ophelia, who he married on June 18, 1966. Ophelia and Jaime moved to different Naval stations throughout his career, with their final move being at Brunswick Naval Air Station in 1977, where he retired in 1980 with the rank of CPO.

Jaime’s Navy service included deployments on the USS Paul Revere (APA-248) and USS Midway (CV-41), and assignments with Operation Deep Freeze (1971) in Antarctica and the Pentagon. He received many commendations and medals, including Armed Forces Expeditionary, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Republic of Vietnam Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Antarctica Service Medal, and five Good Conduct Awards.

After retiring from the Navy in 1980, Jaime enrolled at Southern New Hampshire University (graduating in 1983), and eventually worked as a security officer at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for eighteen years until he retired in 2008.

Jaime is survived by his children Lee Reatiraza, Jocelin Reatiraza, and Joanna Reatiraza and their respective partners, Tobin Barr, Robert Augustine, and Trevor Bailey. He was predeceased by his grandson, Matthias Reatiraza Augustine, and survived by his grandchildren Enzo Augustine and Mayari Augustine.