Obit: Rick "Ricky" Bradford Cole ... Rochester native

Detroit, Maine - Rick "Ricky" Bradford Cole, 47, of Detroit passed away unexpectedly on Thursday July 18, 2013, in Detroit. He was born in Rochester, N.H., on March 16, 1966. He attended Rochester Schools and resided in Rochester most of his life. He attended technical school studying auto mechanic.

He was employed at White Mountain Cable putting up power lines for the hurricane in New Orleans. He loved sports and working on cars.

He will be greatly missed but never forgotten.

He is survived by his parents, Almon Cole Sr., and his wife, Caroline of Rochester, and Sandra Davis of Belmont, two sons, Kyle Cole of Exeter, Dakota Cole of Corinna, Maine, his siblings, Sandy Bickmore and her husband, Randy of Lincoln, Calif., Carmen Stanton and her fiance Anthony Carone of Rochester, Dawn Souza and her husband Joseph of Chiefland, Fla., Annette Thibodeau and her husband, Scott of Lebanon, Maine, Almon Cole Jr, of Lubbock, Texas, Almon Cole III of Rochester, William Murzin and his wife, Lori of Los Molenis, Calif., Tom Cole Sr., and his wife, Elaine, of Rochester, and well as many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

A funeral service will be held on Monday at noon at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main Street, Springvale. Visiting hours will begin at 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brownfield, Maine.

Condolences may be expressed at www.blackfuneralhomes.com.