Local Barber Trying To Remember How Many Ears This Guy Had When He Came In

WINTHROP — Francis Lorette lay awake Saturday morning thinking about his life as a barber. The 76-year-old was trying to decide if he should quit after almost 50 years of trimming hair at Lorette’s Barber Shop in Winthrop. His part-time associate barber from Pittsfield, Rick Lynds, ended up in the hospital recently with an aortic aneurysm. Lynds has been at Eastern Maine Medical Center and wasn’t expected to return to work for more than a month. Then, Lorette’s sister died, along with his good friend, Augusta barber Zane Peters. To top it off, he had to put down his cat of 15 years. “I haven’t been able to sleep; I’ve been so stressed,” Lorette said. He said after not sleeping, at 3:30 a.m. he said to himself, “I guess now is the time.” On his way out the door Saturday morning he told his wife, Gloria, that it might be his last day. She said they had been discussing the possibility of retirement, which she encouraged, but what he said as he left for work really didn’t sink in. (read more at KennebecJournal)

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