Eliot- Robert T. Raeside, 77 of Beech Road in Eliot died on November 14, 2020 at his home surrounded by loved ones following a period of declining health.

Born in Portsmouth on May 12, 1943 he was a son of the late Mary Elizabeth (Pearsall) and Robert Raeside. He was raised in Eliot attending local schools, graduating from Eliot High School. He furthered his education at McIntosh Business School .

Robert proudly served his country in the United States Coast Guard.

He shared thirty years with his loving wife Alice Marie (Bennett) and together they enjoyed making their home in Eliot.

He had a life long love of antique autos, from his first 1937 pickup truck in high school, to the many antique autos he restored and showed and the wonderful family of friends he and Alice enjoyed at car shows over the years.

He is survived by his wife Alice, daughters; Roxanne Raeside Wilton and her husband Dr James Wilton, Julie and her husband Brian Perreault, and Karen Lee Boston, twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren and two expected to join he family soon as well as a sister Meredith and her husband Kenneth Dame and four nieces and nephews.

Funeral service with burial in brooks memorial park in Eliot will be private. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com . Services may be viewed by visiting https://my.gather.app/remember/robert-raeside . In lieu of flowers, donations may be in his memory to Tunnel to Towers Foundation at https://tunnel2towers.org/ . Care for the Raeside family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey and Son Funeral Home.