Calvin Cutler Coburn, 74, died on Feb. 14 at his Deep River home. He was the husband of Lynn Coburn. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 9, 1937, son of Alice May (Gillis) Coburn and Stuart Finney Coburn.  He was a financial advisor and branch manager for A.G. Edwards & Sons and later for UBS Financial Services.  Mr. Coburn moved to Connecticut in 1983 where he built an A.G. Edwards office, first in Essex, then in Madison.

Before moving to Connecticut, Mr. Coburn lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he served his community as treasurer of the Connecticut River Watershed Council, as a member of the Holyoke Conservation Commission, and as a director of the Therapeutic Equestrian Program Endowment Fund.

“Captain Cal,” as he was known by his friends and family, was an accomplished boater and waterman, and he loved salt-water fishing.  He was also an avid hunter and enjoyed hunting, both in Maine and Canada. In addition, Mr. Coburn was an adventurer and a world traveler.  As a conservationist, he developed wildlife sanctuaries on his properties in Maine and in Connecticut.

Besides his wife, he is survived by his son, Christopher Cutler Coburn and his wife Sandra of Sebago, Maine; daughter Theresa Alice Coburn of Portland, Maine; and daughter Shari Lynn Coburn and her partner Suzanne M. Vogel of Gray, Maine.  He is also survived by three grandchildren,  Stuart Calvin Coburn, Karah Christine Coburn, and Christopher Finney Coburn, all of Maine; three sisters, Lois Hoch and her husband Bud Hoch of Waldoboro, Maine, Fern Skellings, also of Waldoboro, Maine, and Joan Bruso and her husband Richard Bruso of Chicopee, Massachusetts; and a brother, Robert Coburn of Daytona Beach, Florida.

Private memorial services will be held in Maine and Connecticut in the spring.  The Coburn family suggests that, in lieu of flowers, donations in his memory be made to Mystic Seaport, P.O. Box 6000, Mystic, CT 06355-0990, or to the Eastern Connecticut Hematology and Oncology (ECHO) Foundation, 330 Washington St., Suite 220, Norwich, CT 06360. The Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook, is in charge of arrangements. To share a memory of Cal or leave a condolence for his family please visit www.rwwfh.com.