BELGRADE -- Dwight Richard Alexander, 71, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at the VA medical center hospice at Togus after a two-year battle with cancer.He was born in Belgrade on Dec. 7, 1941, the son of Charles and Carolyn (Warren) Alexander. Dwight attended local schools, graduating from Williams High School in Oakland. He served in the Army. Dwight was employed many years by Central Maine Power Co. and was a former member of the Belgrade Lions Club and the North Belgrade Fire Department. He had served on the Belgrade Planning Commission and volunteered at the Central Maine Recovery Group in Waterville. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and his love of the outdoors.He is survived by his children, Craig Alexander, of Belgrade, and B.J. Penn and husband Scott, of Lewisberry, Pa.; brothers and sisters: Maxine Bouchard, Gail French, Edith Stratton and husband Wallace, Melvin Alexander, Mike Alexander and wife Penny, and Keith Alexander, all of Belgrade, Brian Alexander, of Rome, Diane Alexander and partner Julie, of Berwick, Cory Alexander and wife Marsha, of Oakland, and Cindy Foss, of Norridgewock; and many nieces and nephews.An outdoor memorial service in celebration of Dwight's life will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, at North Bay Estates, Bay View Drive, off Route 8 in North Belgrade (two miles from Route 137/Route 8 intersection and 4.3 miles from Route 27/Route 8 intersection). A reception will follow.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Pine Tree Society, 114 Pine Tree Camp Road, Rome, ME 04963.Arrangements are by Wheeler Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Oakland.