Herb was born December 24, 1917 in Malden, Mass., the son of Harry and Frances (Shove) Damon. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Amherst College. Soon after his college graduation he enlisted in the Navy, serving as an officer aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Smith in the South Pacific from 1941 to 1945. Having earned seven battle stars, he was second in command of the ship when he was finally transferred stateside to teach naval science at the University of Texas. In 1946, Herb married Margaret “Peggy” Damon and he obtained a master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry as they were starting a family. After moving to North Conway in 1949, he owned and operated several ventures, including the Carroll County Service Company, a propane gas and appliance business, and a sawmill. He also worked as a forester, real estate agent and carpenter. From 1961 to the mid 1970’s, he taught general science to hundreds of junior high school students in Conway and Tamworth. In 1975, Herb and Peggy moved to Tamworth, where they started Hollow Hill Farm, a pick-your-own apple and berry business. They fully retired in 1993 and moved to New London. When Peggy began battling health problems, Herb became her devoted caregiver until her death in September 2007. From his early experiences on a canoe trip down the Allagash River at summer camp, he fell in love with the woods, mountains and streams of northern New England, a love that is evident in his many watercolor landscape paintings. He was an early trustee of the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, and, with Peggy, an avid birder for many years. Together they traveled from the Galapagos to Africa on birding and nature expeditions. Herb enjoyed young people of all abilities, volunteering time with the Eastern Slope Ski Club, Junior Ski Program, Boy Scouts, Little League and Community Center in North Conway. He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and uncle and his lively, irreverent sense of humor will be missed. Herb is survived by his children Edward N. Damon and his wife, Claudia, of Concord, Martha C. Damon and her husband, John Kane, of Huntingtown, Maryland, and Susan B. Damon and her husband, James Hurst, of Grantham; grandchildren Caroline Damon and her husband Andrew Gardner, Samuel Damon, Matthew Kane, David Kane, Edward Kane and Anna Hurst; brother Stephen Damon and his wife Ginny, of Tamworth, and sister Patricia Niswander and her husband Don, of Concord; and numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. Besides Peggy, Herb was predeceased by an older brother, Harry “Bus” Damon, of Grand Rapids, Michigan and an older sister, Katharine Reed, of North Conway.