The funeral service and burial will be at the convenience of the family.

Born Aug. 27, 1943, in Watertown, son of Charles and Edith Chrisman, Eastman, he attended Belleville Central School. He worked on his father’s dairy farm for a few years.

He was a heavy equipment operator for Eastman Corporation in Ellisburg for twelve years, worked for Tug Hill Construction of Watertown for twenty five years, and other construction companies retiring in 2007. At the time of his death, he was working part time with Morgan Williams Construction in Belleville.

He married his companion of twenty six years, Loretta Miller Mesler, on March 7, 2008. Two previous marriages ended in divorce.

Surviving are his wife, Loretta; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Jamie and his fiancée Diane Miller, Mannsville, Ralph, Ellisburg, and Russell and Michele, Belleville; a daughter, Kimberly and her fiancé, Chris Lee, Pulaski; three stepdaughters and their husbands, Tammy and Miles Forbes, Buffalo, Tina and Ronald Majerus, Mexico, and Terri and Perry Phillips, Pierrepont Manor; a stepson and his wife, Todd and Jessica Mesler, Mannsville; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Eleanor and Willis Green, Belleville, Beverly Ann Eastman of Ellisburg; nephews, cousins and an aunt.

He enjoyed working in his shop (mancave), watching NASCAR, spending time with his grandson Logan and stepgrandchildren, his morning coffee at the diner with his friends and his work as a heavy equipment operator.