IN MEMORIAM
The names of the deceased below were received in our Development Office through February 15 . We rely on family and friends to send us obituaries ( especially for alumni who live outside of Maine ) through our website : thorntonacademy . org / stayintouch .
1941 Marion Fitanides Stickney in February 2019 1943 Ruth McKenney Desrochers in December 2022 1943 Rosalind DiPierro Urso in December 2022 1945 Janet Tripp Grant in December 2022 1945 Irene Tarazewich in November 2022 1947 Leonard Johnson in February 2023 1947 Joan Morse LaMontagne in September 2022 1948 Ann Knox Beote in February 2023 1948 Shirley Deane Werner in September 2022 1949 Shirley Harrisburg Korobkin in October 2022 1949 Jeanine Wortman Post in October 2022 1950 Irving Herrick in September 2022 1952 Mary Russell Oleson in October 2022 1953 David Kennedy in August 2022 1954 Clifford Purvis in January 2023 1955 Michael Bobryk in September 2022 1955 Donna Hill Lee in October 2022 1956 Violet Lamontagne Madore in September 2022 1957 Betty Barnes Swenson in August 2022 1958 Brenda Leach Haramis in December 2021 1962 Sally Armstrong Price in November 2022 1962 Richard Neault in February 2023 1963 Cathleen Clarke in December 2021 1964 William Coney in September 2022 1964 Karen Sheehan in January 2023 1964 Joseph Stickney in January 2023 1965 Rebecca Smith DeLuca in October 2022 1967 Shirley Grace Hawkins in November 2022 1967 David Wentworth in July 2021 1970 Joyce Carter Gendron in September 2022 1970 Susan Pollock Lamontagne in October 2021 1971 John Cliche in October 2022 1973 Janice Coffin Lamontagne in August 2022 1973 Gary Philbrick in January 2023 1974 Nadine Smart Lagueux in January 2023 1974 Clayton “ Joey ” Anderson in January 2023 1978 Craig Gardner in December 2022 1981 Tina Hanusek Antoine in January 2023 1984 Julie Ouellette King in October 2022 1984 Christine Murray in January 2023 2002 Adam Baillargeon in November 2022 2002 Brian Burns in December 2022 2013 Hayleigh Morrow in February 2023 2017 Frank Lacascia in September 2022
Faculty and staff : Mark Grose
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IN MEMORIUM
Clifford Purvis , Class of 1954
Clifford A . Purvis passed away on Sunday , January 8 , 2023 , at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough , peacefully and surrounded by his family .
Cliff was born September 15 , 1936 , in Woodstock , New Brunswick , Canada . The family moved to Carmel , Maine , when he was age 9 , then to Saco in 1951 . He graduated from Thornton in 1954 , where he participated in National Honor Society , baseball , cross country , and the Junior Play .
Cliff earned a degree in accounting from Bentley School of Accounting and Finance ( now Bentley University ). In 1959 , he married Joyce Marie Thurston ‘ 58 , whom he had met when they worked at the Cascade Inn . The two enjoyed traveling and attending their children ’ s and grandchildren ’ s sporting events .
Cliff opened a sole practitioner accounting office on Main Street in Saco , and became a real estate broker , eventually co-founding Vacationland Realty . He was a self-employed accountant and real estate broker for nearly 40 years , retiring in 1995 . He also served 6 years in the Air National Guard .
Cliff was Saco City Clerk for several years , and also owned and operated Saco Brick Company with his brother , Bob , for 4 years .
Cliff was very involved with his local community , volunteering for several organizations , including the Thornton Board of Trustees .
Survivors include his wife , Joyce Thurston Purvis , sons Eric Purvis ‘ 81 and his wife Kathryn , and Kirk Purvis ‘ 93 and his wife Abby ‘ 96 , and five grandchildren .