Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Summer 2009 | Page 15
In Memoriam
The names that appear below have been received by Thornton Academy since Postscripts
was last published. We make every effort to notify our readers about alumni and others associated with TA who are deceased, but we rely on friends and family to send us obituaries,
especially for those living out of state. Send notices to the Alumni Office at 438 Main St.,
Saco, ME 04072 or e-mail [email protected].
ALUMNI
1930: Mildred I. Hill Cole of Dover, NH, in April 2009
1934: Donald H. Young of Portland in March 2009
1934: Marie Jeanne Fournier Putney of Saco in December 2008
1936: Walter Johnson of Scottsboro, Ala., in December 2008
1937: Louis J. Fournier of Auburn in December 2008
1938: Margaret West Perkins of Chelsea in March 2009
1938: Royal W. Smith of Kennebunk in March 2009
1939: Fernand Madore of Saco in May 2009
1940: Leatrice Lundstrom Morin of Old Orchard Beach in July 2009
1940: Dorothy Meserve Neithercut of East Waterboro in June 2009
1940: Van Psomiades of South Portland in April 2009
1940: Charles Sherrard of Biddeford in January 2009
1943: Robert W. Bergeron of Scarborough in November 2008
1943: Albert Desrochers Jr. of Saco in February 2009
1943: James P. Litchos of Statesville, N.C., in Janaury 2009
1943: Elizabeth Leavitt Nieuland of Old Orchard Beach in February 2009
1945: Roland Adjutant of Saco in January 2009
1945: Richard Burgess of Kennebunk in June 2009
1945: Bertha Weymouth Nunan of Kennebunkport in January 2009
1947: Josephine Pasterczyk Garbowski of Salisbury, Mass., in March 2009
1949: Barbara Pellerin Jackson of Saco in February 2009
1954: Jean Paul Belisle of Gulfport, Miss.
1952: Lawrence Meserve of Saco in July 2009
1952: Kenneth F. Pendleton of Biddeford in May 2009
1953: Beverly A. Lacy of Saco in January 2009. See story on page 9.
1953: Gary Carter of Wilson Manors, Florida, in April 2009
1954: Ira L. Eastman of Gorham in December 2008
1956: Norman V. Lombard of Buckhannon, W. Va., in May 2009
1956: Patricia Sheehan Ridley of Saco in March 2009
1960: Linda Lake Andrews of Old Lyme, Conn., in May 2009
1961: Karen Anne Burnham of Saco in July 2009
1962: Carole Marie Berube Larson of Gray in April 2009
1964: Florence Rossignol Benson of Saco in June 2009
1964: Gary Gross of Inverness, Fla., in July 2009
1964: Leroy Madore of Biddeford in May 2009
1965: Alwin Douville of Biddeford in May 2009
1965: Sandra Zaitlin Sime of Littleton, Mass., in February 2009
1967: Irene Taschereau Adams of Kennebunk in January 2009
1972: Michael Danis of Saco in April 2009
1972: Ronald Nichols of Saco in May 2009
1975: Thomas Ouellette of Saco in March 2009
1977: Cindy L. Anderson Saco in April 2009
1978: Robert Lee Plummer of Windham in June 2009
1979: Raymond Gionest Jr. of Biddeford in March 2009
1980: Deborah M. Brunelle Wingfield of Saco in July
1992: Shawn Parks of Biddeford in December 2008
1998: Daniel Hirtle of Portland in April 2009
Marjorie Garland
Marjorie Garland of Saco
died peacefully in March. “Marge” was born Jan. 11, 1917 in
Rochester, N.H., the daughter
of Preston and Clara Chapman.
She trained as a nurse at Webber Hospital in Biddeford.
In September 1939, she
married Harry P. Garland II, a
former member and president
of Thornton’s Board of Trustees. The two made their home
in Saco and together raised two
sons who survive her, Charlie
Garland ’58 and Stephen B.
Garland ’64. Stephen is a current member of the Board of
Trustees.
The Garland family provided Thornton with a major family gift for our auditorium, built
in 1996, which was named in
Harry’s memory. The spring
musical production of “Footloose” was dedicated to Marge.
Marge served many years as
a member of Wardwell Home’s
Board of Directors, was a member of the Southern Maine
Medical Center Auxiliary and
an active membe ȁ