Thomas F. Moran

SOUTH PORTLAND – Thomas F. Moran, 87, of Running Hill Road died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 with his loving wife by his side.

Thomas was born in South Portland on May 13, 1936 to the late Edward J. and Clara M. (Crangle) Moran. Tom graduated from South Portland High School in the class of 1955 where he was a star on the basketball team, pitcher on the baseball team. He then continued his education at the University of Maine. Tom enlisted and served in the United States Army and National Guard.

Tom met and married the love of his life, Gertrude A. Leighton, who he met while she was a student at the Maine Medical Center School of Nursing.

As a salesman of electronics and industrial chemicals, Tom had a very successful career in sales, earning many awards and trips for his exceptional sales. He excelled in doing cold calls on customers and would walk away, making them feel like they had known him forever.

In his spare time Tom served as both vice-president and president of Downeast Ski Club and was on the Pleasant Mountain Ski Patrol. In 2003 he hiked the Appalachian Trail and in 2006 he and Gertrude moved to Florida where he spent most of his free time playing golf. He played in several golf tournaments and became Men’s Club Golf Champion, second level. He was a member of the South Portland Lions Club and also enjoyed playing golf at Riverside Golf Club in Portland.

Tom loved people and made lifelong friends wherever he went, whether on a trip to Bermuda or Hawaii with his wife. He loved to make new friends and was always searching for the laugh. Tom will long be remembered as a dynamic, engaging, loving, outgoing person who held family traditions in very high importance.

Tom was predeceased by a brother, Richard Moran, and a sister, Dorothy McHugh.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Gertrude Moran; three children, Debra Greenlaw, Jeanette Moran and Louis Moran; four grandchildren, Matthew Moran, Jason Greenlaw, Lauren Moran, and Brooklyn Moran; three great-grandchildren, Bella Moran, Celina Ariza, and Peyton Moran.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Black Point Road, Scarborough. To view Tom’s memorial page, or to share an online condolence, please visit http://www.ConroyTullyWalker.com

Those who wish may

make contributions in

Tom’s memory to

American Diabetes Foundation

P.O. Box 7023

Merrifield, VA 22116-7023