Walter M. Norton of Harpswell died Tuesday May 31, 2016.
Born in Harpswell, May 19, 1925 ,he was the 4th son of George Edward and Hattie Cheney Merriman Norton
Enlisting in the US Army Air force in 1943, he served for 2 years as a Navigator. In 1952 he married Helen P. Appell of York Pa.
He graduated from the University of Maine as a Civil Engineer in 1950 and received an MA in Commercial Insurance from the Wharton School of Finance, Philadelphia, in 1975.
Walter owned and operated the Norton Insurance Agency/ Norton Financial for over 20 years and was President of Casco Cable, a subsidiary of Susquehanna Communications. He was a member of the Elijah Kellogg Church in Harpswell and a past president of the Brunswick Rotary Club.
Walter, a life long resident of Harpswell, cared deeply about Harpswell, the environment, loved to garden, and enjoyed traveling to exotic places.
He is survived by his wife, Helen A Norton of Harpswell, daughters Helen Coon and her husband, John, of Brunswick, Nena M. Norton of Harpswell and Sandra N Davis of Topsham, a brother Andrew A. of Brunswick and his wife Cheryl, two sisters, Hannah N. Dring of Harpswell and Augusta Duncan of Lynn,MA along with five grandchildren, Hannah, Aryn and Hallie Coon of Brunswick and Craig Davis and Nathan Norton of Topsham, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three brothers, George Edward Norton, Jr., Charles Edwin Norton, and Warren Victor Norton.
A celebration of his life will be held at 4PM July 23rd at their home, 126 Skassen Lane, in Harpswell for family and friends
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Harpswell Historical Society, 929 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Road, Bigelow Laboratory, PO Box 380, East Boothbay, Maine 04544 or an organization of ones choosing.
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