GORHAM- Clyde Percy Grant, age 90, of Gorham, Maine passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
Clyde grew up in Down East Maine in the town of Jonesport. He often went lobstering with his
uncle. He and his mother moved to Portland and Clyde attended Deering High School and went
on to graduate from the University of Maine in Orono in 1950 with a BS in Engineering Physics.
Clyde worked college summers as a surveyor in the town of Flagstaff, Maine. He was a member
of ROTC during college and after graduating, joined the Army and became a captain in the
Signal Corps, going to Greenland. He was a member of the Army reserves as well.
Surviving Clyde are his childhood sweetheart and wife of 71 years, Edith Corrine Hayford Grant;
his children Gail Hood and Charlie Gould of South Portland, Deborah Stiteler, and Daniel Grant
and Linda Evans of Gorham. Predeceasing Clyde was his son David Grant. Clyde’s
grandchildren are Jennie, Greg and Bobby Hood, John and Matt Stiteler; and George, Brittany
and Isabell Grant. Clyde had four great grandchildren.
Clyde‘s career as a physicist, inventor, and quoting process expert lead to several patents for
specialty paper manufacturing. His career spanned 46 years at SD Warren in Westbrook.
Clyde loved his family fiercely, was an active member of Lions Club, was a member of the
Gorham school committee. Yearly he built a skating rink in the backyard, helped his sons build
boats racing carts and repair cars as they were older. He was a lover of apples and learned of
many varieties and would pick a trailer full of bushels with his family each year. Clyde loved his
woodstove and enjoyed the yearly process of getting a stash of wood for the winter. He loved to
tromp through the woods, row his green rowboat at the beloved family camp on Moose Pond,
and to fish all over the state, especially with his sons and grandsons at West Grand Lake.
Clyde was a deacon at the First Parish Church in Gorham and assisted in the new building,
heating system, bell tower and clock refurbishing project. He was an avid boating aficionado
and kept a boat in Portland Harbor for many summers. His favorite thing of all was to sit with
friends and family and talk and laugh, and he taught many of us important life lessons by
example with his steadfast kindness and understated ways. He will live on in our hearts always.
A memorial service will be held at the First Parish Congregational Church of Gorham at 11
o’clock Saturday, November 23, 2019, with a luncheon following the service to be held in the
fellowship hall.
Online condolence messages can be submitted at the Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service website, www.mainefuneral.com
Please remember Clyde with fondness as you are out in nature, and donations would be
graciously accepted in his remembrance for a charity of your choosing.
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