KISSIMMEE, FL - Timothy Wayne Severance, age 77, passed away peacefully on November 8th, 2024.
He was born September 6th, 1947, and was raised in Kennebunk, Maine, a place he would always call home no matter where he lived. After graduating from Kennebunk High School, he started his long career in the hospitality industry as a bellhop at Portland’s Eastland Hotel, where he worked his way up to become the general manager. He went on to manage other Dunfey/Omni hotels in both Minneapolis and Washington, DC. After moving to Kissimmee, Florida he began his “retirement” dream job working for the Walt Disney Company at Epcot.
Tim enjoyed many sports including tennis, softball and volleyball. He loved traveling, especially to Hong Kong where he enjoyed walking the streets, visiting the outlying islands and eating shrimp dumplings and Singapore fried vermicelli. He also liked beachcombing for his shell and sea glass collection, nature, American history and politics, and most of all spending time with his daughter and granddaughter who were his greatest source of love and pride.
Whenever he returned home to Maine to visit his family, he made sure to get his favorite Maine foods - Italian sandwiches, lobster rolls, and whoopie pies!
Tim was predeceased by his mother, Dorothy Mae Severance; father, Henry Bean Severance; sister Cynthia Severance and brother Philip Alan Severance.
Tim is survived by his wife Angie Chan; his daughter, Elizabeth White and her husband David of Buxton; his granddaughter, Emily White of Buxton; his sister Judith Ann Doherty of Scarborough, and his brother James Michael Severance and husband Charlie Smith of Kissimmee, FL. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
A graveside funeral service will be held at noon on Saturday November 23, 2024, at the South Buxton Cemetery in the Woodman (New Section) on Woodman Road.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton, www.mainefuneral.com