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Obituary for Gloria Diane Beal

Gloria Diane  Beal
TENANTS HARBOR - Gloria D. Beal, passed peacefully, Wednesday, February 4, 2015, surrounded by her family at Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.
Born in Wilton, Maine, January 18, 1942, she was the daughter of Frederick W. and Hilda Hodgkins Fields. Growing up in Rockland, she attended local schools.
During her younger years, she was an avid roller skater, having been introduced to that sport by her father who was a state champion skater.
After her marriage Preston Beal, Sr., Gloria devoted her life as a homemaker and mother to her four children. She later worked at various jobs.
For the past 35 years, she has been a loving companion to Edward B. Thorbjornson. She enjoyed keeping beautiful flower gardens around their home. For more than 20 years, Gloria and Ed spent a few weeks each winter at Lighthouse Cove, Florida. With two other couples, for about ten years, they chartered a yacht in the Virgin Islands, captaining that vessel themselves as they cruised the island waters.
Her greatest loves were Ed, her children and grandchildren.
Other than her parents, Gloria was pre-deceased by a brother Robert Fields in 1969, and a step-son, Gary Thorbjornson in 2005. She is survived by her beloved Ed; two sons, Preston ‘Buddy’ Beal and his wife Alisa, Michael Beal, all of Tenants Harbor; two daughters, Bonnie Beal and her companion Darrel Guptil of Spruce Head, Melony Beal of Rockland; one brother Timothy Fields of Hope; three sisters, Betty Pease and her husband Douglas of Union, Chris Lyon and her husband Mike of Hollywood, FL, Rhoda Fields of Montville; her step-children, Theresa L. Thorbjornson and her companion Jacques Lemaire of Rockland, Edward E. Thorbjornson and his wife Stephanie of Tenants Harbor, Travis Thorbjornson and his wife Renee of Thomaston; Tammy Thorbjornson of Tenants Harbor; a sister-in-law, Diane Fields of Windsor, CT; ten grandchildren, Joshua, Lacey, Megan, Sierra, Jordan, Addison, Taryn, Morgan, Ava, Cole; nine great-grandchildren, Alexa, Andrew, B.J., Brianna, Aaliyah, Kaliegh, Landen, Jayce, Natalie; eight step-grandchildren, Jayce, Anna, Jacqueline, Erica, Garret, Zachary, Lauren, and Eli; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be announced in the spring. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St., Rockland. To share a memory or condolence with Gloria’s family, please visit her Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the St. George Ambulance & Firefighters Assoc., P.O. Box 249, Tenants Harbor, ME 04860.

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