PORTLAND — Elizabeth A. Fortin, age 89, of Freeport and formerly of Country Lane, Brunswick, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, at Maine Medical Center. She was born March 10, 1925, in Bath, the daughter of Joseph and Teresa Conley Clancy.
She attended Fort Fairfield schools and graduated from Bath High School in 1943. She attended the Golden Beauty and Culture School in Portland, and became a hairdresser for a short time until her marriage to Eugene “Pete” Fortin on Sept. 28, 1946. He passed away on Jan. 11, 1985.
Betty was a homemaker and also, along with her husband, owned and operated Fortin Fuel and Lumber from 1949 until 1959. She then worked with her husband in their income tax and real estate business, Clifford- Fortin Real Estate.
Besides her husband Pete, she is predeceased by one great-grandchild, Simon Eli Clark Fortin.
She is survived by a son, J. Daniel Fortin of Lake Havasu City, AZ, a daughter-in-law Pamela Fortin of Timberlea, Nova Scotia, four grandchildren, Michelle, Joseph, Beth and Kate, and nine greatgrandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, Aug. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church-All Saints Parish, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Burial beside her husband will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Brunswick.
Memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.
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