PORTLAND – William Paul Clarke Held, 33, of Portland, died Sunday, May 16, 2021.He was born April 7, 1988, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the loving son of Marc Keith Held and Kathryn Mary Clarke, loving brother to Emily Held of Brighton, Mass.,, Becca Held of Santa Monica, Calif., and Jonathan Held of Yarmouth.Will graduated from Yarmouth High School in the class of 2006, and was the quarterback of the Yarmouth High School football team. He attended one year at the University of Maine, Orono, and was also part of their football camp.He was an accomplished musician and a member of Portland’s own band Mouth Washington. A man of many artistic talents, he was a chef, a painter, and worked in pastels and sketch art, songwriting and poetry.He was the manager of Otto’s Pizza on Congress Street in Portland for numerous years, and currently worked at Micucci’s Grocery on India Street.Will was humble, adventurous, outgoing, with a whip-smart and goofy sense of humor. He loved kayaking the Cousins River out to the ocean with family and friends, Frisbee golf, tennis and especially entertaining and engaging everyone he met.His silhouette could always be seen up at the prom – a tall man in a jean jacket, black beanie and headphones on. He sewed hearts together with the thread of love and kindness, and he will be missed forever.A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, 326 Main Street, Yarmouth, on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at 10 a.m. The family respectfully requests that all attendees wear a mask. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yarmouth. Arrangements are under the direction of the Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland. To view Will’s memorial page or, to share an online condolence, please visit http://www.ConroyTullyWalker.com Those who wish may make memorial contributions in Will’s memory may be made to: Adoption Solutions of Maine,253 Main Street,Yarmouth, ME 04096or, All Roads Music Festival at http://www.allroadsmusicfest.org

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