Obituaries
Ansel N. Norton
Ansel Norton “Tup” Tupper, 81, of South Portland, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010.
He was born Aug, 26, 1928, in Concord, N.H., to Dorothy Wing Daggett and Harold Fisk Tupper.
He attended elementary school in Concord, N.H., and graduated from Dover High School in 1946 and the University of New Hampshire in 1950.
He participated in football and track throughout high school and college and was captain and co-captain of the UNH winter and spring track teams.
He won 11 letters – three in football and eight in track. He was an All-State end at Dover in 1945 and was inducted into the UNH Hall of Fame as a member of the Glass Bowl team.
On Dec. 30, 1950, he married Mary Virginia Deschenes.
Mr. Tupper taught and coached for one year at Morristown School for Boys in New Jersey before being called to active service as a reserve officer from June 1951 to January 1953.
He was employed by Maine Central Railroad/Portland Terminal Co. in 1953 as a student supervisor. He worked in numerous managerial positions, including trainmaster, superintendent, labor relations manager and was general manager of operations when he retired in 1984.
Mr. Tupper earned the Order of the Arrow as an Eagle Scout. An active member of the Centerboard Yacht Club for 40 years, he was elected commodore of the club in 1987.
He was an enthusiastic sailor and successful competitor who raced in Casco Bay. Mr. Tupper took great pride in and was a devoted supporter of each of his children and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Pamelia Tupper; and his infant daughter, Mary.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia; sons Christopher N. and his wife, Helen (Cricket), of Cundy’s Harbor; Stephen H. and his wife, Clara-Marie, of Rolla, Mo., Nicholas J. and his wife, Susan, of Marietta, Ga.; Nathaniel J. and his wife, Judith, of Yarmouth; and Benjamin T. and his wife, Mariana, of Yarmouth; his daughter, M. Ellen and her husband, Thomas M. Carr, of Scituate, Mass.; his sister, Nancy H. Otis and her husband, Don B. Otis, of Manchester, Vt.; 17 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were by Hobbs Fueral Home, South Portland.
Ansel Norton “Tup” Tupper, 81, of South Portland, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010.
He was born Aug, 26, 1928, in Concord, N.H., to Dorothy Wing Daggett and Harold Fisk Tupper.
He attended elementary school in Concord, N.H., and graduated from Dover High School in 1946 and the University of New Hampshire in 1950.
He participated in football and track throughout high school and college and was captain and co-captain of the UNH winter and spring track teams.
He won 11 letters – three in football and eight in track. He was an All-State end at Dover in 1945 and was inducted into the UNH Hall of Fame as a member of the Glass Bowl team.
On Dec. 30, 1950, he married Mary Virginia Deschenes.
Mr. Tupper taught and coached for one year at Morristown School for Boys in New Jersey before being called to active service as a reserve officer from June 1951 to January 1953.
He was employed by Maine Central Railroad/Portland Terminal Co. in 1953 as a student supervisor. He worked in numerous managerial positions, including trainmaster, superintendent, labor relations manager and was general manager of operations when he retired in 1984.
Mr. Tupper earned the Order of the Arrow as an Eagle Scout. An active member of the Centerboard Yacht Club for 40 years, he was elected commodore of the club in 1987.
He was an enthusiastic sailor and successful competitor who raced in Casco Bay. Mr. Tupper took great pride in and was a devoted supporter of each of his children and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Pamelia Tupper; and his infant daughter, Mary.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia; sons Christopher N. and his wife, Helen (Cricket), of Cundy’s Harbor; Stephen H. and his wife, Clara-Marie, of Rolla, Mo., Nicholas J. and his wife, Susan, of Marietta, Ga.; Nathaniel J. and his wife, Judith, of Yarmouth; and Benjamin T. and his wife, Mariana, of Yarmouth; his daughter, M. Ellen and her husband, Thomas M. Carr, of Scituate, Mass.; his sister, Nancy H. Otis and her husband, Don B. Otis, of Manchester, Vt.; 17 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were by Hobbs Fueral Home, South Portland.
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