Clarissa Turnbull Percival, 70, of Alna, went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 26.
Born in York on Sept. 18, 1936, she was the daughter of Eileen Nickerson and Joseph Willey Turnbull.
She was a graduate of Berwick Academy in South Berwick, class of 1955, and a graduate of McIntosh Business College, Dover, N.H. While attending college she worked for Leon R. Jellerson, M.D. in North Berwick, where she became a registered medical secretary under his tutelage.
She married Harry E. Percival, Jr. in 1959. They lived in Calais, Bangor, Augusta, and Somerville before moving to Alna to care for her father-in-law.
She enjoyed being a mother, homemaker and caregiver. She volunteered for Girl Scouts, running 5-day clubs and weekly Child Evangelism Fellowship clubs. She was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Wiscasset where she taught Sunday school class. She worked at Miles Memorial Hospital in the admitting department, and for Damariscotta Lake State Park in Jefferson.
She was predeceased by her infant brother, William; parents; and her husband of 42 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Luce and husband Greg of Radcliff, Ky. and their 11 children; sons, Harry E. Percival III (Buster) and Janet McLain and their three children of Somerville, and Christopher Percival and wife Angela of Waldoboro; two great-grandchildren; brother, Linwood Turnbull of South Berwick; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial service 2 p.m., Sat., Feb. 3 at the Bible Baptist Church, 143 Beechnut Hill Rd., Wiscasset.
Burial will be in the spring at the family plot on Colomy Lane in Somerville.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to either The Bible Baptist Church Missions Fund, or the WW&F Railway Museum, P.O. Box 242, Alna, ME 04535.
