Obituary

 BEAN, Paul M. Of South Yarmouth, MA, formerly of Melrose, MA and Carrabassett Valley, ME, at age 84 on August 21, 2018. For 58 wonderful years, he was the husband of Anne Carroll Bean. A life-long educator, after graduating from Springfield College in 1956, Paul coached and taught physical education at Melrose High School (from which he graduated in 1952) for 30 years and was inducted into the Melrose Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998. He spent summers working on Cape Cod and moved permanently to South Yarmouth in 1995. With his smooth, classic style, Paul was a familiar sight at Sugarloaf in Maine, where he skied from 1958 until just before his 82nd birthday in 2016. A great golfer as well and a frequent sailor on Lewis Bay in West Yarmouth, he loved being outdoors and active. Paul is survived by his wife and by his two daughters, Heidi Bean and her husband Ross Little, of South Portland, ME and Gretchen Bergill and her husband Stefan Bergill, of Kents Hill, ME. He was the admiring and involved Grandpapa of Nik, Phoebe, and Ingrid. He also leaves his sister Alice Cole and her husband Alton Cole, as well as sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dot and Joe Mirisola. Although services will be private, the family is being supported by Dennett, Craig and Pate Funeral Home of Saco, ME. More information is available at their website www.dcpate.com. In memory of your friendship with Paul, donations may be made to the Melrose High School Permanent Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 760695, Melrose, MA 02176, Attention: Paul M. Bean Scholarship (www.mhsfund.org), or to the South Yarmouth United Methodist Church, 324 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA 02664.

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place; The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face; When I have crost the bar.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Published by Boston Globe from Aug. 21 to Aug. 22, 2018.