Dr. Joseph T. DeGrinney, II

Dr. Joseph T. DeGrinney, II, 74, of Port Charlotte, Florida and Pine Point, Maine, died on December 1, 2015 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine, after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Joe was born on April 3, 1941, in Brighton, Mass., and he grew up in Arlington, Mass. He graduated from Saint Marys High School in 1959 and went on to attend Saint Michaels College in Colchester, Vermont. He graduated from St. Mikes in 1963 and entered medical school at the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. Joe earned his medical degree in 1967. During medical school, Joe met and married Patricia C. Petrella, a native of New Jersey. They moved to Portland, Maine in 1967, where Joe completed his medical residency at the Maine Medical Center. After his residency, Joe served as a doctor in the Air Force, and he and his family were stationed at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Joe earned the rank of Major before leaving active duty in 1972, whereupon he, Patricia and their three children moved to Livermore Falls, Maine, where they settled and Joe established a medical practice with his longtime colleague and partner, Dr. Will Eastman. Joe practiced family medicine in the Jay/Livermore Falls area for many years. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to fish and spend time at his camp in Fayette, Maine, as well as a beach house in Pine Point that he and his family bought in the early 80s. In 1987, as the children went on to college in other states, Joe and Patricia lived for several years in Massachusetts, where he continued to practice medicine at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro and Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In 1992, Joe and Patricia moved back to Maine, living year-round at the house in Pine Point while he continued to practice family medicine at Mercy Hospital in Portland. In 2003, he retired from medicine and began to spend winters in Port Charlotte, Florida. In early 2009, Patricia passed away, and Joe re-married on May 28, 2011 to Judith E. Eisel, of Woburn, Mass. Joe and Judy lived thereafter in Port Charlotte, Florida and Pine Point. Joe is predeceased by his parents, Joseph and Mary Lilian (York) DeGrinney, as well as his first wife, Patricia Petrella DeGrinney. He is survived by his wife, Judith E. DeGrinney, formerly of Arlington and Woburn, Mass. and now of Port Charlotte, Fla.; his sister, Roberta D. Cernota, and her husband, Al, and her son, Andrew, of Nashua, New Hampshire; two sons, Joseph Timothy DeGrinney III and his wife Susan, of Scarborough, Maine and John Paul DeGrinney and his wife Gisele, of Scarborough, Maine; one daughter, Carolyn DeGrinney Mitchell and her husband Dan, also of Scarborough, Maine; and eight grandchildren, Joseph Timothy (J.T.) DeGrinney, IV, Nicholas Patrick DeGrinney, Robert Joseph Mitchell, Maureen Elizabeth DeGrinney, Meghan Eileen DeGrinney, George Daniel Mitchell, Grace Frances DeGrinney and Dominic Francis DeGrinney. He is also survived by his stepchildren, Chris Eisel of Torrington, Cali., Mark Eisel of Bethesda, Maryland; step-grandchildren, Lauren K. Eisel, Ryan G. Eisel and Sarah J. Eisel. Joe impacted the lives of many people in many ways, too numerous to mention. Joe was a caring physician, a loving husband and father, a faithful Catholic and a steadfast friend to many. He will be greatly missed. Visiting hours will be from 9-11AM on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland with a 12PM Mass of Christian Burial to follow at St. Maximilian Kolbe, 150 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. To view Joes memorial page or to share an online condolence, please visit www.ctcrawford.com. In lieu of flowers, donations in Joes name may be made to: The Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Rd., Scarborough, ME 04074 or The Maine Right to Life Committee, P.O. Box 257 Auburn, ME 04212.