Millard A. Hanson

Millard A. “Bud” Hanson 1930-2022 SCARBOROUGH—Millard A. “Bud” Hanson, 92, of Scarborough died Sunday July 24, 2022 surrounded by his family. He was born March 4, 1930 the son of Harry G. and Mildred (Cushing) Hanson. He lived in Woodford’s Corner of Portland and graduated from Deering High School in 1948 where he was on the Varsity Swim Team, winning medals in the 50 and 100 yard events. He attended Portland Jr. College, UVM in Portland and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy on the G.I. Bill. As a teenager, Bud was a “Soda Jerk” in his father’s corner drug store, H.G. Hanson Drug Store, across from Lincoln Park in Portland. May 17, 1952 he married Georgia Vomvilas in Portland. He proudly served in the United States Naval Reserve and the United States Air Force with 6 years of service. He was a Radiologist Tech serving in the Middle East and in Southeast Asia. In 1954 he was employed by New England Telephone and Telegraph in Portland and was also Commercial Business Office Manager in Montpelier, Vermont and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He took an early retirement from the Telephone Company on October 1, 1981. Bud was an Institutional Representative with the Boy Scouts and started a Cub Scout Pack in Portland at Nason’s Corner. He helped start a Toast-Master Club in Woodford’s Corner and active in the Rotary Club. Bud and Georgia relocated to North Conway, New Hampshire in 1982. He was active in the retail discount operations there and worked for ten years at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway. In 1998, they moved back to Maine and settled in Scarborough. He was a member of the Scarborough Planning Board for nine years and was a volunteer at the Veterans Home and Scarborough Terrace. He was active in the local school and town activities. He was a 32nd degree Mason for 60 years. Bud was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Ralph, James and Harry. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Georgia; two daughters, Diane Eisenhuth and her husband, John of Scarborough and Karen E. Bravo and her husband Michael of Amelia Island, Florida; his sister, Nancy Snyder, of Louden, NH and his grandchildren, Spencer Eisenhuth of Poughkeepsie, NY and Blair A. Bravo of Brookhaven, GA. All services for Bud were private. Expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of donations to the Boston Shriner’s Hospital, Attn. Processing Center, P.O. Box 947765 Atlanta, GA 30394