Stanley Mark Hawthorne

Stanley Mark Hawthorne, 73, of Windham, Maine passed away on June 11, 2023, after a long brave hard-fought battle with diabetes, heart failure, and kidney failure. He is survived by his loving wife and sweetheart of fifty years Corinne “Renee” Hawthorne, his daughter Michelle Hayhurst and husband Roger Hayhurst and grandsons Maxwell, Jack, Oliver, and Samuel, his son Christopher Hawthorne and wife Natasha Hawthorne, granddaughter Victoria, and daughter Kristin Conroy “little pumpkie” and husband Nicholas Conroy, and granddaughter Kali and grandson Owen, and brother John “Jack” Hawthorne and wife Dareth Hawthorne, sister in law Kathleen Hawthorne, and sister Judith “Judi” Hanks, as well as many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents Rev. John Richard Hawthorne and Sarah Council Reese Hawthorne, sister Sharon Peters, and brother and best friend Stephen Hawthorne. Stan was born to missionary parents on June 4, 1950, in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His mother traveled three days on mule back to give birth to him in a hospital. He lived in the Andes Mountains amongst the natives until the age of 8. When he returned to the United States his family lived in California and then later moved to Bergenfield, NJ where he attended high school and was an avid athlete in wrestling and football. The youngest of five he grew up idolizing his big brother Steve and they remained extremely close until Steve lost his battle to cancer in 2018. In 1969, Stan enlisted in the US Navy and served two tours in the Vietnam War on a PCF Swift Boat. When he returned from Vietnam he was stationed in Groton, CT and was on the USS Greenling. This was Stan’s second escape from death, when the USS Greenling on a training mission went 150-200 feet below crush depth and lived to tell the tale. It was in Groton, CT that he met the love of his life Renee and talked her into spending the rest of her life with him. Soon after marrying in 1974, they had their first daughter Michelle in Illinois. Then traveled all over the United States camping and visiting nearly every national park over a seven-week period. When they settled in Arizonia they had their son Christopher, and then returned to the east coast to Connecticut where Stan attended UCONN and later had his youngest daughter, Kristin. In 1984, he moved the family to New Hampshire where he attended Franklin Pierce Law School. For the next thirty years he practiced Family and Criminal Law in the Tri-City and Lakes Region Area. He loved to argue and prove his point, the only thing he might have loved more was driving. He took several breaks from practicing law to pursue his other passion as an Interstate truck driver. His hobbies varied greatly, from hiking the White Mountains and Grand Canyon with his son Chris and friends, to snowmobiling to Canada with his wife, fishing and canoeing many streams and lakes across the USA and camping with his wife and children telling ghost stories around the campfire. When Stan retired in 2018, he and his wife moved to Windham, Maine to live closer to his youngest daughter Kristin and grandkids. Throughout his years on earth, he shined his light on many people and was quick to help anyone in need. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and patriot and will be greatly missed. A graveside service will be held at Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery on Thursday, August 10 at 12:00 P.M. at Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 83 Stanley Road in Springvale. To leave a message of condolence click on Stanley’s Remember Page.