Hazel M Harrison

Following is the obituary of the artist, Hazel M. Harrison, from Portland Press Herald, Maine a longtime resident of, and art teacher and artist in Sanford, Maine died on July 4, 2011, at the Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. She was born in Thomaston on Oct. 13, 1915, the daughter of William and Marie Malina (Regis) Harrison and moved to Sanford at the age of two. A highly educated woman, she graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Farmington State Teachers College, attended the Portland School of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire. She taught art in the Sanford school system for 35 years where she was known to be tough and demanding yet fair.