The Rev. Dr. Harold J. Mortimer September 23, 1929 January 11, 2012 The Rev. Dr. Harold J. Mortimer died peacefully at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The son of Harold J. and Ida Bush Mortimer, he was born in Danbury, CT on September 23, 1929, in Danbury, CT. A graduate of the Wooster School in Danbury, CT, he attended Brown University in Providence, RI, later receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Goddard College in Vermont, his Master of Divinity from Bangor Seminary in Bangor, ME, and his Doctor of Divinity from Boston University, in Boston, MA. Harold proudly served in the US Navy on board the destroyer USS Bausell, during the Korean War. Harold spent twenty years developing and managing low income housing for off-reservation Native Americans and the elderly in the Black Hills area and Rapid City, SD. His ""co-op"" model for housing is still considered an industry standard. Following his ordination in 1989, he provided interim parish ministries for the United Church of Christ in Longmont, CO, Ascutney, VT, Newport, NH, and Wilmot, NH. Greatly loved by his many friends and family members, he will be missed for his love of singing, laughter, great sense of humor, and his life long love of learning. He is survived by his wife the Rev. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Seals of Raymond, ME, his son Douglas and daughter-in-law Helen and granddaughter Nikki of Fresno, CA, step-grandsons Mark and Mylone of Republic of the Philippines; his son David and daughter-in-law Angie and granddaughters Hanna Leigh and Randi Jo Mortimer of Rapid City, SD; his daughter Jill and son-in-law Guy Kovacevich of McCoy, CO; his step-daughters Sarah and son-in-law Larry and granddaughter Molly Weston of Danville, NH; Rebecca and son-in-law Melville and granddaughters Louise, Ivy, and Sylvia Blake of Lexington, MA; and Hannah and son-in-law Steven Albee, and granddaughters Kaitlyn O'Obrien, Madeleine Albee, and grandson Benjamin Albee of Newtown, CT. Donations in his memory may be made to the Heifer International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72202.