NEW PORTLAND – Mark S. Hutchins, 82, of New Portland Hill Road, died Wednesday April 25, at a Brunswick hospital.

He was born Aug. 1, 1924, in New Portland, the son of Thurston and Anna Johnston Hutchins. He attended both New Portland and Brunswick schools, graduating from Brunswick High School in 1942. He later completed studies at Coyne Electrical School, Chicago.

Mr. Hutchins was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in France and Germany in the 3rd Army during World War II.

He worked for 27 years in the Oxford Mill, Rumford, as both a medical attendant and then as a watchman. He retired in 1985.

In retirement, he purchased land his family had owned in New Portland and built his home. He especially enjoyed working and making trails in the surrounding woods that he had played in as a child. He preferred open country to city life.

He is survived by two brothers, Erwin Hutchins of Waldoboro, and William Hutchins and his wife, Carmen, of East Lindley, N.Y.; three sisters, Alena Fraser and her husband, Howard, of Brunswick, Luella Fraser and her husband, Grover, of Painted Post, N.Y., and Clara Hutchins of Brunswick; and 17 nieces and nephews and their families.

Mr. Hutchins was predeceased by a sister, Martha Stickney; a brother-in-law, Fred Stickney; and a sister-in-law, Laura Craft Hutchins.