PORTLAND – Thalia P. Curtis, 87 years, of Portland, formerly of West Paris and Wilton, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Fallbrook Woods Assisted Living Center, Portland, after a long illness.

Thalia was born in Ridlonville, now known as Mexico, on June 22, 1921, the daughter of Frank A. and Nellie (Parsons) Proctor Jr. She graduated from Mexico High School, class of 1940. On Aug. 24, 1940, she married E.D. Curtis Jr.

Thalia served on the Norway Hospital Board and worked at the hospital when it first opened. She taught Sunday school at the Universalist Church in West Paris, before moving to Farmington.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the secretary of the Farmington Chapter and West Paris, a past grand representative of New Jersey, a past grand representative of the British Isles (Scotland and Australia) and a past district deputy grand matron. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Wilton, a member of the Franklin County Extension, Wilton, a member of the Franklin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Farmington, and a member of the Wilton Historical Society. She taught the girls in the 4-H Club.

She loved animals, birds and nature, painting with oils, fishing, hunting, camping, bowling, traveling and playing games with her family and friends.

She is survived by three sons, James E. Curtis and wife, Patricia, of Marco Island, Fla., David P. Curtis and wife, Ronnie, of New Gloucester and Thomas D. Curtis and wife, Sibyl, of Hollis; as well as six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ellsworth D. Curtis Jr., who died in 1997; one granddaughter; and two great-granddaughters.