1969 – 2016

PORTLAND — Shaun C. Morrill, 46, died Thursday, Aug. 25, after a short bout with metastatic lung cancer, surrounded by the love of his family at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

He was born Nov. 27, 1969, in Mount Kisco, N.Y., to Gemma (Leimbach) Morrill and the late Timothy Robert Morrill. Shaun was a 1988 graduate of Telstar High School in Bethel, after which he attended a year at New England School of Broadcasting in Bangor. He attended the New England Culinary Institute in Essex Junction, Vt., from 1992 to 1995.

He worked as a chef in Grand Canyon, Ariz., Key West, Fla., Boothbay Harbor and Bethel. In 2001, he was working as a chef in North Conway, N.H., when he succumbed to relapsing, recurring MS. He lived at the Bethel House on Main Street in Bethel for the last 10 years. 

Shaun is survived by mother, Gemma Morrill-Dreher and stepfather, Dennis Dreher; his brother, Damian Morrill and his wife, Melissa; niece, Ashley Morrill; nephew, Alex Morrill; his dear grandmother, Mary Leimbach; stepbrother, Elijah Dreher and his wife, Lynn; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Shaun was predeceased by his loving grandparents, Beverly K. Haines and Peter T. Haines.

Thank you to Dr. Paul Muscat of Maine Neurology, all of the nurses and support people at the Infusion Center, Dr. Matthew Dugan of Cancer Specialists and the team of doctors, too many to name, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The compassion and care Shaun received will always be remembered.

Please send condolences to the family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.