Denise Claire Remy.
Denise Claire Remy, 69, an accomplished artist and wonderful wife, mother and sister, died of cancer February 28 in the Hospice unit at Waldo County General Hospital.
She was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the fourth of seven children of Arthur and Marie Remy, and moved to Maine shortly after graduating from Stamford High School.
With her boyfriend Richard Norton and a group of fellow Connecticut escapees, they created a small but influential community on the flank of Patterson Hill, in Thorndike, making the Red House their home. The sunsets and distant views of Katahdin on clear days were attractions, as was the freedom of living close to the land according to ideals they developed as they grew.