PORTLAND- Paul F. Larrabee, 92, a longtime resident of Gorham, died August 12, 2019 at 75 State Street, Portland. He was born in Portland April 11, 1927 a son of H. Paul and Ruth (Fanning) Larrabee. He was a multitalented man who enlisted in the Navy out of High School, serving as a radio man on the destroyer USS William R. Rush. He attended the University of Maine at Orono and later graduated from Vesper George School of Art in Boston, MA. He then married the love of his life Marjorie L. (Harmon) and together they shared nearly 71 years of married partnership. Quarry work, commercial lettering, and S.D. Warren supported their developing family. Many storefront signs, vehicles, and other advertising in town at that time were attributed to him. In 1967 they had a 1790's colonial home moved down Main Street in Gorham to its current location in front of the Narragansett School and restored it. He also designed and built two homes off Flaggy Meadow Road, doing finished woodworking in and landscaping around both. After retiring at the age of 59, they enjoyed traveling, local maritime road trips, antique collecting and restoration, boat and model boat building, gardening, and a beach cottage at Granite Point in Biddeford. Paul is predeceased by his brother John P. "Jack" Larrabee and his son in law Albert "Skip" Werner. He is survived by his beloved wife Marjorie, son Peter and wife Bonnie, daughter Jane and husband Stephen F. Brown, daughter Martha and husband Edwin B. Carr III, and daughter Lisa Werner, along with ten grandchildren and twelve great- grandchildren. The family would like to thank the staff at 75 State Street and Southern Maine Hospice for their loving care and support during this time. At Paul's request, there will be no funeral services. To express condolences and to participate in Paul's online tribute, visit Www.DolbyBlaisSegee.com.