Clarissa Garnett, 89, an Alfred Street resident who made poker chips and billiard balls for 53 years, died Sunday at the South Ridge Living Center. Mrs. Garnett was born in Unity, a daughter of Harry and Sarah Pillsbury Whitney. She attended Unity schools and graduated from Unity High School.
During World War II, she worked for Southworth Machine in Portland. Until her retirement in 1989, Mrs. Garnett was a machine press operator for the Burt Co. in Portland, making poker chips and billiard balls for casinos around the world.
Mrs. Garnett's husband, Carroll Garnett, died in 1976.
Mrs. Garnett was in good health until this past Labor Day weekend, when she suffered a massive stroke after washing her kitchen floor, tidying her house, getting her hair done and going to the laundermat.
''Until then, she had never been sick, never even took an aspirin,'' her daughter said.
After the stroke, Mrs. Garnett entered intensive physical therapy programs and showed remarkable recovery until recently. ''She fought all the way. She lived a good full life,'' her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Carol) Rutter, of Saco said.
Also surviving are a son, Harry Garnett of Framingham, Mass.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. 11/7/1994)
During World War II, she worked for Southworth Machine in Portland. Until her retirement in 1989, Mrs. Garnett was a machine press operator for the Burt Co. in Portland, making poker chips and billiard balls for casinos around the world.
Mrs. Garnett's husband, Carroll Garnett, died in 1976.
Mrs. Garnett was in good health until this past Labor Day weekend, when she suffered a massive stroke after washing her kitchen floor, tidying her house, getting her hair done and going to the laundermat.
''Until then, she had never been sick, never even took an aspirin,'' her daughter said.
After the stroke, Mrs. Garnett entered intensive physical therapy programs and showed remarkable recovery until recently. ''She fought all the way. She lived a good full life,'' her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Carol) Rutter, of Saco said.
Also surviving are a son, Harry Garnett of Framingham, Mass.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. 11/7/1994)
Clarissa Garnett, 89, an Alfred Street resident who made poker chips and billiard balls for 53 years, died Sunday at the South Ridge Living Center. Mrs. Garnett was born in Unity, a daughter of Harry and Sarah Pillsbury Whitney. She attended Unity schools and graduated from Unity High School.
During World War II, she worked for Southworth Machine in Portland. Until her retirement in 1989, Mrs. Garnett was a machine press operator for the Burt Co. in Portland, making poker chips and billiard balls for casinos around the world.
Mrs. Garnett's husband, Carroll Garnett, died in 1976.
Mrs. Garnett was in good health until this past Labor Day weekend, when she suffered a massive stroke after washing her kitchen floor, tidying her house, getting her hair done and going to the laundermat.
''Until then, she had never been sick, never even took an aspirin,'' her daughter said.
After the stroke, Mrs. Garnett entered intensive physical therapy programs and showed remarkable recovery until recently. ''She fought all the way. She lived a good full life,'' her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Carol) Rutter, of Saco said.
Also surviving are a son, Harry Garnett of Framingham, Mass.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. 11/7/1994)
During World War II, she worked for Southworth Machine in Portland. Until her retirement in 1989, Mrs. Garnett was a machine press operator for the Burt Co. in Portland, making poker chips and billiard balls for casinos around the world.
Mrs. Garnett's husband, Carroll Garnett, died in 1976.
Mrs. Garnett was in good health until this past Labor Day weekend, when she suffered a massive stroke after washing her kitchen floor, tidying her house, getting her hair done and going to the laundermat.
''Until then, she had never been sick, never even took an aspirin,'' her daughter said.
After the stroke, Mrs. Garnett entered intensive physical therapy programs and showed remarkable recovery until recently. ''She fought all the way. She lived a good full life,'' her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Carol) Rutter, of Saco said.
Also surviving are a son, Harry Garnett of Framingham, Mass.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. 11/7/1994)
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