In Memoriam: Michael B. Scarborough

Michael Bowen Scarborough, 59, of Friendship, died Dec. 27, 2015, with his brothers, Chris and Matthew, at his side, at the Sussman House in Rockport.

He was born Jan. 5, 1956, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the oldest of four sons of Joyce (Bowen) and Richard Scarborough.

Mike lived in Brooklyn until 1968, when he moved with his family to New Canaan. He spent the next 35 years of his life in Connecticut, while the rest of his family went off to other places, including Phoenix, Ariz., and Richmond, Va.

During his early career, he worked in Stamford, for the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and then for 15 years for Greenwich Time and The Stamford Advocate.

In 1999, Mike moved to Maine with his sea kayaks to work for a short time at Courier Publications. In 2003 he went to work driving a truck for Thomaston Place Auctions.

Next, he worked for VillageSoup, and then moved on in 2012 to the Boothbay Register newspaper, where he was most recently employed in the production department, working on Macs.

During high school and college, at University of Virginia, Mike was a long distance runner. In the 1980s, he participated in distance races and marathons, and he also spent about 10 years racing Formula Ford cars in the Skip Barber Racing Series in Lakeville, CT.

Michael loved the outdoors, and Maine suited him well. He will be missed by his family and friends.

Michael was predeceased by his father in 2000.

He is survived by his mother, Joyce (Bowen) Scarborough of Phoenix, Ariz.; and his brothers, Chris Scarborough of Phoenix, Ariz., Matthew Scarborough and his wife, Sara, and their son, Michael Paul, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Andrew Scarborough and his wife, Rebecca Randolph of Richmond, Va. He also leaves behind his cat, Charlotte.

A celebration of Michael’s life will be held at 2 P.M., Friday, Jan. 1, Burpee Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home’s, 104 Limerock reception center.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Maine Island Trail Association, 58 Fore St., Suite 30-3, Portland, ME 04101 or visit mita.org. He credited the organization for making it possible for him and others to visit the private and often wild islands of Maine via the Maine Island Trail, and he also volunteered his time with the organization as his way to say thanks.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home.