Richard Cameron Worthington, 91, of Brunswick, Maine, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022.

Born June 12, 1930, in Florham Park, N.Y., to Walter Harrison and Agnes (Guss) Worthington, Richard is predeceased by his beloved wife Nancy and his brother Walter H. Worthington.

He is survived by his nine grandchildren and his daughter Ann Cameron Worthington of Atlanta Ga., and his sons,
Steven Harling Worthington and wife Dorthy of San Francisco, Calif., Peter Stuart Worthington and wife Catherine of Brunswick, and Eric Richard Worthington and wife Kathleen of Yuma, Ariz.

Upon entering the Army in the 1950s, Richard raised his hand when asked if anyone could use a typewriter and upon selection was sent to Germany where he quickly learned to do so. He attended Middlebury College where he was an avid sportsman. At Middlebury, he played football and lacrosse where he still holds the record for most goals in a single game (11). In later years, he turned to tennis and represented Maine in the Senior Olympics for doubles in Phoenix 1989-90. But his competitive nature wasn’t confined to the field as he was also a ferocious Cribbage player tallying up every time he skunked his wife Nancy, as well as an excellent Bridge player enjoying decades of competitive bridge parties and tournaments, his favorite partner being his brother Walter.

He had a particularly determined and brisk stride everywhere he went and during his 35 years of commuting via bus, train, and subway into Manhattan he observed the construction of the World Trade Centers from start to finish among other changes on his way to work at Bell Telephone in NYC until his retirement in 1987.

On July 2, 1956, Richard was married to Nancy Grace Heiland, his sweetheart from Middlebury. Nancy learned of her engagement to Richard while she was at a Middlebury football game. Just as Richard was taken off the field with a knee injury, she overheard a friend remark, “Oh, that’s too bad, Dick was going to pop the question to his girl right after the game!” Nancy and Richard raised their four children in Lynbrook, Long Island, and Suffern, N.Y. They were lifelong members of the Unitarian Universalist Church. After three decades in Suffern, they retired to Bridgton, Maine, and built a home on a beloved family property on Long Lake. In Bridgton, they enjoyed many wonderful years full of special celebrations like their 50th wedding anniversary, a constant flow of visiting family and friends every summer and peaceful winters spent cross country skiing and with local involvement such as his running the hospital coffee shop.

In 2011, Rich and Nancy moved to Thornton Oaks in Brunswick, near their son Peter, where they lived the remain- der of their lives enjoying the community there. Nancy died February 24, 2018, and Rich moved into assisted living and later into memory care, taking part in activities at The Garden and enjoying weekly Zoom calls and occasional visits with his four children. Rich died in peace, a happy man who was truly a delight to everyone around him.