Lorna (Smith) Starbird, age 94, died Sunday June 8, 2014 at the Good Samarian Medical Center. She was born September 14, 1919 in Lewiston, Maine, daughter of the late Walton H. Smith and Laura M. Smith (Tobie). Lorna graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1937 and attended Farmington State Normal School, Farmington, Maine. She worked for 35 years as Executive Secretary for Lissak Shoe Company of Brockton and New Bedford and Sandler of Boston in Newton and Norwood.
She was a long time member of the Maine Poets Society, formerly the Poetry Fellowship of Maine. For 7 years she volunteered for the Brockton Public Library doing a radio program once a week for WBET. She also was a volunteer following retirement at the East Side Library branch of the Brockton Public Library and as a Docent at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton. Involved in 1969 until her death at the museum.
She is survived by her sister Carol and her husband Donald Pulsifer, her niece Barbara and her husband Wayne Plummer, Jr., nephews Gary and Jeffrey Pulsifer and great nephew Garrett Pulsifer.
A Memorial Service will be held for family and friends at the United Methodist Church, 16 School Street, Lisbon Falls, Maine at a later date. Burial in Hillside Cemetery.