Dr. Eugene C. McCann

Dr. Eugene C. McCann
    FALMOUTH -- Dr. Eugene C. McCann, lifelong resident of the Portland area and dedicated physician, passed away on the first of March after a short illness.
     He was born in 1916 in Portland, a son of Eugene H. and Nora C. Kearns McCann. He attended St. Joseph's Parish schools and graduated from Deering High School. He was an alumnus of Tufts University and Columbia University Medical School. He completed internships at the (then) Sloane Hospital in New York City and the (then) Maine General Hospital. In 1951, he completed a year of post-doctoral studies in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of
    Medicine. He became the first specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Portland area to be certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and served as Chief of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Staff at the Maine Medical Center from 1955 until 1968.
     He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and was elected to membership in the New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. He was a member of the Cumberland County Medical Society, the New England Cancer Society, and was a member of the faculty of The University of Vermont College of Medicine.
     Dr. McCann was a veteran of the Second World War, serving as a Navy Medical Officer. Initially assigned to the polar exploration vessel made famous by Admiral Byrd, The Bear of Oakland, on the Greenland patrol, he was subsequently reassigned to the destroyer tender U.S.S. Prairie, and spent the remainder of the war in the South Pacific.
     He met Barbara A. Phillips (d. 2006) when she was a student at Columbia Presbyterian School of
    Nursing. They married in 1943. In 63 years together, they shared a commitment to their community, a love of family and enjoyment of the outdoors.
     He is survived by his son, Eugene C. McCann Jr. and his wife Patricia C. McCann of Sudbury, Mass.; his daughter, Jane E. O'Sullivan and her husband Philip T. O'Sullivan, M.D., of Lowell, Mass.; his son, John R. McCann and his wife Lori E. Rohr of Brunswick,; his son, Joel P. McCann and his wife Kimberly W. McCann of Falmouth; his daughter, Corinne M. Nederpelt and her husband Jacques C.J.M. Nederpelt of Houston, Texas.; and his daughter, Rachel A. Bealo and her husband Peter M. Bealo of Plaistow, N.H.; his niece, Roberta M. Steele and her husband Robert D. Steele of Dover, N.H.; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
     At the family's request, funeral services will be private. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to 292 Falmouth Rd., Falmouth, ME 04105.
    In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to:
    The Women's and Infants Center Care of Maine Medical Center Development Office
    22 Bramhall St.
    Portland, Maine 04102
     Those wishing to send a tribute in memory of Dr. McCann, may do so at www.mem.com
     Arrangements are being handled by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, Portland.
    Jones, Rich & Hutchins
    Funeral Home & Cremation Service
    775-3763