Lee County FlArchives Obituaries.....North, William October 13, 2011
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The News Press  Dec. 4,  2011
 William North, 84, of Fort Myers, FL formerly of Mystic, CT, and Toms River 
and Middletown,NJ.He was born in Philadelphia, PA, on September 6, 1927. He 
leaves his wife of 62 years, three children, and four great-grandchildren.
 He graduated from Bellevile H.S in NJ in 1945, served as an artist 
correspondent in the U.S. Army from 1945-1947, and earned a BFA from Pratt 
Institute in Brooklyn in 1951. He continued to study at the New York Art 
Students League and the Lyme Academy of Fine Art in CT. After following dual 
careers in art and business he settled in Fort Myers, FL with his wife in 1990.
 A distinguished painter of the tropical Florida scene, his oil paintings of 
local landscapes completed outdoors in the impressionist tradition have been 
represented in galleries in the U.S and abroad.This year he published "Florida 
Artist: Wm North- His Life & Art" and a second book, "Florida Citrus in Fine 
Art: Paintings of the Golden Harvest".
 A celebration of the artist'slife will be announced at a later date. Memorial 
contributions can be sent to Hope Hospice. 


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