Born Arlene Larsen in Yarmouth, Maine on Feb. 8, 1937, Arlene Gloria Larsen McIntosh lived a fulfilling life always surrounded by family and friends. She graduated from Deering High School and married her high school sweetheart, John McIntosh, and began her life’s journey.  

“If once you have slept on an Island, you’ll never be quite the same.” 

These were the first lines of a poem she lived by spending many of her years on Harbor Island in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, she cherished entertaining and being surrounded by family and friends. She loved tennis, sailing, boating, interior design and flower gardening. And don’t sit down and play cards or table games with her and expect to win -- she was very competitive and always collected the pennies she won. 

She was loved by so many friends and she was never lonely. Since 1972 she shared her time between Florida and Maine, always guided by the warmer seasons, and eventually settled in Aventura, Florida, Boothbay Harbor and Cumberland Foreside.   

She passed peacefully Sept. 27, 2024, surrounded by family, after fighting a six-month battle with multiple myeloma.   

She leaves behind her loving husband of 69 years, John McIntosh; two children, John McIntosh III of Hakalau, Hawaii and Julie Ann Cope of Babcock Ranch, Florida; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren who live all around the United States and visited often. 

She will be missed dearly.   

There will be a private celebration of life next June in Cumberland Foreside, Maine, her last Maine residence.  

In lieu of flowers, please donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.