Mary Louise Brown
Apr 17, 2018
GORHAM – Mary Louise (Smearer) Brown, 79, died on April 17, 2018 at her home. She was born on June 26, 1938 in Portland, a daughter of George and Florence (Williams) Smearer. Mary graduated from Gorham High School in 1956 and took courses at the Gorham State Teachers College, while raising her family. While working at the Windham Pharmacy, she...
Stephen Lynam Rogers
Apr 17, 2018
Windham- Stephen Lynam Rogers, 72, of Windham passed away, on his birthday, April 17, 2018. The son of Stephen and Gloria (Morelli) Rogers, he was born on April 17, 1946 in Plymouth Massachusetts, a place where he often returned through the years. Steve grew up in Reading Massachusetts and graduated from the Reading Memorial High School. After high school he...
Robert "Bob" B. Low
Apr 16, 2018
Limerick- Robert "Bob" B. Low, 85 died Monday, April 16, 2018. He was born July 26, 1932 in Portland, ME the son of Byron R. and Reba (Blake) Low, and spent his entire childhood in South Portland. Bob attended the University of Maine at Orono, and later enlisted in the Army in 1955 and was stationed in Frankfort, Germany till...
Russell Alan Lappin
Apr 13, 2018
GREENE- Russell "Rusty" Lappin 61, died Friday April 13, 2018 at his home. He was born February 15, 1957 in Portland, ME a son of Eugene and Sadie (Strout) Lappin. Rusty grew up in Westbrook and attended local schools. Following school, he proudly served his country in both the Air Force and Army. Rusty worked at Sappi Paper Co. and...
Richard E. Peters
Apr 12, 2018
MIMS, FL – Richard E. Peters, 91, of Windham, ME died Thursday, April 12, 2018 at a Titusville, Florida hospice facility. He was born in Newport, NH on December 9, 1926, the son of Arthur and Lela (Thomson) Peters. He attended schools in New Hampshire and Maine. In 1944 he left Biddeford High School, lying about his age to join...
James "Jim" R. Mcdonald
Apr 11, 2018
James R. McDonald James (Jim) R. McDonald passed peacefully at his home on April 11, 2018 at the age of 88 after struggling this winter with a brief illness. Jim was born on August 18, 1929 in Portland, Maine, son of the late John and Margaret McDonald. Jim graduated from South Portland High School in 1947, and with the class...
Richard Norwood Staples Sr.
Apr 10, 2018
NAPLES—Richard Norwood Staples Sr., passed away on April 10, 2018 at the age of 80. He was born March 28, 1938 the son on Donald and Thelma (Leavitt) Staples. He grew up in Westbrook, graduating from Westbrook High School in the class of 1957. On November 22nd 1958 he married Effie Harmon. Dick spent his working years doing a variety...
Nancy And Melville Nevells
Apr 9, 2018
GORHAM - Nancy S. Nevells, 77, formally of CT, VT, and ME. passed away at home after a two year struggle with cancer. She was born in Waterbury, CT, daughter of the late John and Vincenza (Panasci) Ricupero. After college she traveled internationally and then taught school in the Goshen, CT school district for nearly 40 years before retiring. She...
Jeanette Bridgham Knight
Apr 7, 2018
Saco- Jeanette ( Bridgham) Knight, 85, passed away Saturday April 7, 2018, after a brief illness. Jeanette was born in Westbrook on June 4th 1932, the daughter of Judge Wade L. Bridgham and Ruth (Blake) Bridgham. She attended Westbrook schools and graduated from Westbrook High School class of 1950 where she also wrote the class ode. Jeanette was a former...
Ralph L. Wheelock
Apr 4, 2018
SCARBOROUGH – Ralph Leonard Wheelock, age 83 passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough following a period of declining health. He was born on September 7, 1934 in Portland, Maine the son of Fred and Alice (Constable) Wheelock. He graduated from Falmouth High School. He served a period of time in the...
Gregory Nelson Dube
Apr 3, 2018
Portland- Gregory Nelson Dube, 57, passed away on Tuesday April 3, 2018 at Maine Medical Center, very suddenly. The son of Nelson and Anita (Perrault) Dube, he was born in Caribou on February 1, 1961. He attended Caribou schools and graduated from Caribou High School in 1979. After graduation Greg went to work in the restaurant business. He loved fishing,...
Larry E. Slade
Mar 29, 2018
SCARBOROUGH—Larry E. Slade, 81, died after a long illness on March 29, 2018. Larry was born on January 11, 1937, a son of Harry Slade and Elizabeth (Sanford) Curit. He graduated from Westbrook High School and on January 6, 1962, he married Joanne Connor. Larry worked as a salesman for Sid Harvey Industries for 25 years. He was a member...
Kimmerly Elizabeth Maxfield-Fearon
Mar 29, 2018
Gorham,ME Kimmerly Maxfield-Fearon 58 On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Kimmerly Elizabeth Maxfield-Fearon, wife, mother, daughter, and sister, passed away suddenly after a brief illness at the age of 58. She will be lovingly remembered by all who knew her, but especially by Lawrence Maxfield-Fearon, her husband of twenty-two years, their children, Theanna (Chris) Nelson, Jesse Fearon, Ariel (Shawn) Stricker, and...
Brenton R. Crossman
Mar 28, 2018
GORHAM-- Brenton R. Crossman, 92, passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice on Wednesday March 28, 2018. He was the son of Cedric and Charlotte (Greenlaw) Crossman. He was born and grew up in and around Princeton Maine. Brenton spent several years in the navy during World War II. On a destroyer off the beach at Normandy he saw the...
Mary C. Elwell
Mar 28, 2018
Bar Mills Mary Straw Elwell, died peacefully, on March 28, after an extended stay at Springbrook nursing home. She was born in Portland on July 11, 1920, the daughter of Louise and Harold Chase. In her earliest years she lived in the Munjoy Hill area of Portland. She grew up in Scarborough, the eldest of nine children. Because of her...
Martin Warren Grant Jr.
Mar 27, 2018
Kennebunk- Martin Warren Grant Jr., 60, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in Biddeford. The son of Martin Warren Grant Sr., and Germaine (Roberge) Grant, he was born in Portland on July 8, 1957. He grew up in Westbrook attending St. Hyacinth School, and graduating from Westbrook High School, class of 1975. After graduation he earned his Associate's degree...
Roland J. Mackenzie
Mar 26, 2018
Gorham-Roland J Mackenzie, 90, of Gorham passed away peacefully at his home on March 26, 2018 with his daughter Debra at his side. Rollie was born in Errol NH to the late Walter Mackenzie and Zilla (Jordan) Thurston. He attended schools in Errol until high school, because there were no High Schools in the area. He graduated from Deering High...
Jeanne D. Grass
Mar 26, 2018
Windham Jeanne D. (Newman) Grass, 89, of Windham, passed away unexpectedly on March 26, 2018 at Maine Medical Center, Portland, surrounded by her 10 Children. She was born in Littleton, Maine on August 28, 1928, the daughter of Lloyd F. and Hazel S. Newman. For the last five years of her life she lived with her daughter, Jeannette and her...
Russell E. Hall
Mar 25, 2018
WINDHAM- Russell E. Hall, 76, passed away on March 25, 2018 with his girls by his side. Heaven has gained one of the hardest working farmers, a loving father, a great steward of the land. Born in Portland, February 4, 1942, the son of Stanley V. and Mary L. Hall he ran the family farm with his parents. Known to...
Mark Jeffrey Nichols
Mar 24, 2018
LIMERICK—Mark Jeffrey Nichols, 81, passed away at Ledgewood Manor in Windham on March 24, 2018. He was born in Marblehead, MA on March 20, 1937, a son of George and Hazel (Thurber) Nichols. Mark grew up in Swampscott, MA and moved to Maine on November 1, 1952 where he worked on the family farm. He was a graduate of Limerick...
