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...
Phillippe "Phil" G. Boissonneault
Mar 23, 2018
Raymond Phillippe G. Boissonneault, 75, of Raymond, died unexpectedly on Friday, March 23, 2018 at his home. Phil was born in Biddeford to the late Wilfrid and Anne Marie (Tremblay) Boissonneault. He went to Biddeford schools, graduating from St. Louis High School before attending St. Francis Xavier University where he earned a degree in Biology in 1965. Phil was employed...
Lucille Marie Harriman
Mar 22, 2018
Westbrook- Lucille Marie Harriman, 85, passed away in Portland on March 22, 2018. The daughter of Philip and Bernadette (Pomerleau) LeBel, she was born in Portland on December 8, 1932, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She grew up in Westbrook attending St. Hyacinth School and Westbrook High School. After graduation from high school she...
Betty Mcdermott
Mar 21, 2018
RAYMOND-- Betty Yvonne McDermott, 83, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2018 surrounded by family while at her winter residence in Phoenix, Arizona. Daughter of John and Hazel (Blake) Files, she was born at home on the Penny Road in New Gloucester, Maine on May 28, 1934, the same day as the famed Dionne quintuplets from which she derived her...
Kenneth Lewis Hodgdon Jr.
Mar 20, 2018
Windham- Kenneth Lewis Hodgdon Jr., 84, passed away in Gorham on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. The son of Kenneth and Mary (Monroe) Hodgdon, he was born in Edmunds Township on January 14, 1934. He graduated from Dennysville High School, and then went on to earn his Bachelor's degree from the University of Maine, Orono. He served his country in the...
Richard J. Fickett
Mar 20, 2018
GORHAM—Richard J. Fickett, 78, died on March 20, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born February 10, 1940, a son of Warren and Doris Fickett. Dick worked at Songo Shoe and then was employed for the Cape Elizabeth public works for 25 years. He was a member of the Portland and Westbrook Eagles Club. He is survived...
Richard Ervin Walsh
Mar 19, 2018
SCARBOROUGH-- Richard E. Walsh, 90, of Scarborough, ME, passed away on March 19, 2018 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. He was born in Roxbury, MA the son of Eugene and Grace (Clark) Walsh on May 6, 1927. Richard was a World War II veteran of the merchant marines and was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He...
Walter L. Fossett Sr.
Mar 18, 2018
Standish- Walter L. Fossett Sr. 90, passed away in Scarborough on March 18, 2018. The son of Loring and Louise (Robbins) Fossett, he was born in Bristol Maine on July 20, 1927. He graduated from Bristol High School in 1945 and joined the Merchant Marines serving his country during WWII. In 1948 he married Lorraine Tanner. He drove truck for...
Joshua Aaron Beardsley
Mar 17, 2018
SCARBOROUGH-- Joshua Aaron Beardsley, 42, passed away March 17, 2018 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. Josh was born August 28, 1975 the oldest of four boys to Richard and Christine M. (Ballard) Beardsley Sr. As a young boy he spent his early years growing up in Sutton, MA before moving to South Ryegate, VT as a teenager. He was...
David G. Golder
Mar 16, 2018
STANDISH—David G. Golder, 85, passed away at home with his loving wife by his side on March 16, 2018. He was born December 7, 1932, a son of Lawrence and Helen (Doe) Golder. He was a born and raised Westbrook man and was very proud of his roots and the relationships he made lifelong friends. David was a graduate of...
Muriel Georgette Audet
Mar 16, 2018
Westbrook- Muriel Georgette Audet, 92, passed away on Friday March 16, 2018 in Scarborough. The daughter of Joseph and Eva (Pinette) Landry she was born in Lewiston. Her family moved to Westbrook shortly after her birth and she lived in Westbrook for the rest of her life. She attended Westbrook schools and married Arnold Audet, himself a Westbrook native, in...
Anthony "Tony" Ackerman
Mar 15, 2018
WINDHAM-- Anthony "Tony" Ackerman, 94, of Windham, Maine passed away peacefully on March 15, 2018. Tony was born on April 1, 1923 in Garfield, NJ to George Ackerman and Rosalie Ackerman Stark. Tony graduated from Garfield High School in 1941 and went on to further his education at Boston University for Education, where he earned his Masters in Special Education....
Robert Allan Smith
Mar 14, 2018
PORTLAND—Robert "Bub" Allan Smith, 50, died unexpectedly on March 14, 2018. He was born on January 2, 1968, a son of George Smith Jr. and Sharon (Buotte) Smith. Robert, also known as "Bub" grew up in Westbrook and was a graduate of Westbrook High School in the class of 1986. After graduation, he went on to attend SMVTI where he...
John Allison Day
Mar 11, 2018
Westbrook- John Allison Day, 77, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2017 in Portland. The son of Darrell and Angie (Young) Day, he was born in Portland on January 23, 1941. He grew up in Portland and Damariscotta. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He was a long time member of AA, and was proud of...
