Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, ME

Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine

Brenda Rae (Davis) Long

Brenda Rae (Davis) Long

Aug 5, 2017

Standish Brenda Rae Long (Davis) died peacefully at her home in Standish, Maine on Saturday, August 5th at the age of 57. Brenda was born on August 6, 1959 in Portland, Maine. An active member of the marching band's color guard and an avid square dancer, Brenda graduated from Westbrook High School in 1977. Brenda was an accomplished legal assistant...

Bennett H. Saltus

Bennett H. Saltus

Aug 3, 2017

MANCHESTER, CT - Bennett was born February 16, 1990 in Norwalk CT. In her short life Bennett was given amazing opportunities to live in many places Connecticut, Rhode Island, Naples, Italy, Virginia Beach, and Maine. Throughout her life she gained everlasting friendships wherever she went. Bennett had so many qualities but truly her greatest gift was her love for family...

Rosalie Biskup

Rosalie Biskup

Aug 2, 2017

Marie Rosalie Biskup, 74, of Gorham, ME., passed away peacefully, Aug 2, 2017, at the Gosnell Hospice Home with her family by her side. She was born in Portland, the daughter of Jim (Ignatius) and Yvonne Richard Biskup. She received her degree from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. Rosalie retired from Verizon Telephone Co after many years of...

Cecile T O'Gara

Cecile T O'Gara

Aug 2, 2017

Westbrook,   Cecile T. O'Gara, 90, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at her home.  A lifelong resident of Westbrook, she was born here, daughter of Eugene and Ida Tanguay. She attended St. Hyacinths Elementary School and Westbrook High School where she enjoyed playing basketball and graduated in 1944. She later graduated from Northeastern Business School in Portland. She enjoyed being outdoors,...

Barbara Marden Landry

Barbara Marden Landry

Jul 31, 2017

Barbara Marden Landry, 96 Barbara Marden Landry, a resident of Yarmouth for more than 60 years, passed away Monday, July 31st at Falmouth By the Sea after a period of declining health. She was born on March 20, 1921 in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Frank Oliver and Mary Dennison Marden. She grew up in South Portland and Rumford,...

Chance Edward Gallant

Chance Edward Gallant

Jul 30, 2017

Sebago – Chance Edward Gallant, 20, died on July 30, 2017. He was born in Portland, on October 3, 1996, the son of Dwayne and Melinda (Gillis) Gallant. Chance was a 2014 graduate of Lake Region High School, where he was one of the first students in the fire science vocational program. He went on to be a volunteer firefighter...

Frank H Hager

Frank H Hager

Jul 28, 2017

Westbrook,   Frank Hiram Hager Sr., born in Portland Maine, passed away July 28, 2017 at his home after a long illness surrounded by loved ones.  Frank was a lifetime member of the Amvets. He enjoyed going there signing the book, playing pool, and dancing around the dance floor with Phyllis Thompson, his companion of 22 years.  Frank also loved roller...

John Stevens Rollins

John Stevens Rollins

Jul 27, 2017

WINDHAM – John Stevens Rollins, 90, of Windham died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Portland on November 5, 1926 a son of the late Walter and Marguerite Rollins. John was a tractor trailer truck driver for 46 years at Maine Freightways, Capital Motors, Spector Freight, and Carolina. He started...

Joseph F. Belanger

Joseph F. Belanger

Jul 25, 2017

Portland – Joseph F. Belanger, 68, died on July 25, 2017, at the Baron Center. He was born in Portland, on June 25, 1949, the son of J. Alexander and Hazel (Chambers) Belanger. Joseph is predeceased by his parents and sister. Burial will be private at Hillside Cemetery in Gorham.

Phillip G Farr

Phillip G Farr

Jul 25, 2017

Westbrook,   Phillip G. Farr passed away July 25, 2017 at Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine.          "Philsey", as he like to be called, was born in Portland, Maine February 17,1940. The eldest of four sons of Jacqueline and Harold Farr. He was predeceased by both parents and his second oldest brother, Dennis Farr of Chicago Illnois. Phillip attended Sacred Heart Grammar...

Doris E. Drew

Doris E. Drew

Jul 24, 2017

WINDHAM—Doris E. Drew, 81, of Windham, died at Central Maine Medical Center on July 24, 2017. She was born on April 29, 1936, a daughter of Walter and Eva (Sanders) Plummer. She grew up in Gorham and attended Windham High School. She worked for Saunders Brothers in Westbrook for many years as well as the Porteous Warehouse prior to their...

Elizabeth "Liz" Grass Wescott

Elizabeth "Liz" Grass Wescott

Jul 24, 2017

Elizabeth "Liz" Grass Wescott of Lebanon, ME passed away Monday, July 24, 2017, after a long struggle with Muscular Dystrophy. She was born on March 9, 1956, in Portsmouth, NH; a daughter of Jane Robertson Grass and Calvin F. Grass. She attended schools in Fairhaven, VT, Stoneridge, NY, Sebago Lake, ME, and graduated from Bonny Eagle High School in 1974....

Patricia Anne Ange

Patricia Anne Ange

Jul 23, 2017

WINDHAM—Patricia A. Ange, 53, died at her home on July 23, 2017. Services for Patty are private.

Ninetta J. Eddy

Ninetta J. Eddy

Jul 22, 2017

WINDHAM—Ninetta J. Eddy, 89, died on July 22, 2017 at her home. She was born in Clairton, PA a daughter of Oscar and Edna (Barrett) Garner. Ninetta grew up in Pennsylvania, graduating from Clairton High School in the class of 1945. On February 2, 1949, she married Gerald C. Eddy and together raised three children, Paul, Tim and Faith. Ninetta...

Theresa (Turgeon) Mclaughlin`

Theresa (Turgeon) Mclaughlin`

Jul 20, 2017

Theresa H. McLaughlin, 93, of Revere St., Portland, passed away Thursday, July 20, at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Scarborough, the daughter of Joseph and Armandine (Forest) Turgeon. Theresa worked at the S.D. Warren Paper Co for 42 years, retiring in 1987. She was a communicant of St. Hyacinth Church, and a member...

Arline (O'Bar) Patten

Arline (O'Bar) Patten

Jul 18, 2017

Arline Patten(76) died peacefully on Tuesday. Arline was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and attended Wilby High School where she met her high school sweetheart Robert Patten. Arline and Bob married in 1959 and moved to Maine where they operated many Dairy Queens before they bought the Dairy Queen in Westbrook in 1968. They ran that Dairy Queen            Together, side by...

Celina M (Doiron) Labranche

Celina M (Doiron) Labranche

Jul 15, 2017

Celina "Nanna" M. LaBranche, 83, formerly of Windham, ME passed July 15, 2017 while in hospice care in Tequesta, FL after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was born in Westbrook, ME. The daughter of Alfred and Leocade Paulin Doiron. She was a confirmed Catholic of St Hyacinth's of Westbrook and graduated from Westbrook High School. She started a career...

Joann Beverly Brown

Joann Beverly Brown

Jul 14, 2017

Standish- JoAnn Beverly Brown, 85, died peacefully with her family at her side on Friday, July 14, 2017 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, in Scarborough. The daughter of Thomas Henry and Sarah May (Sawyer) Small, she was born in Windham on June 21, 1932. She grew up in Westbrook, Maine and graduated from Westbrook High School. JoAnn and her...

Frederick E. Collins

Frederick E. Collins

Jul 10, 2017

Westbrook,   The embers in the campfire have slowly faded. Fred is on his last hike, you see. He's now at the bend of the trail where he will join his life's partner, his wife of 67 years, Geneva, who always set the example on how to be a true "neighbor to mankind." Orphaned young, Fred spent his youth living and...

Evelyn R. (Walsh) Noyes

Evelyn R. (Walsh) Noyes

Jul 9, 2017

Evelyn R. (Walsh) Noyes 86 of Windham, peacefully passed away on July 9, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Evelyn was born into the loving family of Ellen and Patrick Walsh of County Galway, Ireland, where she lived until the age of 19. She bravely came to the United States in 1949 with her sister May to join her sister...