Obituaries

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

Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine

Calvin Harrison Hamblen

Calvin Harrison Hamblen

May 15, 2016

Gorham - Calvin H. Hamblen, 84, passed away quietly Sunday, May 15, 2016 in his home on the Hamblen family farm due to complications associated with Parkinson's disease. He was a proud veteran of the USMC, father of three, grandfather of twelve and great grandfather of one. He was born June 18, 1931 in Gorham, a son of Joseph Sr....

Carrie Jackson Kelso

Carrie Jackson Kelso

May 12, 2016

Raymond – Carrie Jackson Kelso, 86, died on May 12, 2016 at Ledgewood Manor, in Windham. She was born in Van Buren, AR, the daughter of Chester and Charlene Jackson. Carrie grew up in Arkansas, and then moved to California, where she graduated from high school. She went on to attend Arkansas State and the Los Angeles City College, where...

Floyd Wayne Lamb

Floyd Wayne Lamb

May 12, 2016

Floyd Wayne Lamb—Windham—Floyd Wayne Lamb, 81, of Windham died on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at a Portland hospital. He was born in Westbrook on July 20, 1934 a son of Carroll and Marjorie Legrow Lamb. Wayne attended the Windham school system and graduated from Windham High School in 1952. Glenn graduated from the Gorham State Teachers College in 1956 and...

Eugene L. Lachance

Eugene L. Lachance

May 11, 2016

Eugene Laurent LaChance, 83, of Westbrook passed away peacefully on May 11 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. Before passing away he spent 5 years at Clover Manor in Auburn. He was born in Westbrook, the son of Adelard (Charlie) and Rose (St Pierre) LaChance.   He is predeceased by his wife Elizabeth (Boothby) LaChance of Westbrook and his son...

Thomas W. Gleason

Thomas W. Gleason

May 11, 2016

Thomas W. "Tommy" Gleason, 67 WINDHAM - Thomas W. "Tommy" Gleason, 67, of Windham, died Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Morristown, New Jersey. He was born June 1, 1948, in Harlem, NY, the son of the late Thomas A. Gleason and Frances (Pugh) Gleason. After graduating high school, Tommy attended St. Francis College in Biddeford, now the University of New...

Ronald "Mickey" Foster

Ronald "Mickey" Foster

May 11, 2016

Standish – Ronald "Mickey" E. Foster, 82, died on May 11, 2016 in Yarmouth. He was born in Gorham, on January 12, 1934, the son of Eugene and Arvilla (Watson) Foster. Mickey grew up in Standish and graduated from Standish High School where he was a standout ball player, both basketball and baseball. Mickey was an undefeated right-handed pitcher with...

Patricia Gervais

Patricia Gervais

May 10, 2016

On this day, Tuesday May 10, 2016, our Loving Mom, Nana, Great-Nana passed peacefully after giving a courageous fight to her battle with COPD and recent diagnose of cancer. She has resided in Windham the past 21 years with her daughter Pam and husband Scott in an in law apartment. Pat was born in Portland on February 15, 1933 the...

Horace H. Fogg, Jr.

Horace H. Fogg, Jr.

May 9, 2016

Horace Harding Fogg, Jr., 69 Gorham – Horace Harding Fogg, Jr., 69, died on May 9, 2016. He was born in Westbrook, on December 22, 1946, the son of Horace, Sr., and Marie G. (Beckwith) Fogg. Horace grew up in the Little Falls area of Gorham, and graduated from Gorham High School, class of 1965. In high school, he was...

Colleen Belanger

Colleen Belanger

May 7, 2016

Gorham – Colleen "Sue" Belanger, 85, passed away peacefully after a long illness on May 7, 2016, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Predeceased by her parents, Hilmor Edward and Jenne Smith Larson, Sue was the second oldest of twelve children and grew up in Brownville, ME, graduating from Brownville Jct. High School in 1948. Sue moved to...

Michael G. Guptill

Michael G. Guptill

May 5, 2016

Michael G. Guptill passed away on May 5, 2016 with his loving family by his side after losing his battle with cancer. He was born in Portland, ME on October 29, 1966 to Gloria J. Guptill and Charles E, Guptill, Jr. and later moved to Arizona, Michigan then Maine. He graduated from Trevor G. Brown High School in 1985 in...

Donna Cummings

Donna Cummings

May 5, 2016

Windham/Naples, FL - Donna (Patch) Cummings, 75 found her peace on May 5, 2016 after enduring a five year battle with stage IV lung cancer. She was born on her father's birthday March 13, 1941, to Gerald D. Patch and Margaret "Louise" Patch in Portland. Donna graduated from Deering High School in 1959. She frequently shared memories of working alongside...

Michael D'Orio

Michael D'Orio

May 4, 2016

Michael D'Orio of Windham died peacefully at home of pancreatic cancer with his family gathered around on May 4, 2016. Mike was born in Serracapriola in the Foggia region of Southern Italy on December 3, 1944, the son of Phillip and Velia Tartaglia D'Orio. Mike's first memory is of a US GI giving him a bar of chocolate. In February...

Albert Paul Thistle

Albert Paul Thistle

May 4, 2016

Albert "Big Al" Thistle, 82 GORHAM - It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Albert Thistle, who passed away on May 4, 2016 at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine, with his family by his side. Al was born March 9, 1934 in Portland the son of Roy Edward Thistle and Gladys Elizabeth...

Joseph William Fogg

Joseph William Fogg

May 4, 2016

Gorham – Joseph "Bill" Fogg, 95, died on May 4, 2016, at the South Portland Nursing Home. He was born in Westbrook, on December 4, 1920, the son of Eleanor Mae and Milton Hall Fogg. Bill attended school at Parsonfield Seminary, Parsonfield, Maine, class of 1938. After school, Bill went to the Panama Canal where he served in the civil...

Anita Joyce Mckeeman

Anita Joyce Mckeeman

May 3, 2016

After several months of declining health, Anita Joyce McKeeman passed from this world to the next, on May 3, 2016 at Maine Medical Center. Born in Biddeford, Maine she was the daughter of Alexina Blanche (Couture) and Edmund Romeo Chartier.   Anita attended local schools and as an adult pursued education and training as a Cobalt programmer. She held various positions...

Arthur William Wing, Jr.

Arthur William Wing, Jr.

May 3, 2016

Westbrook Arthur William Wing Jr., 87, died Tuesday May 3, 2016, at the Springbrook Center. He was born in Dead River, a son of Arthur and Winona (Morris) Wing. Arthur grew up in White Rock and attended local schools. He served his country in the US Army from 1952 – 1958 and enjoyed a career as a long-haul truck driver...

Stephen Howard Long

Stephen Howard Long

May 1, 2016

Casco – Stephen Howard Long, 66, passed away on Sunday May 1st at his home in Casco surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Portland Maine on December 8, 1949, the son of June and Kenneth Long. He graduated from Windham High School in 1968 and went on to SMVTI for a degree in Automotives. He served in...

Richard Oakley Ferris

Richard Oakley Ferris

May 1, 2016

Windham – Richard Oakley Ferris, 52, died unexpectedly, Sunday May 1, 2016, in Casco, Maine. He is the beloved son Priscilla Gilman of Windham and the late Charles Oakley Ferris of Westbrook. He is also survived by his step father, Jack Gilman of Windham; sister, Rhonda Davis of Windham; and his loving family filled with aunts, uncles, cousins, great nephews,...

Nealand C. Knight

Nealand C. Knight

Apr 30, 2016

Nealand C. Knight, 90, of Longfellow St., Westbrook, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 at his home after a brief illness. He was born and raised in Buxton, the son of Erland and Carrie (York) Knight. Nealand served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He later began his career with S.D. Warren Paper Co., where he worked for...

Edward Samuel Beaulieu

Edward Samuel Beaulieu

Apr 29, 2016

PORTLAND – Edward Samuel Beaulieu, 84, of Portland passed away on April 29, 2016. Edward Samuel Beaulieu, known as "Uncle Ed" to his family, is being remembered by family and friends with many superlatives: overly-proud, overly-generous, overly-caring, overly-appreciative and, above all, a role model in perseverance. "I saved for 30 years to buy my van," he recalled about the '85...