Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, ME
Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine
Peter J. Foley
Oct 26, 2013
Peter J. Foley, 70, of Westbrook, formerly of Portland and California, died Saturday October 26, at the Springbrook Health Care. He was born in Portland a son of Thomas J. and Helen Driscoll Foley. He was raised and educated in Portland, until reaching the 8th grade, when he moved to California with his family. Peter served in the U. S....
Robert O. "Bobo" Michaud
Oct 25, 2013
Robert O. "Bobo" Michaud, 89, formerly of Gorham, died Friday Oct. 25, at Country Village in Casco. He was born in Westbrook, a son of Louis and Aurore Turgeon Michaud. He was raised and educated in Westbrook. He served in the U. S. Navy during WW II aboard the Yorktown. Bobo was a left handed pitcher in baseball, he played...
Frances Ethel (Harkins) Rousseau
Oct 22, 2013
As seasons change so does life. It is with deepest sadness that the family of Frances E. Rousseau mourns her passing into eternal life on October 22, 2013. Her struggle with Lymphoma may have claimed her life, but it never dampened her spirit. She has been an inspiration to everyone whose life she touched. Born on May 9th, 1928 to...
Karin E (Sherrard) Gower
Oct 21, 2013
Westbrook & Charlotte – Karin E. (Sherrard) Gower, 95, widow of Harold W. Gower, formerly of Carlson St., Westbrook, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 21, 2013 at the Gorham House in Gorham, where she had resided the past year. Karin was born Sept. 14, 1918 in Charlotte ME, the daughter of Philip E. and Mildred A. (Goodeill) Sherrard, the first of...
Juana Lynn Graham
Oct 20, 2013
Juana Lynn Graham, 65, of Westbrook passed away unexpectedly Sunday at her home. Juana Lynn was born in Portland, Maine. She was the daughter of Anna Viola Graham and William Almando Graham. She grew up in Portland, Maine and attended Sacred Heart School and Portland High School. She worked for many years as a CNA in the Portland area. She...
Gary Joseph Michaud
Oct 16, 2013
Gary Joseph Michaud, 57, of Pierce St. Westbrook, passed away on Wednesday October 16. Gary was born the son of Leo and Irene (Clements) Michaud. He was raised and educated in Westbrook, graduating from Westbrook High School in 1974. He worked as a Flagger for At Work Services for 10 years. He loved the New England Patriots, and also loved...
Hilda E (Selberg) Peterson
Oct 13, 2013
Hilda E. Peterson, 97, of Union St. Westbrook, passed away Sunday Oct. 13, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice Center in Scarborough. She was born in Portland, the daughter of Peter and Wilamina Selberg. One of 10 children, Hilda grew up in Nasons Corner, she was a graduate of Deering High School. She was Miss Greater Portland at the age of...
Dennis B. Corkrey
Oct 12, 2013
Dennis B. Corkrey, 71, of Lori Lane Westbrook, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Oct. 12. He was born in Portland, the son of Joseph L. and Irene M. Levesque Corkrey. He was raised and educated in Portland, attended Portland High School and St. Dominic's Church. He served in the U. S. Navy. Following his military service, Dennis worked...
Mary T Axelsen
Oct 6, 2013
Mary T. Lampron Axelsen , 66 of Standish, died on October 6, 2013 at Gosnell House with her loving family at her side. Mary was born on October 7, 1946 in Westbrook, the daughter of Theodore and Loretta Blake Lampron. She was a 1965 graduate of Westbrook High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Gerald J. Axelsen, Sr on...
Evelyn M. (Bean) Goodwin
Oct 4, 2013
Evelyn M. (Bean) Goodwin, 91, of Bridgton Road passed away Friday at her home cared for by her primary caregiver, her granddaughter Karen (McCarthy) Anthony in her last days. She was born in Portland, a daughter of Howard and Margaret Bean. She attended Portland schools, graduating from Portland high School in 1939. Mrs. Goodwin had been employed by New England...
Beverly L. Collomy
Sep 28, 2013
Westbrook – Beverly L. Collomy, 75, of Methodist Rd., died Saturday Sept. 28, in a Portland hospital. She was born in Westbrook the daughter of Perley Sr. and Mildred Hopkins Carver. Beverly had resided in Westbrook, most of her life. She had been employed by National Semiconductor for over 20 yrs. She was predeceased by an infant daughter Diane Marie....
Ruth Irene (Barnard) Williams
Sep 18, 2013
Ruth Irene Williams, 92, of Westbrook passed away on September 18, 2013 at home with her family by her side. Ruth was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada on June 21, 1921 the daughter of Arthur J. and Viola Trecartin Barnard. She attended schools in Woodland, Maine, graduating from St. Croix High School in 1938. During World War II,...
Clyde A. Harriman
Sep 17, 2013
Westbrook, Clyde A. "Harry" "Sonny" Harriman, 83 of Cole St, died at his home Tuesday September 17, 2013. He was born in Portland, Irish Catholic, the second oldest of 9 children to Clyde A. Sr, and Ethel Gertrude Mulkern Harriman. He attended Portland schools, sang in choir for ten years at the Cathedral Church. At 16 he tried out for...
Margaret Mary (Thomas) Lefebvre
Sep 16, 2013
Margaret Mary Thomas Lefebvre, 72, of Westbrook, passed away peacefully at Maine Medical Center on Monday, September 15, surrounded by her family. Born in Portland on June 9, 1941, daughter of Mary Naaykens and Walter Thomas. She married (Albert) Paul Lefebvre on October 29, 1960. She was a communicant of St. Patrick's and St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Churches....
Johanne D (Drouin) Bain
Sep 14, 2013
Johanne Drouin Bain, 74, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 14th in Brunswick, Maine, after an illness lasting several years. Born on October 10, 1938, in Biddeford, Maine, she was the daughter of Emile and Irene (Richard) Drouin. She attended Cathedral High School and went to Gray Business School. Johanne was married to Frank Bain, who predeceased her in 2005. ...
Leon Scott Kennedy Bressette
Sep 10, 2013
Leon "the Lion" Scott Kennedy Bressette blessed the lives of all who knew him for six months and 22 days and will continue to do so for a lifetime and beyond. He beat the odds and lived life to it's fullest in his short time with us, and passed away in the arms of his loving mother on Tuesday September...
Lucille E. Fecteau
Sep 5, 2013
Lucille Fecteau, 92, passed away with family by her side on September 5, 2013, after several years of declining health. She was born in Westbrook, the daughter of Wilbrod and Anna Tremblay Fournier. Lucile attended St. Hyacinth School and graduated from Westbrook High School. She was a veteran of WWII era serving in the WAAC and WAC from 1942-1945. She...
Monica Porello
Sep 1, 2013
Monica Porello was born in Mexico, Maine, February 19, 1926, to George and Desneiges (Hudon-Beaulieu) Labonte. She attended Rumford Catholic schools. She helped her parents raise her siblings after her mother died. She later worked in the nearby Diamond Match Factory. Monica married Sammy Porello in Rumford, ME, in 1948, and moved to Westbrook, ME. She helped Sam with his...
Isabelle Marie Strickland
Aug 30, 2013
Isabelle Marie Strickland, 7, of Pleasant Ave., Portland, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 29, 2013. She was born in Portland the daughter of Danielle Bagley and Joshua Strickland. Isabelle brought so much joy to all her family, she was their little angel. She was loved by all she touched. She is survived by her mother Danielle Bagley, her father Joshua...
Robert J. Nelson
Aug 28, 2013
Robert Jeffrey Nelson LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Robert Jeffrey Nelson, of Louisville, Ky., born on Oct. 22 1954, in South Portland, passed away after a long battle with cancer in his home on Aug. 28, 2013. Son of Raymond C. and Frances J. Nelson of Sebago, he is survived by his son, Jeffrey Robert Nelson. He is also survived by his...


