Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, ME
Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine
Doris J. (Dottie) Freeman
Oct 15, 2022
Windham - Doris J. (Dottie) Freeman, 78, of Windham earned her wings on October 15, 2022. During a short battle with cancer, she decided to be joyful about having had a great life rather than be sad about having it end. Now she has been joyfully reunited with her husband in heaven. She was born on February 28, 1944 in...
Jan E. Anastasoff
Oct 13, 2022
Jan E. Anastasoff, 51, of Gorham, passed away unexpectedly on October 13, 2022. Jan was born in Portland on August 20, 1971, to Clifford and Dolly (May) Wescott. Jan grew up in Westbrook and graduated from Westbrook High School. After high school she graduated from Headhunters School of Hair Design and worked for several years as a licensed hairstylist. She...
Jeffrey Day Graham
Oct 11, 2022
SCARBOROUGH - Jeffrey Day Graham, 48, passed away unexpectedly on October 11, 2022, at his home in Scarborough. Jeff was born in Portland on Christmas Day, 1973, son of the late Donna (Day) Begley and Bruce W. Graham. Jeff graduated from Gorham High School in 1992 and moved to Tampa, Florida where he attended Hillsborough Community College. He returned to...
Sherrie (Hackett) Hatch
Oct 9, 2022
GORHAM - Sherrie (Hackett) Hatch, 63, passed away after a long illness on October 9, 2022, at Gorham House. She was born on March 27, 1959, in Lewiston, Maine. Sherrie graduated from Bonny Eagle High School, Class of 1977 and went on to earn a Chemical Engineering degree from The University of Maine, Orono, Class of 1982. After college, Sherrie...
Albert Philip Mercier
Oct 7, 2022
WESTBROOK & BANGOR – Albert Philip Mercier, 78, passed away on October 7, 2022. He was born in Westbrook on May 21, 1944, the son of Levie and Delia Mercier. Albert served in the Marine Corps and worked as a mill wright at S.D. Warren. Albert enjoyed spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, waterskiing, knee boarding, gardening, and camping....
Raymond "Ray" Albert Proulx Jr.
Oct 6, 2022
GORHAM - Raymond "Ray" Albert Proulx, Jr., 68, passed unexpectedly October 6, 2022, at a care facility in Union, Maine. He was born November 8, 1953, in Portland, the son of Raymond and Aleta (Ingalls) Proulx. Ray attended Buxton schools and later obtained his G.E.D. In 1978 while working as a baker, he met the mother of his children, Patricia,...
Betty Faye Stone
Oct 6, 2022
Betty Faye Stone, 81 years of age and a resident of Naples, Maine passed on Thursday, October 6, 2022, from complications of cancer. Family members were by her side. Betty was born August 8, 1941, in Cranberry Isles, Maine to the late Hervey and Thelma Spurling. The Spurling family has a rich history on Cranberry Isles all the way back...
Jason Louis Tucker
Oct 5, 2022
LIMERICK - Jason Louis Tucker, passed away peacefully at the age of 72, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 surrounded by his closest loved ones. He was born December 27, 1949 in Portland, Maine to Norman and Marjorie (St. Pierre) Tucker. Jason grew up in Gorham and graduated high school in 1969, he then went on to serve in the US...
Kenneth Whynot Sr.
Oct 5, 2022
Kenneth Whynot Sr., 86, of Windham, passed away on October 5, 2022 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born on the Fourth of July in 1936, one of five children to the late George and Florence (Page) Whynot. Kenneth started his career in the trucking industry early on at the age of 15, where he would work...
Jerrill N. West Jr.
Oct 4, 2022
Jerrill N. West Jr., 58, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. He was born on October 9, 1963 son of Jerrill N. West Sr. and Patricia I. (Wills) West. Jerrill (Jay) was a Journeyman Pipefitter and Draftsman. He worked this trade in Arizona, Wisconsin, and locally for Commercial Welding and...
Susan Jane Breault
Oct 2, 2022
Susan Jane (Genevicz) Breault, 74, of Gorham, passed away on October 2, 2022 at her home. She was born in Bridgeport, CT on August 5, 1948. Susan was adopted as a young child by the Genevicz family in Rockland, ME. She was raised in the Rockland/Thomaston area and graduated from Georges Valley High School. Susan spent most of her adult...
Michael G. Hutchison
Oct 2, 2022
Michael G Hutchison of Windham died October 2, 2022 at MMC of cancer. He was born December 17, 1949 in Van Buren to Edward and Essie Rose (Nadeau) Hutchison. He was predeceased by two daughters Trisha Lee and Kelli Jane Hutchison, his parents, his step mother Gertrude Ann Hutchison, his siblings Sandra Elaine Hutchison, Verle Hutchison and Robert Landry Sr...
Edward "Eddie" Benson
Sep 24, 2022
GORHAM - Edward "Eddie" Benson, 65, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022. He was born to Alton H. and Katherine (Young) Benson on February 6, 1957 and raised on Kay-Ben dairy farm in Gorham, home to one of the first herds of registered Holsteins in the state. Eddie graduated from Gorham High School in 1975. He met his wife,...
Nancy Jane Harding
Sep 22, 2022
WESTBROOK, ME & LEEDS, MA - Nancy Jane Harding died after a long battle with Cancer at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Buffalo, NY on April 8, 1938 to the late Joseph and Hazel Allen. Nancy graduated from Strattford High School, Class of 1956 in Strattford, CT. In 1972, Nancy and...
Wendell G. Whitehouse
Sep 22, 2022
WINDHAM - Wendell G. Whitehouse, 58, passed away unexpectedly on September 22, 2022 in Windham. He was born in Farmington on October 31, 1963 to Wayne L. and Shirley M. (Bowie) Whitehouse. He attended Jay schools and received an Associates Degree at Kennebec Valley Technical College and advanced to a Journeyman Lineman. Wendell enjoyed his work and was proud to...
Sandra Trzenska Perry
Sep 22, 2022
WESTBROOK – Sandra Trzenska Perry, 78, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2022 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Portland on June 7, 1944 the daughter of Roman and Octavia (Smith) Trzenska. Sandra attended Westbrook Schools and graduated from Westbrook High School in 1962. She attended Westbrook College where she studied Medical...
Duncan Lawrence Macdougall, Jr.
Sep 22, 2022
GORHAM - Duncan Lawrence MacDougall, Jr., 79, passed away at home surrounded by family after a long illness on September 22, 2022. He was born in Burlington, VT on July 23, 1943 to Duncan L., Sr. and Grace (Aker) MacDougall. Duncan graduated from Standish High School in 1961. He earned an Associate's Degree in Engineering from MVTI (SMCC) and Bachelor's...
Jean H. Staples
Sep 22, 2022
Jean H. Staples, 79, of Standish, passed away on September 22, 2022 at Seaside Healthcare in Portland. She was born in Westbrook on January 10, 1943, daughter of the late Charles Byron Sr. and Lydia Pearl (Titcomb) Hannaford. Jean graduated from Gorham High School then went on to study nursing at Worcester City Hospital, getting her RN degree in 1964....
Mary Ann (Garrity) Gagnon
Sep 21, 2022
GORHAM - Mary Ann (Garrity) Gagnon, 87, died peacefully on September 21, 2022 with her family by her side. She was born in Westbrook, to John A. and Annie Marie (Nielsen) Garrity on May 14, 1935. She graduated from Westbrook High School in 1954. On July 3, 1954, Mary married her high school sweetheart, Edward "Shine" C. Gagnon. They traveled...
Ann Hawkes Paquin
Sep 20, 2022
WINDHAM - Ann Hawkes Paquin, 91, longtime resident of Windham, Maine passed away peacefully on September 20, 2022 under the care of Promedica Hospice of Canton, Michigan. Born in Westbrook on August 24, 1931, she was the only child of Herbert Henry Hawkes of Gorham and Windham and Caroline Elizabeth (Rogers) Hawkes of Freeport. She attended J.A. Andrews school in...

