Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, ME
Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine
Marilyn Florence (Powers) Ohlsen
Apr 8, 2022
WINDHAM - Marilyn Florence (Powers) Ohlsen died peacefully at home on April 8, 2022. She was born on May 24, 1926, in Waltham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Stanley and Grace (Burke) Powers. Marilyn graduated from Waltham High School's class of 1944. After graduation she attended Framingham Teachers College. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Andrew Ohlsen, on June 7,...
Jeanne M. Stevens
Apr 7, 2022
STANDISH - Surrounded by family and nestled into a favorite quilt, Jeanne Marie (Holmes) Stevens, 71, passed away April 7, 2022, following a brief illness. Jeanne was an artist with a needle and thread. She will be missed by family and her many friends – and by scores of people here in Maine and beyond whose lives she touched with...
Lloyd Neal Murphy Sr.
Apr 3, 2022
Lloyd Neal Murphy Senior, 80, of Windham, passed away on April 3, 2022. He was born on March 7, 1942 to Luther and Alice Murphy of Skowhegan, Maine. Lloyd graduated from high school in 1960 and came to Windham to serve an apprenticeship at Windham Mill Work. In 1961 he married Judith Lee Perry. They were joined by their first...
George E Oldham
Apr 3, 2022
George E. Oldham, 78, of Buxton, passed away in the early hours of April 3, 2022. He was born in Portland on May 27, 1943, son of the late Roy E. and Bernice (Link) Oldham. He was a graduate of South Portland High School, and worked for many years as a machinist. George was an avid Red Sox fan, a...
Mark Wendell Bickford
Apr 2, 2022
Mark Wendell Bickford, 65, passed away unexpectedly on April 2, 2022. He was born in Houlton on August 15, 1956, the son of Wendell R. and Clara (Ross) Bickford. After graduating from Houlton High School, Mark was drawn to the sea, and that led him to a degree in Marine Science from SMCC and a long career as a Petroleum...
Anna Bittner
Apr 2, 2022
Anna Magdalena Bittner (Feitz), 97, of Westbrook, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at Gorham House surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren on April 2, 2022. She was born May 8, 1924 in New York to Elizabeth (Gitzing) and Mathias Feitz. On August 4, 1945 she married Burton Andrew Bittner in New York and in 1950 they...
Richard W. Francoeur
Apr 2, 2022
Richard W. Francoeur, 75 of New Portland Road in Gorham passed away April 2, 2022 after a short illness at home with his family by his side. He was born in Westbrook and is the son of Rene and Rose ( Vachon) Francoeur. He was raised in Gorham and graduated from Gorham High School in 1964. Richard worked for F.S...
Christine Parker
Apr 2, 2022
Christine Parker, 64, of Steep Falls, passed away on April 2, 2022. She was born on December 6, 1957 in Bangor to parents John and Barbara Peck. Christine was married to Kenneth Parker Jr, and together they loved traveling, listening to music and spending quality time together with the family. She was a kind hearted woman with a deep love...
Leland E. "Buddy" Crawford Jr.
Mar 31, 2022
Leland E. "Buddy" Crawford, Jr., 68, passed away on March 31, 2022 at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway after a relatively short illness. Buddy was born August 23, 1953 in Portland, Maine to Leland and Beulah Crawford. Buddy spent his early years residing at Pineland Hospital in Pownal, Maine. Once Pineland closed, Buddy was moved to the Pleasant Street Assisted...
Anna Willette
Mar 31, 2022
PORTLAND, ME – Anna Willette, 84, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 31, 2022, at an assisted living center in Portland, Maine. Anna was born in New York City on January 22, 1938, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Minisalle. The family moved to Rouses Point, New York in 1969 were she raised her family and became an active member...
Therese Florence Annis
Mar 30, 2022
HOLLIS - Therese F. Annis, 78, passed away on March 30, 2022 surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren. She was born on April 27, 1943 a daughter to Eugene and Gabrielle Fredette Therese graduated from Westbrook High School. She married William G. Annis and a year later their daughter was born. She left Maine with their 3-month old daughter to...
Danita Joy Trepanier
Mar 30, 2022
Danita Joy Trepanier (Townsend), 58, of Windham, devoted wife and mother, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving husband and four daughters on March 30, 2022. She was born on July 22, 1963 in Biddeford, Maine to Charles and Lee Townsend. Danita graduated from Bonny Eagle High School in 1981. She married John Trepanier on September 23, 1994...
Andrea W. Varnum
Mar 28, 2022
Andrea W. Varnum, 78, passed away on March 28, 2022. She was born February 8,1944, in Portland, the daughter of Franklin B. and Patricia (Whipple) Young. Andrea graduated from Danbury High School in Connecticut in 1961. After raising two children while working as a lab technician, she returned to school and earned her BSN from St. Joseph's College in 1990....
Richard "Dick" Parry
Mar 28, 2022
Richard "Dick" Parry, 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 28, 2022 at the Maine Veterans' Home in Scarborough after a 5 year battle with dementia. Dick was born in Philadelphia, PA to William Parry and Dorothy (Loring) Parry on September 20, 1935. He spent his early years in Delanco, NJ before moving to Windham, ME when he was thirteen....
Richard Churchill Parry
Mar 28, 2022
Obituary to be posted upon completion. An hour of visitation will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 10:00am to 11:00am at Dolby, Blais & Segee Funeral Home, 434 River Rd., Windham. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00am at the Funeral Home. Burial will be private at Dolley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to...
Sandra L. Bray
Mar 26, 2022
Sandra L. Bray, 81, of Casco, died March 26, 2022 at her home. She was born September 8 1940 in Portland to Howard Siewertsen and Mildred Bowen. Sandra attended schools in Portland where she met Franklin E. Bray. They started dating and she used to sit on the ice cream cooler with him at his job while he worked. The...
Maddie Lou Chaplin
Mar 25, 2022
Maddie Lou (Norton) Chaplin, 80, of Gorham, ME, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 25th, 2022, with her loving family by her side. She was born on August 1st, 1941, in Bath, ME, as the first daughter of the later Elmer and Lucille Norton. Maddie Lou graduated from Gorham High School as a member of the class of 1959. She...
Erik K. Ingalls
Mar 24, 2022
Greenville, ME - Erik Kenneth Ingalls, 43, passed away on March 24, 2022, in Greenville, ME. He was born in Portland, Maine, on July 14, 1978, the son of Kenneth and Jeanne (Kaulback) Ingalls. Erik grew up in Raymond, Maine, and graduated from Windham Real School in 1996. He most recently worked at Stones Construction and Big Squaw Mountain in...
Paul J. Lambert
Mar 23, 2022
Paul Jean Lambert Sr passed away on March 23, 2022 surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Paul was born on November 20th, 1941, son of Rose and Robert Lambert. He graduated from Westbrook High School in 1961. His early career started as a grocery bagger at Sampson's in Westbrook. There, he worked his way up to...
Esther Colby Hillman
Mar 23, 2022
FALMOUTH - Esther Colby Hillman, 95, died March 23, 2022, at Falmouth by the Sea in Falmouth, ME after a long period of declining health. She was born September 3, 1926, in Bangor, ME, the only daughter of Harold Henry and Hildred Mary (Oliver) Colby. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1945, attended Beal College, then worked successively at Merrill...

