Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, ME
Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine
Ralph "Skip" B. Willis
Jan 20, 2022
Gorham Ralph B. Willis, known by all as "Skip", passed away at his shop on Thursday, January 20th, 2022. Skip was born in Westbrook, Maine on September 8, 1938 to Bertha (Bridges) and Ralph Morse Willis and attended primary and secondary school in both Guilford and Gorham, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1960 with...
Susan Ann Meserve
Jan 20, 2022
Susan Ann (Braley) Meserve, 67, of South Portland, passed away in Portland on January 20, 2022. She was born in Westbrook on September 20, 1954, daughter of Dale Braley and the late Elsie (Tapley) Braley. After going to nursing school, Susan worked as a CNA in a nursing home for many years and thoroughly enjoyed taking care of people. She...
David Herbert Rowe
Jan 20, 2022
David Herbert Rowe 76, of Gorham, died unexpectedly January 20th, 2022 at Maine Medical, he was born March 18th, 1945 in Scarborough, the son of Frank Rowe and Thelma (Pennel) Rowe. David graduated from Scarborough in 1963. After graduation he married his high school sweet heart Patricia Helen Greenleaf in March of 1964. David joined US Air Force before marriage...
Joseph William Petty
Jan 19, 2022
Joseph William Petty, 70, of Windham passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022 under the loving care of the staff at Sedgewood Commons. He was born in Portland on May 28, 1951 to his late parents Richard and Irene (Fournier) Petty. Joseph was a graduate of Portland High School class of 1969. After graduation he served in the US Army...
Ralph Arthur Stowell Sr.
Jan 19, 2022
STANDISH - Ralph Arthur Stowell, Sr., 86, passed away at his home on January 19, 2022 due to complications from Parkinson's disease and CLL. He was born on November 11, 1935, in Yarmouth, the son of Freeman Stowell and Belna (Burnell) Libby. Ralph enjoyed many things in his life and they all focused around family, friends and automobiles. He was...
Walter (Bill) D. Brown
Jan 18, 2022
Walter (Bill) D. Brown Sr, of Standish, passed away on January 18, 2022 at the age of 65, at Maine Medical Center. He was born on June 29, 1956 in Kennebunk, Maine. Bill grew up in Steep Falls, while bouncing around to other towns in the foster care system. He was the youngest of five siblings, all placed into the...
Carla Lynn Laroche
Jan 18, 2022
WINDHAM - Carla Lynn LaRoche, 56, of Windham, ME surrounded by her loving husband and children passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father the evening of January 18, 2022. She was born May 23, 1965 to Carol A. (Partridge) Rogers and Albert Rogers Sr. She grew up in Windham and graduated from Grace Baptist Church in 1983. She met...
Jane E. Shaw
Jan 17, 2022
Jane E. Shaw passed away peacefully on January 17, 2022 at the age of 98. She was married to Carl F. Shaw for 63 years. She was the mother of 9 children, grandmother of 22, great-grandmother of 22, and great-great grandmother of one. She was born in Westbrook, ME in April 1923 to Victoria (Harvey) and Harold Bragdon and graduated...
Katherine Elizabeth (Hufnagel) Hawkes
Jan 17, 2022
CASCO & GORHAM - Katherine Hawkes, 78, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022 at The Inn At Village Square in Gorham, after a long battle with cancer. She was born Katherine Hufnagel, in Pittsburgh, PA on April 18, 1943, daughter of Andrew and Kathleen (Wynne) Hufnagel. Kathie graduated from Mt. Mercy College with a BS in education in 1965 and...
David Scott Willey
Jan 16, 2022
Gorham - David Scott Willey, 68, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2022 from Covid. He was born in Portland, the son of Barbara and David G. Willey. He lived his life in Gorham and Standish and went thru the Gorham school system graduating from GHS in 1972. While at the high school he was a member of the State...
Robert J. Lemieux
Jan 15, 2022
Gorham – Robert J Lemieux, 96, passed peacefully on Saturday, January 15, 2022. He was born in Westbrook, the son of Rene and Edwidge Nadeau Lemieux. In 1943 he enlisted in the Marines to support his country. Upon returning home, he finished high school and while there began taking art lessons from Ansel Sterling, creating the mural that had been...
Antonia R. Casey
Jan 14, 2022
WINDHAM - Antonia (Krenn) Casey, 91, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was a beloved mother, sister, aunt and grandmother. She was a resident of Westbrook for over 50 years after spending her early life in Austria where she was born. Born on November 22, 1930 in Rudersdorf, Feldkirchen, Austria, Antonia was...
Donald A. Mayer
Jan 14, 2022
RAYMOND - Donald A. Mayer died at his home in Raymond on January 14, 2022 a few days after celebrating his 90th birthday. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mr. Mayer first became a New Englander at age 17, when his father, Joseph L. Mayer accepted a position at an oil terminal in South Portland. He served in the US...
Thomas P. Shaw
Jan 13, 2022
Thomas P. Shaw, "Tommy" passed away on January 13th, 2022 at 55 years old. He was born on November 13th in Portland, Maine to parents Sally Davis Shaw and Dewayn Shaw. He was the second youngest of nine children. He spent his childhood working at his family farm on Finn Parker Road in Gorham, later building a home on that...
Margo Mayhew Hubbard Bedell
Jan 13, 2022
Margo Hubbard Bedell, 82, passed away January 13, 2022 after a long courageous battle at Maine Medical Center. She was born February 05, 1939 in Rockland, ME; the daughter of Marion and Ashley Hubbard. Margo graduated from Union High School class of 1957 as Valedictorian. She pursued her career attending hair Styling School. Margo owned and operated two beauty shops....
Earl "Bud" Blake Harris Jr.
Jan 12, 2022
ST. CLOUD, FL – Earl "Bud" Blake Harris, Jr., 81 died unexpectedly on January 12, 2022 at his home in St. Cloud, Florida. He was born on February 4, 1940 in Waterboro, Maine the son of Earl B. Harris, Sr., and Lillian (Sluckus) Sawyer. Buddy married Janet Gilman on October 8, 1960 and together they raised a family and celebrated...
Phyllis J. Rogers
Jan 10, 2022
Phyllis J. Rogers, 84 of Windham, passed away on January 10th. She was born January 31st 1938 in Westbrook to Mary (Blanchard) and Emmanuel Peters. Phyllis enjoyed watching westerns, birds, and reading. She loved her family, friends, and the lord Jesus. She was very loved by them and will be missed by all. She was a wonderful woman, wife, mother,...
Philip F. Leconte Sr.
Jan 8, 2022
Philip F. LeConte Sr., 79, of Buxton, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 8, 2022 with his loving family by his side. He was born on February 18, 1942 in Westbrook, son of the late Rudolph Sr. and Mona (Pinkham) LeConte. He enjoyed the last 23 years of his retirement on the golf course, horse track, and at...
Teresa Sanborn
Jan 8, 2022
Westbrook - Teresa Lynn Sanborn, 70, died Saturday January 8, 2022, at Maine Medical Center in Portland with her loving husband at her side. She was born September 11, 1951, in Portland, a daughter of Donald and Harriet (LeClair) Caron. Teresa grew up in Westbrook and was a 1969 graduate of Westbrook High School and a 1973 graduate of Gorham...
Edward August Ahlquist
Jan 7, 2022
Edward August Ahlquist joined his beloved wife, Patricia, in heaven on January 7, 2022. Born on August 27, 1929, Eddie was the last remaining child of Rudolph Emanuel Ahlquist and Marjory Chadbourn Ahlquist. He was predeceased by his siblings Florence (Link), Earle, Leroy, and Pauline (Ferrara). Raised on a farm on Beech Ridge Road in Scarborough, he was a graduate...

