Obituaries

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

Serving Westbrook, Windham, and Gorham, Maine

Nancy Guiney Grant

Nancy Guiney Grant

Dec 3, 2019

SOUTH PORTLAND - Nancy Guiney Grant departed this life as she arrived, ready for adventure, with an open heart and a sparkle in her Irish blue eyes. Nancy was the oldest daughter of Helena Callan Guiney and Jeremiah Guiney. She loved her notorious siblings, Philip, Margaret (Peg) Morrison, Jeremiah and surviving sister Kate Guiney Warner of Ontario Canada. Nancy cherished...

Esmay Healey

Esmay Healey

Dec 1, 2019

STANDISH—Esmay Healey, 91, passed away on December 1, 2019 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born on June 21, 1928, in Norfolk, England, a daughter of George and Violet (Button) Cockburn. She was educated in England and in 1947 she married James C.F. Healey M.D.. In 1957, the couple moved to the United States, and started...

Kenneth Whynot Jr.

Kenneth Whynot Jr.

Nov 28, 2019

GORHAM—Kenneth Whynot Jr., 61, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thanksgiving Day. He was born June 6, 1958, a son of Kenneth and Claudia (Kutcher) Whynot Sr.. Kenneth, known to many as "Spike", attended Windham Schools. On October 22, 1976, he married Kathy Lynn Sawyer. Kenneth was a jack of all trades who could fix just...

Beatrice I. Graham

Beatrice I. Graham

Nov 27, 2019

Windham - Beatrice I. (McCormick) Graham, 80, died Wednesday November 27, 2019, at Ledgewood Manor in Windham. She was born September 4, 1939, in Portland a daughter of John and Lillian (Waite) McCormick. Beatrice grew up in Portland and attended local schools. She loved being a homemaker and tending to her home and property. She also had passion for puzzles,...

William Sells

William Sells

Nov 23, 2019

William Sells, while part funny man, country farmer, patriot, music lover, wok wizard, and troublemaker, was also wholly a story-teller, who completed his last chapter on Saturday, 23 November 2019, when he, as Bill would say, "lost his shadow." Bill's story began on May 30, 1930 on his family's 400-acre Lancaster, Ohio farm during a time when limited means did...

Kevin W. Weatherby

Kevin W. Weatherby

Nov 22, 2019

STANDISH — Kevin Watson Weatherby, 55, passed away November 22, 2019 at his home, with his wife Valerie by his side. He was born February 7, 1964, a son of Aubrey and Isabella (Cail) Weatherby. Kevin graduated from Bonny Eagle High School in the class of 1982. He worked in the oil business for 29 years and was employed at...

Faith Elaine Poulin Bailey

Faith Elaine Poulin Bailey

Nov 22, 2019

GORHAM - Faith Elaine Poulin Bailey, very beloved wife of the late Burton D. Bailey, passed away peacefully at her residence in Gorham on November 22, 2019 with her family at her side. Faith was born on January 13, 1926 to Royal F. Poulin and his wife, Christine (McKown) Poulin. She was born in Hartford, CT before moving to Portland...

Butch Beardsley

Butch Beardsley

Nov 21, 2019

WINDHAM-- Butch Beardsley, a loved father and grandfather, and outdoor enthusiast died after a long battle with cancer, November 21, 2019, surrounded by his family at Gosnell House in Scarborough. He was 64 years old. Butch was born on March 31, 1955, in Portland, ME., second oldest of six children. He was a smart curious man that worked very hard....

Alan Cedric Foster

Alan Cedric Foster

Nov 21, 2019

STANDISH—Alan Cedric Foster, 78, passed away November 21, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Portland. He was born August 7, 1941, a son of Cedric and Irma (Post) Foster. Alan was a graduate of Windham High School, class of 1959. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he served for 4 years. Upon his honorable discharge...

Janice M. Hodgkins Usher

Janice M. Hodgkins Usher

Nov 21, 2019

WESTBROOK-- Janice was born on June 6, 1935 in Westbrook, ME at the old Westbrook Hospital to Charles H. Hodgkins and Ruth Smith Hodgkins. She graduated from Westbrook High School and Fisher Junior College in Boston, and she attended USM for a brief time in later years. After graduating, she was employed briefly at Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. and...

Lorraine O. Stickney

Lorraine O. Stickney

Nov 20, 2019

STANDISH - Lorraine (Phyllis) Osberg Stickney, 83, died on Nov. 20, 2019 at Avita Memory Care in Brunswick. Lorraine was born on September 2, 1936 in Spicer, MN. She was the third of four daughters born to Edgar Albin Osberg and Ella Sophie Orson. She graduated high school in Kerkhoven, Mn in 1954, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from...

Robert W. Skinner Iv

Robert W. Skinner Iv

Nov 18, 2019

GORHAM- Robert W. Skinner IV, 78, died suddenly of natural causes at his home on November 18, 2019. Mr. Skinner was born on June 4, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lived in Maine for almost 20 years. His grandfather, Frederic Parkhurst was Governor of Maine. Mr. Skinner was active with the Marine Corp League Southern Maine Detachment. He is survived...

Myrtle A. Aube

Myrtle A. Aube

Nov 17, 2019

WESTBROOK-- Myrtle Alberta Aube passed away November 17, 2019 at her home in Westbrook. She was born on August 19, 1930 in Buxton to Walter Smith and Lucy Sargent. She married the love of her life; Roland Aube on October 10, 1947. Together they raised their family and later in life enjoyed traveling including a cruise to Alaska. Myrtle loved...

Thelma Elizabeth "Teddie" Thompson

Thelma Elizabeth "Teddie" Thompson

Nov 15, 2019

Thelma Elizabeth "Teddie" (Dennett) Thompson, of Gorham, passed away on November 15, 2019 in Gorham, Maine. Teddie was born June 23rd, 1929 in Mapleton, the second child of Ralph Abel Dennett and Margery Hannah (Rand) Dennett. A 1947 graduate of Presque Isle High School, Teddie worked for the Superintendent of Schools for MSAD#1 for several years. On September 18, 1950...

Glynn Otis Nicholson

Glynn Otis Nicholson

Nov 12, 2019

GORHAM- Glynn Otis Nicholson, 66, passed away November 12, 2019. He was born in Gorham December 26, 1952 to parents Bernard Cleveland and Bernice Marie (Whitfield) Nicholson. Glynn grew up in Gorham and attended local schools graduating in 1972. For 39 years, he was employed at B & M Beans in Portland and proudly served on the Gorham Fire Department...

Ann Elizabeth Peoples

Ann Elizabeth Peoples

Nov 12, 2019

WESTBROOK - Ann Elizabeth Peoples age 72, formerly Ann Elizabeth Horiuchi, born Ann Elizabeth Murphy, passed away peacefully November 12th, 2019. She was born January 31st, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana to John and Rosemary Murphy. Her first marriage was in 1969, to Capt. Gerald T Horiuchi. Their marriage lasted only 8 years, but after their divorce she found true love...

Judith Spiller Getchell

Judith Spiller Getchell

Nov 12, 2019

WESTBROOK - Judith Spiller Getchell of Westbrook, ME passed away peacefully on November 12, 2019 in the comfort of her home with family. She was 86. Judy was born in Portland, ME on August 11, 1933 to J. Lillian Johnson and Maurice Randall Spiller. She graduated from Westbrook High School in 1951 and went on to Gorham State Teachers College,...

David Lawrence Abbiati

David Lawrence Abbiati

Nov 11, 2019

GORHAM-- David Lawrence Abbiati, 76, of Gorham, Maine, died with his wife Thea by his side, after a long and difficult journey with cancer. Dave was a generous, loyal, and intellectually curious man, a trait that he passed on to his kids and grandkids. Dave was born in Boston in 1943 to Ebe and Lawrence Abbiati and lived in the...

Clifford Joseph Orman

Clifford Joseph Orman

Nov 11, 2019

WESTBROOK - Clifford Joseph Orman,94, passed away November 11, 2019. Born February 21, 1925, in Canandaigua, New York, to Joseph Adelbert and Edna (née Little) Orman, he grew up in the town of Irondequoit, near Lake Ontario. A graduate of the the University of Rochester and Purdue University in math and physics,he began his career as senior engineer at the...

Maria Salvati

Maria Salvati

Nov 10, 2019

WINDHAM- Maria Salvati, 94, passed away peacefully on November 10,2019 at Gorham House, Gorham, Maine, where she had been living for the last 18 months. Maria was born on February 21, 1925 in the village of Capestrano in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. She was the fourth of seven children born to Nicoletta Palmeri and Vincenzo Sicchio. Maria graduated high...