All Obituaries

  Portland - Linda Kay Leyme, 77, passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on September 13, 2020 surrounded by her family.  She was the daughter of James & Helen (Shaw) Mastroluca. Linda was a graduate of Portland High School, Class of 1961. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her son, William; her previous husband, Joseph Daicy; two sisters, Ruth Libby and Jayne Beckwith and her mother-in-law, Verno Brohard whom she adored. She is survived by...

Cathy Marie Crane, Yarmouth, Maine, November 3, 1953 “I’m a fighter, a person of strong faith, and I’m at peace “! This was the testimony of Cathy Marie Crane who passed away September 8, 2020. Determined to live her life with faith and the heart of a Warrior, Cathy fought stage 4 cancer with every ounce of her strength, always having a smile and kind word. Cathy made many friends during her treatment admiring the strength each person demonstrated. Her smile now...

Dr. David Alan April of Bangor Maine died on September 7, 2020  at The Barron Center in Portland..  Born in Salem, MA on December 29, 1944, he was a son of the late Ernest Wilfred April and Dorothea Marie (Bousquet) April. David spent his formative years in Salem and Danvers, MA and graduated from Danvers High School in 1963. David and Martha Putnam Fielding – former classmates at Danvers High School – were married in Danvers in 1967. They were happily married for...

Scarborough – James A. Holloway of Falmouth died at the Gosnell House in Scarborough, Maine on Sunday, September 6 after a long battle with melanoma.  Born in 1939 in Wheeling, West Virginia, he was the son of Elizabeth Stone Gibbs and James Alexander Holloway.  He was the paternal grandson of Margaret Glass and William W. Holloway of Wheeling.  His maternal grandparents were Katharine Stone and Joseph S. Gibbs.  His mother’s great uncle Elijah Stone was the...

Gray - Marie B Wilson, 90, passed away peacefully on August 31 at her son's home in Gray, Maine. Marie was born in Portland to Barbara (Washwell) and Stephen Diluna on July 24, 1930. She graduated from Deering High School in 1948. Shortly after her marriage to Donald Wilson in 1949 they moved to Cape Elizabeth. After the marriage ended in 1964 Marie was left to raise her five young children and a niece on her own. Marie went to work at Fairchild Semiconductor leaving after twenty-five...

Keith L. Savage, 80, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2020 after a brief illness.  He was born May 11,1940 in Portland, ME, the son of Keith Ernest and Beatrice Mae (Young) Savage. He attended Portland Schools, including Deering High. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maine, Portland campus.  Graduating with a degree in English and Education, he became quite the grammarian. He made a career in the Army with his first tour being in Korea, where he...

Marty grew up in Mobile Alabama. He has 2 older brothers Mark and Michael. Marty was super close with his mom Jimmie Nell. He went to B.C Rain high school and onto college at South East School of Technology in Mobile, Al. Marty had many other “brothers” he grew up with and made yearly trips to spend time together. Marty grew up playing football and basketball. He is a huge Auburn sports fan “War Damn Eagle” all the way. Marty moved to Maine 23 years ago to take a...

Topsham-Elizabeth D. Cyr, (Bette) of Topsham, ME was born in Brewer, ME on September 25, 1928. She passed away on August 26, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Earle and Gladys (Pelletier) Doucette. Bette graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, Maine. She also graduated from the Wilson School in Boston, MA. and worked as a laboratory technician for several years. She married Charles W. Cyr, Jr. (Charlie) in 1952. They lived in several...

                                                                                Portland Helen L. Raymond, 100, passed away at the Baron Center in Portland on August 25, 2020. She was a former resident of the Betsy Ross House in South Portland from 2003 to 2018 and life resident of Caribou....

Peaks Island- Walter D. Crandall, 87, of Luther Street, Peaks Island, died Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at  Mercy Hospital.  Born in Portland on December 23, 1932, he was a son of Donald A. and Irene F Powell Crandall.  Walter graduated from Portland High Scholl the Class of 1951.  Following high school, he entered the United States Navy. He was predeceased by his son Mark A. Crandall. He is survived by his son Donald G. Crandall and two daughters Susan E. Massing and...