All Obituaries

  Portland-Anthony Viola, 88, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2019 at the Gosnell House surrounded by his loving family.  He was born and raised in Portland, Maine, the son of Italian immigrants, Saverio and Filomena (Rossini) Viola.  He was raised in the Little Italy section of Portland, graduating from Portland High school in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean war and was stationed in Germany from 1952 – 1954.  He married the love of his life,...

Portland, Maine Bernadette A. LaPierre peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, with family by her side.  Bernadette was born on May 15, 1932, in Vassalboro, Maine, the daughter of the late Rose (Vigue) Peverada.  She spent her younger years growing up with her many aunts and uncles in Vassalboro, then moved to Portland to be with her mother.  She attended local schools and graduated from Portland High School in 1950.  There, she was a majorette and met her...

  Geraldine C. Cole (89) of 62 Dorset St. passed away Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 at home with her niece Judith Nielsen at her side after a long illness.  Geraldine is survived by her son(s) David Greenlaw and his wife Patricia of Portland, Norman Cole of Biddeford, daughters Sherian Leconte of Portland, and Donna Goulet and her husband Allan of Punta Gorda, Florida.  She is also survived by brothers Shamus Tuttle of California, Ronald Tuttle and his wife Sharla of Lebanon, Me....

Robert Berwick, 85 Portland- Robert (Bob) Berwick, 85, resident at Portland Center for Assisted Living, passed away on July 1. 2019. Bob spent his last week at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by his children, grandchildren and his beloved cat Hobo. Robert was born on September 19, 1933 in Avon, MA.  He moved as a teen with his family to Groton, CT before joining the Army.  Bob found his love of animals while in service to his country overseas in Korea. ...

Thomas “Bo” Warden Jr.   Greenwood- Thomas “Bo” Warden, 58 took his final victory lap unexpectedly June 28th, 2019. He was born February 14th, 1961, in Portland the son of Patricia and the Late Thomas Warden Sr. Bo often spoke fondly of growing up in the Cash Corner neighborhood of S. Portland. He Graduated from S. Portland High in 1979. He then fulfilled his dream of owning a full-service garage in Buxton, where he spent some great years. Bo then laid down...

Elizabeth Mary (DiMillo) Quinn   Elizabeth “Betty” Quinn passed away on June 24, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Portland on March 16, 1933, she was the youngest of Antonio and Ersilia (Liberi) Dimillo’s nine children. Betty graduated from Cathedral High School and then worked at Yudi’s Tire before marrying her husband of 62 years, James “Gus” Quinn. Betty was blessed with 7 children; 19 grandchildren; 17...

Pauline (Paudiz) D. Krekorian, 91 of Portland passed away on June 16, 2019, with family at her side. Pauline was born January 1929 to Bedros Goulasarian and Satneg Tevanian Goulasarian, who were immigrants that fled Armenia during the Armenian Genocide in 1927. As a first-generation Armenian American, she was raised with English as her second language in their home behind her parent’s grocery store, Goulasarian's on the corner of Chestnut and Lancaster Street in Portland. As...

Ralph D. Morgan, 77, of Falmouth, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland from complications due to ANCA GPA, a rare vascular disease.  His wife and children were by his side throughout his illness and passing. Ralph was born in 1942 at the Chelsea Naval Hospital to Ralph and Lilian Holmes Morgan.  We think being a Navy brat was the start of his love of traveling for work and personal enjoyment.  This start in life was aptly suited for...

  Portland – Frances T. (McDermott) Driscoll, 72, passed away on June 13, 2019 with her family by her side. She was born Dec. 18, 1946 in Portland, the daughter of the late Leo J. McDermott, MD and Jane B. (Haley) McDermott.   Frances graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in 1965, and received a Bachelor of Education from Gorham State Teachers College in 1970. In 1975, she married Robert F. Driscoll Jr., who served for more than 20 years in...

Portland Photo Wanda Olga Timer Karlen passed away quietly in her sleep June 11, 2019.  Wanda was born the youngest of nine children to William and Hulda (Manke) Timer in Laurens, NY on January 29, 1923.  A graduate of Laurens High School in 1940, Wanda was employed at Bendix Aviation where she met her husband Tom.  They lived in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin before settling in Waterville and having their two sons Thomas Karlen and Richard Karlen.  Her husband Tom Karlen...