All Obituaries

Portland-Connie May Pierce (Rowing) Passed away on April 20, 2021 after a long illness of lung cancer at her Rosemont Avenue Home, where she resided with Sandy Donovan. Her companion/soulmate of 44 years. She was born July 24, 1944 in Wellsburg, WV. The daughter of Denzil and Dorothy (Atwell) Rowing, attending schools in West, VA and Miami Florida. Connie had worked at Fairchild Semiconductor for many years and for the last 18 years of her life she worked at St. Joseph’s College,...

Virginia M. Cobb 92, of Scarborough passed away on April 18, 2021 at the Hawthorne House in Freeport. She was born May 8th, 1928 in Portland, to the late Mildred and Wilfred Noel. She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years Richard E. Cobb. When her children were young, she worked as a CNA at Mercy hospital, in Portland.  After several years, she began her lifelong career at Maine National Bank in downtown Portland as a customer service representative until retirement in...

Kymbrid Joseph Dorr, 81 of Portland passed away on Friday April 16th 2021 at his home. Kym grew up in Augusta and was in the Fire Department, managed a local shoe store, was a member of the Jaycees and the Eagles. He moved to Portland in the early 1970’s. Kym worked as Office Manager at the Maine Department of Human Services in Portland and in later years was the shuttle driver for Rowe Ford. He and his wife Jeannie loved to travel and their favorite destination was the Hawaiian...

Friday April 16, 2021 at 5:10 pm Garrett Fitzgerald passed away. He was in the company of his family, Ruby Lee, Tina Cromwell, Peter Fitzgerald, and James Fitzgerald. It was a beautiful day despite the rain, snow and wind typical of April. We listened to Irish music, told stories and were just together to celebrate a great life. Garrett was born in Dublin, Ireland February 6, 1936. He was raised in Offaly, Ireland and Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland, with his younger siblings Geraldine, Emmett,...

Portland- Thomas C. Ferrante,83, of Hammond Street in Portland, passed away on Monday April 12,2021 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, following a brief illness. He was born in Portland on August 4,1937 a son of Carmine and Lauorina (DePaulo) Ferrante. Tom was educated in Portland schools, and was a graduate of Portland High School, class of 1956. He married his High School sweetheart Donna Jones in 1960, together they have celebrated 61 years of marriage. Tom was employed...

Scarborough – Andrew Roger Rathmell, age 23, much-loved son and brother, died on Sunday, April 11, 2021. We lost Andrew when he succumbed to depression and took his own life. Andrew was born in Austin, Texas on August 20, 1997 and moved to Scarborough, Maine when he was 1 month old. In 2015, he graduated from Scarborough High School and then went on to attend Brandeis University, where in 2019, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Biology and Biology. Andrew grew up...

(EAST HAVEN, CT) - James Edward McGowan, 51 formerly of Portland, ME, died peacefully, while accompanied by his fiancé, Nancy Lombardi, at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT after a brief but exhausting battle with cancer. Jimmy, as he was affectionately known by family and friends, was born and raised in Portland, Maine where he attended Portland Schools and became a graduate of Job Corps in Bangor, ME.  He made a home in East Haven where he resided with his fiancé...

Falmouth, Maine: Micaela “Mike” A. Cella, 86, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2021. She was born on October 9, 1934, the youngest of seven children of Carlo D. and Marion B. (Bradicich) Cella. Micaela was born and raised in Ridgewood New Jersey. She had a very accomplished professional career as a Service Consular Officer for the State Department, serving in US embassies around the world. She was stationed in Mali, London, Paris, Montreal, Guyana, Tokyo, Fiji, Liberia and...

Richard “Darrick” Hunt passed away Friday morning April 2, 2021 of neurological complications. He lived in Casco, ME at Country Village Assisted Living. Darrick formerly resided in Portland ME, South Lake Tahoe, CA and Columbia, TN. He was born in Framingham, MA on June 24, 1955 and was a loving father of two. Darrick was an amazing man, a pure and honest soul known for his compassionate spirit. He was kind, positive, patient, selfless and a great listener. He was all about...

Patricia “Trush” Sundik Seasons of Life and Love   Spring Patricia Elizabeth Budnovitch was a summer baby born in Trenton, NJ in August 1946. She was the youngest of four children. As a youngster, Patricia loved school, art, music, reading and imaginative play. During her teen years, she travelled to national parks with her sister Mariea; spent time in Rockport, MA with her sister, Anna; and zoomed around town in a convertible with her brother, Billy. In 1961, Patti was...