All Obituaries

Joan Marie Catherine Hancock Skelton died Monday May 20, 2019.  Born on February 7, 1931, in Raymond, Maine, she was a daughter of Catherine and Sydney Hancock and brought up in Portland. Joan graduated from Portland High School in 1949 and went to work for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., then entered the U.S. Navy in February of 1952. She married James Skelton on May 4, 1954 and left the Armed Services in August of 1954.  She is predeceased by two children; Marie and...

PORTLAND - Bettie A. (Brown) Leonard, 92, died peacefully on Thursday, May 16, 2019, after losing her battle with dementia. Mimi, as she was known to most, was born on February 10, 1927, to Rosemond M. (LaFlamme) and Lewis H. Brown of Portland. She graduated from Portland High School in 1945 and from Westbrook Junior College in 1947. Bettie was a member of the South Portland Church of the Nazarene and was an active member for over 30 years. She was also active in the churches bible study...

    Portland- Mark Perry, 48 passed away on May 16, 2019 after a short battle with cancer in Portland Maine. He was born on. March 2nd 1971 in Danvers, MA and grew up in Middleton, MA. Mark graduated from Masconomet Regional High School in 1989. He was a loving son of Richard Perry and Susan Lonergan Perry. Mark was survived by sister Denise Perry and brother Steven Perry.  He was predeceased by brother Allen Perry. He leaves behind two daughters Elizabeth and Meaghan Perry...

Raymond A. Quattrucci, 88, of Portland, passed away Tuesday May 14, 2019 surrounded by his family. Born in Portland, he was a son of Gaetano and Asunta Paolino Quattrucci, first generation Italian immigrants.  Ray started his career in the food business at the family’s Balboa Café on India Street.  In the early 1950’s, after serving four years in the U.S. Navy, Ray accepted a position with John Martin’s 20th Century Supermarket on Congress Street where he...

      Frances Ann (Lambert) Morin Portland – Frances Ann Morin, 74, died after a brief illness on May 14, 2019. At her home surrounded by her family. She was born Jan 21, 1945, in Sebago the daughter of the late Frederick W. and Abbie (Hill) Lambert. Fran moved to Portland as a teenager where she met her husband, Maurice (Tim) Morin and raise their 3 daughters. She was a stay at home Mom until the girls were in school, then working at the Holiday Inn by the Bay...

  Falmouth – Richard Abbott Benning McKenzie, 95, passed away peacefully April 3, 2019 after a short illness. Born February 8, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Albert Byron “Mac” McKenzie and Bernice Benning McKenzie, they moved to Alexandria, Pennsylvania in the 1930s due to the Dust Bowl. After graduating from Alexandria H.S. in 1941, Richard enlisted and served in WWII in the 9th Weather Squadron Army Air Force in British Guiana and the Caribbean. After...

Judith (Judy) Ann Ruby Clements, 75              Westbrook, ME—Judith A Clements passed away peacefully on December 27, 2018 at Avita of Stroudwater after a long illness with Alzheimer’s. She was surrounded by her “Avita” family who were near and dear to her.               Born in Portland, ME on March 17, 1943 she attended Falmouth High School...

Roberta A. (MacLean) Place, 86, of Portland, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2019 after a brief illness and longer battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Portland, Maine on August 4, 1932 to Walter D. and Arlene (Robbins) MacLean. As one of eight children, she lived humbly and learned frugality at a young age. Roberta carried these traits into her 47 year marriage to the love of her life, Charles W. Place, who predeceased her in 2000. Together, they worked very hard to...

    Jeanne Hammond died at Piper Shores retirement home in Scarborough, Maine on May first.  She was 98 years old.   She was the daughter of Bradley Bancroft Hammond and Ethel Armstrong Hammond.  Born is Los Angeles, California she grew up in Yonkers, New York, graduated from Scarborough (NY) School and in 1943 from Wellesley College with a BA in History of Art.  She was predeceased by a brother, Bradley B. Hammond, Jr., and a sister, Barbara (Mrs. David G.)...

Portland                               Mildred Joyce Richardson, 86 years of age went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 28, 2019.  She was born on June 18, 1932, the youngest daughter of five children to   the late Helena (Howe) Payne and La Baron B. Payne of Springhill, NB Canada.  She was educated in the New Brunswick...