Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Portland, ME
Serving Portland, Maine
Elva Burgess Brooks
Feb 21, 2014
Elva Burgess Brooks November 5, 1914 February 21, 2014 Portland - Elva B. Brooks of Cumberland Center passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014, at Mercy Hospital. She was born in South West Port Mouton, Nova Scotia on November 5, 1914, the daughter of Lucy Roy Burgess and Thomas Burgress. Elva graduated from Portland High in 1932. She was employed...
Mary Eulalia Boyle
Feb 21, 2014
Mary Eulalia Boyle October 17, 2014 February 21, 2014 Scarborough - Mary Eulalia Boyle, 87, of Portland, Maine, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014, at Pine Point Center. She was born in Portland on October 17, 1926 to Teresa Marie (Fairweather) and F. Leo Boyle, Sr. Mary was a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy and worked for many years in...
Richard L. Curran
Feb 19, 2014
Richard L. Curran February 19, 2014 Richard L. Curran, 72 passed away on February 19, 2014 in Portland. He was born in Portland to the late William Jr. and Dorothea (Goodrich) Curran. Dick graduated from Deering High School and served in the Air Force. He worked for American Can Co. until they closed and then for the State of Maine...
Elaine Audrey Tucker
Feb 19, 2014
Elaine Audrey Tucker March 19, 1931 February 19, 2014 Portland - Elaine Audrey Tucker peacefully passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Portland on March 19, 1931 to Archibald and Eleanor (Foss) Mishio. Elaine attended local schools and lived most of her life in the city she adored....
Mary "Midge" Margaret Brooks Vreeland
Feb 17, 2014
Mary "Midge" Margaret Brooks Vreeland 1950 February 17, 2014 MIDGE BROOKS VREELAND: A LIFE WELL LIVED IN MAINE, ITALY AND LOUISIANA GRAY, Maine - Family, friends, colleagues, clients and the Maine advertising community mourn the passing of Midge Vreeland, managing partner emeritus of Vreeland Marketing & Design in Yarmouth, who died February 17 in the company of loving family and...
John Walter Gillis
Feb 16, 2014
John Walter Gillis September 24, 1941 February 16, 2014 Westbrook - John Walter Gillis, 72 of Westbrook passed away on February 16, 2014. He was born on September 24, 1941, to James and Grace Gillis in Cambridge, MA, and grew up in Middleboro, MA. He was a 1958 graduate of Middleboro High School. He served in the United States Air...
Thomas S. Warden Sr
Feb 12, 2014
Thomas S. Warden, Sr. July 23, 1932 February 12, 2014 Thomas S. Warden Sr., 81, passed away on February 12, 2014 at Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born in Portland on July 23, 1932 to the late Ethel Mae Murray and Ivan Schley Warden. He spent his younger years on Munjoy Hill...
Dr. Louis Anthony Ciampi
Feb 11, 2014
Dr. Louis Anthony Ciampi August 25, 1932 February 11, 2014 Lifelong Portland resident Dr. Louis Anthony Ciampi, 81, died on the evening of February 11, 2014 after a brief illness. Louis was born on Washington Avenue in Portland on August 25, 1932 as the eleventh child of Italian immigrants, Michael and Marianna (Grassi) Ciampi. He attended North School, Jack Junior...
Bogdan Anatolievich Davidenko
Feb 9, 2014
Bogdan Anatolievich Davidenko May 13, 1985 February 9, 2014 Bogdan Anatolievich Davidenko was born to Anatoly & Svetlana Davidenko on May 13 1985 in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, where he spent his earliest childhood years. Being the youngest of three brothers, Vasily, Anatoly & Dmitry and a sister Aksana, he was the star of the family. He started his journey to the...
Michael Joseph Keane
Feb 8, 2014
Michael Joseph Keane March 23, 1936 February 8, 2014 Michael Joseph Keane died Saturday, February 8, 2014 at his home in Portland at the age of 77 surrounded by family, relatives and friends after a brief battle with cancer. Michael was born on March 23, 1936 in Polleeny, County Galway, Ireland to Thomas and Annie (Flaherty) Keane. He was born...
Alan Lloyd Sargent
Feb 7, 2014
Alan Lloyd Sargent January 7, 1954 February 7, 2014 PORTLAND - Alan Lloyd Sargent, age 60, of Portland, died Friday, February 7, 2014 at his residence after a brief illness. Alan was born in Portland on January 7, 1954, a son of Leighton Burleigh Sargent Sr. and Helen Merle (Freeman) Sargent. He attended Portland schools and was a graduate of...
E. Allen Beem, Jr
Feb 6, 2014
E. Allen Beem, Jr. February 10, 1924 February 6, 2014 E. Allen Beem, Jr, formerly of Westbrook, died February 6 at Brentwood Center for Health & Rehabilitation in Yarmouth. Allen was born February 10, 1924 in Warren, Ohio, the first son of Edgar A. Beem and Marie Ritter Beem. The family moved to Portland when Allen was 12. He graduated...
Ruth J. Hamm
Feb 6, 2014
Ruth J. Hamm February 6, 2014 PORTLAND - Ruth J. Hamm, 83, a longtime resident of 100 State Street, died peacefully on Thursday, February 6, surrounded by her loving children. ""Ruthie,"" as she was known to her many friends, was born in Bridgton and attended school in Bridgton and Portland. She was the youngest daughter of Guy and Lena (Simmons)...
Richard Tucci
Feb 5, 2014
Richard Tucci April 6, 1944 February 5, 2014 Richard Tucci (69) of Portland, Maine passed away on February 5, 2014. Richard was born a son of the late Luigi Tucci and Ruth Mayberry Tucci of Portland, ME on April 6, 1944. He is survived by his: brother Louis Tucci and wife Leslie of Casco, ME; brother David Tucci and wife...
Willard Dunn Libby
Feb 4, 2014
Willard Dunn Libby October 25, 1915 February 4, 2014 Willard was born October 25, 1915, in Waterville, Maine, the son of Mabel Esther Dunn Libby and Dr. Herbert Carlyle Libby, a professor at Colby College. Willard was educated at the Coburn Classical Institute and Colby College ('37). After a year of post-graduate study of chemistry at MIT, he took a...
Carole L. Unruh
Feb 4, 2014
Carole L. Unruh March 19, 1947 February 4, 2014 Portland - Carole L. Unruh, 66, of Portland passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Berkley, CA on March 19, 1947. Carole attended high school in Walnut Creek, CA and continued her education at Diablo Valley College in Concord, CA. She chose...
Rachel V. Brownlee
Feb 3, 2014
Rachel V. Brownlee January 2, 1929 February 3, 2014 Rachel V. Brownlee, 85, of Portland, died peacefully on Monday, February 3, 2014, at Maine Medical Center, with her family by her side. Rachel was born in Westbrook on January 2, 1929, the daughter of Edesse (Thuotte) and Arthur Lewis. She spent most of her life in Westbrook. In July of...
Lois K. Gardner
Feb 3, 2014
Lois K. Gardner February 27, 1930 February 3, 2014 FALMOUTH - Lois Gardner, 83, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2014, at Sedgewood Commons. Lois was born in Manhattan, New York on February 27, 1930, to Robert and Agnes (Cunningham) Lochhead. She grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan as an only child of Scottish immigrants. Lois graduated...
Carolyn M. (Wyman) Sutton
Jan 26, 2014
Carolyn M. (Wyman) Sutton October 10, 1938 January 26, 2014 Portland - Carolyn M. (Wyman) Sutton, 75, passed away on January 26, 2014 at the Cedar Nursing Home. She was born on October 10, 1938, the daughter of Dorothy Nightingale and William H. Wyman. Carolyn grew up in Phippsburg and attended schools there. She moved to Portland and lived here...
Helen Katherine Pappas
Jan 23, 2014
Helen Katherine Pappas April 24, 1921 January 23, 2014 Scarborough - Helen Katherine Pappas, 92, of Portland passed away on January 23, 2014 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. She was born in Portland on April 24, 1921, a daughter of Stratus and Kiriaki (Nicholas) Papas who were natives of Marmara, Greece. She grew up in Portland, graduating from Portland...



