Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Portland, ME
Serving Portland, Maine
Helen B. (Johnson) Carrick
Jul 1, 2013
Helen B. (Johnson) Carrick July 17, 1921 July 1, 2013 Portland - Helen B. (Johnson) Carrick, 91, of Portland and formerly of Springfield, MA, passed away at Maine Medical Center on July 1, 2013. She was born on July 17, 1921 in Springfield, the daughter of Arthur and Florence (Miller) Johnson. She grew up in Springfield, attending Springfield schools and...
Ashley L. Smith
Jul 1, 2013
Ashley L. Smith August 28,1928 July 1, 2013 PORTLAND - Ashley L. Smith, 84, of Portland, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2013. He was born in Bangor, ME on Aug. 28, 1928, a son of the late Bruce and Viola (McGlinchy) Smith. His grandfather Ashley Auburn Smith was a minister and Judge in Bangor. Ashley enlisted in the Army...
Katherine M. Frank
Jun 28, 2013
Katherine M. Frank Kathy August 27, 1951 June 28, 2013 Portland - Katherine M. (Pellegrino) Frank, 61 of Gorham, passed away at Maine Medical Center on June 28, 2013. She was born in Portland on August 27, 1951, the daughter of James ""Jimmy"" and Mary (Johnson) Pellegrino. Kathy grew up in Portland, graduating from Portland High School in 1969. Kathy...
Judith Catherine Siegmund Smith
Jun 21, 2013
Judith Catherine Siegmund Smith June 21, 2013 Judith Catherine Siegmund Smith, 68, of Windham, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2013 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was born, to the late Elizabeth and Theodore Siegmund. Growing up, as the daughter of a US Navy Captain, Judy lived all over...
Doris Eleanor Kiley
Jun 19, 2013
Doris Eleanor Kiley July 2, 1923 June 19, 2013 Portland - Doris Kiley, 89, of Portland, passed away on June 19, 2013 at Maine Medical Center. She was born in Portland on July 2, 1923, the middle of three children of Arthur and Ingabor (Humdrop) Kelsen. Doris 100% Danish was proud of her heritage. She spent a short time living...
Alan Clarke Rice
Jun 15, 2013
Alan Clarke Rice January 20, 1962 June 15, 2013 Portland - Alan Clarke Rice, 51, of Portland, Maine, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 15th, 2013 at Seaside Nursing Home after a long, tough battle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by his family and friends. Born January 20th, 1962 in Portland, Maine to Raymond and Grace (Pressey) Rice. Alan's...
Michael Austin Perry
Jun 15, 2013
Michael Austin Perry May 17, 1952 June 15, 2013 Portland - Michael Austin Perry, 61, of Florida, formerly of Portland, passed away on June 15, 2013 in Portland. He was born on May 17, 1952, the son of Eugene and Shirley (Lund) Perry. He was raised in Portland, before moving to Florida in 1983. Michael has been an avid, self-taught...
Marie R. Valente Vacchiano Maiorino
Jun 13, 2013
Marie R. Valente Vacchiano Maiorino March 24, 1921 June 13, 2013 Portland - Marie R. Valente Vacchiano Maiorino, 92, a resident of the St. Joseph's Residence and Rehabilitation, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2013. She was born in South Portland on March 24, 1921, the daughter of Michael A. and Madeline (Villacci) Valente. Marie was a remarkable woman who...
Earl Maxwell
Jun 12, 2013
Earl Maxwell January 12, 1920 June 12, 2013 Scarborough - Earl Maxwell, 93, of Portland, passed away at the Maine Veterans' Home on June 12, 2013. He was born on January 12, 1920, the son of Ernest and Ella (Folkins) Maxwell. He was raised in Portland, attending and graduating from Portland Schools. Earl served in the United States Army Air...
Margaret Ellen Pallang
Jun 12, 2013
Margaret Ellen Pallang February 23, 1930 June 12, 2013 Casco - Margaret Ellen Pallang, 83, of Casco, passed away at her home on June 12, 2013. She was born on February 23, 1930, the daughter of Albert and Margaret (Conley) Tetrault. She attended Portland Schools, graduating from Portland High School in 1948. Margaret worked for over 30 years as a...
George E. Manning, Jr
Jun 11, 2013
George E. Manning, Jr. July 18, 1946 June 11, 2013 Portland - George E. Manning, Jr., 66, of Portland and formerly of Massachusetts, passed away unexpectedly on June 11, 2013. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18, 1946, the son of George E., Sr. and Grace (Fehr) Manning. He was raised in Massachusetts, graduating from Chelmsford High School....
Wilford H. "Billy" Graham
Jun 7, 2013
Wilford H. Graham "Billy" July 9, 1947 June 7, 2013 Portland - Wilford H. Graham, ""Billy"", Died suddenly at a Portland Hospital on June 7, 2013. He was born on July 9, 1947, the son of Wilford D. and Virginia (Hughes) Graham. He held several jobs though out his life including working at UNUM as a computer analyst and a...
Rudolph J. "Rudy" Gagnon
Jun 1, 2013
Rudolph J. Gagnon "Rudy" November 14, 1926 June 1, 2013 PORTLAND - On Saturday, June 1, 2013, Rudolph J. Gagnon, 86, passed peacefully surrounded by family at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a brief illness. Rudy was born November 14, 1926, to William L. and Imelda (Tremblay) Gagnon and raised in Portland graduating from Deering High School where he was...
Marcia Rogers Payson
May 31, 2013
Marcia Rogers Payson May 25, 1936 May 31, 2013 SACO, Maine - Marcia Rogers Payson, 77, died peacefully on May 31,2013, surrounded by family at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford following a courageous battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Marcia was born May 25,1936, in Cortland, N.Y., to the late Wilbur H. and Dorla Smith Rogers. She was a 1954...
Helen Edith Churchill
May 30, 2013
Helen Edith Churchill July 28, 1925 May 30, 2013 PORTLAND -- Helen Edith Churchill, 87, of Portland, passed away at the Maine Medical Center on May 30, 2013. She was born in Brocton, Mass., on July 28, 1925, the daughter of Mary Martin and Howard L. Churchill. She was a graduate of Deering High School. After graduating with a masters...
Donald W. Mitchell
May 29, 2013
Donald W. Mitchell December 3, 1948 May 29, 2013 Donald W. Mitchell of South Portland, ME died on May 29,2013 at The Gosnell House in Scarborough, Maine. He was born December 3, 1948, in Middlebury, Vermont, the son of Harold and Betty Mitchell. He lived his early life in Forest Dale, Vermont attending local schools. Following graduation from high school,...
Wayne F. Theriault, Sr
May 28, 2013
Wayne F. Theriault, Sr. March 13, 1947 May 28, 2013 Portland - Wayne F. Theriault, Sr., 66 of Windam, ME died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Maine Medical Center. Born March 13, 1947 in Winterport, ME, Wayne was the son of Bernard "Bud" Theriault and Mina S. Theriault. He graduated from Portland High School and enlisted in...
Robert Werner Roffler
May 26, 2013
Robert Werner Roffler June 18, 1924 May 26, 2013 North Yarmouth - Robert Werner Roffler, 88, of North Yarmouth died May 26, 2013 with his wife of 35 years by his side after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Bob was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 18, 1924 to Werner Roffler and Minnie Winar Roffler. He attended Hartford schools,...
Duane Oliver Thomas
May 25, 2013
Duane Oliver Thomas September 8, 1928 May 25, 2013 Scarborough- Duane Oliver Thomas, 84, of Florida and Scarborough, passed away while surrounded by his loving family, on May 25, 2013 in Maine, following a brief illness. He was born in Sherman Mills, ME, a son of Hilbert and Julia (Sides) Thomas. Duane was a truck driver for much of his...
Richard J. Tanguay
May 22, 2013
Richard J. Tanguay December 17, 1943 May 22, 2013 Gorham- Richard J. Tanguay, 69, formerly of Westbrook, passed away on May 22, 2013 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Westbrook, a son of Albert and Anna (Richard) Tanguay. Richard was an equipment operator at Northern Utilities for many years before retiring. He was an avid...


