Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Portland, ME
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Joseph (Joe) Michael Sabatino
Nov 20, 2020
Portland- Joseph (Joe) Michael Sabatino, 48, died unexpectedly at his home on Friday, November 20, 2020. Joe was born in 1972 in Portland and grew up in Windham. He attended local schools and graduated from Windham High School in 1992. When he was young he loved living in the country, riding bikes with friends with no traffic to worry about,...
Olga Hasiotis
Nov 14, 2020
Olga Hasiotis passed away peacefully on November 14, 2020 at the age of 93 after a long, age-related decline. She lived a full life in the company of many loving neighbors, friends and family. On the day following her passing the church bells in her native village in Greece rang-out in her memory. Born February 10, 1927 in Vasilikon, Epirus,...
James F. Thompson
Nov 13, 2020
James F. Thompson, III., 58, of Yarmouth died unexpectedly on November 13, 2020. Born in Oxford, England, he is a son of Clifford F. and Judith A. (Phillips) Thompson. James graduated from the University of Idaho and attended the University of Hawaii. For over 30 years he was a commercial painter with Logan Paint. He embraced new interests and learned...
Colin W. Bailey
Nov 11, 2020
Colin W. Bailey, 63, of South Portland, died Wednesday November 11, 2020 at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in Portland, he is a son of Edward and Fay (St. Pierre) Bailey. He attended South Portland Schools and graduated from South Portland High School the Class of 1975. Colin worked in the shipping and receiving department at Hannaford for...
Charles (Chuck) B. Bonetti
Nov 7, 2020
Charles (Chuck) Brian Bonetti, 90 Charles Brian Bonetti, 90 passed away peacefully in his home on November 7, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was born July 1, 1930 in Pittsfield, MA, the son of Helen Mathes and Charles Delorey and raised by his adopted father John Bonetti. Mr. Bonetti served in the United States Navy until...
Fred Roland Cornish
Nov 6, 2020
In Loving Memory of Portland-Fred Roland Cornish, died November 6, 2020, at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Portland ME, on June 11, 1939, a loving father, friend, grandfather, great grandfather, and a loving partner of many years to Beatrice Butts (Bea). Surviving direct family, daughter, Diana M Tinkham, grandchildren; David Cornish, Bryan Cornish, Alysha Tinkham,...
Donald Gilbert Knight
Nov 6, 2020
Donald Gilbert Knight of 158 North Street, Portland, Maine, passed away on November 06, 2020, with his loving family by his side. Don was born in Camden, Maine, the youngest of six children of Harvey Niven Knight and Annie Gillis Knight. His father was from Lincolnville, Maine, and his mother was from Newfoundland, Canada. Don attended schools in Camden and...
Henry L. Thibodeau
Nov 3, 2020
Henry L. Thibodeau, 96, born November 2nd, 1924 in the Allagash Maine Wilderness Region (St. Frances, Maine), son of Phillip Thibodeau and Elodie Dufour, passed away peacefully at his own home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. In 1954 Henry married the love of his life Joan D. Bowley of Gurnet, Maine. He and his predeceased...
Dr. Clarence Leighton Philbrick Jr.
Nov 2, 2020
Cumberland- Dr. C. Leighton "Leight" Philbrick, Jr, died peacefully in his home on November 2, 2020 at the age of 88. He was born in Gardiner, on October 8, 1932 to Clarence L. Philbrick and Mabel (Dill) Philbrick. Leight had three older sisters Barbara Philbrick Mertz, Joyce Philbrick Flood and Jayne Philbrick Davis. He graduated from Cony High School in...
Ruth Marion Mead
Oct 31, 2020
Marion (Gordon) Mead, 89, of Endicott NY, passed away in a South Portland Maine nursing home on October 31st. Ruth was born November 25, 1931, in Gilboa New York. She graduated from Cherry Valley Central High School in 1949, and went on to attend nursing school at Crouse-Irving Hospital in Syracuse, where she studied from 1950- 1952. In 1952, Ruth...
Edward F. Curran
Oct 31, 2020
Edward F. Curran died peacefully at the home of his daughter Colleen Boswell and her husband John on Saturday, October 31, 2020. He was surrounded by his family who loved him very much. Ed was born and raised in Newport, RI. After serving in the Air Force, he started his career as an Air Traffic Controller in Boston at Logan....
Paul Samuel Koenig
Oct 30, 2020
Sabattus-On Friday, October 30, 2020, Paul Samuel Koenig, 63, died unexpectedly. He was born in Portland, Maine, to the late John and Dorothy (Pelton) Koenig on May 10, 1957. He leaves his beloved fiancé Cecile Goslin of Lisbon Falls and her four children Melissa and her son Ethan, Chelsea and her husband Daniel and their children Danny and Harper, Joshua...
Elizabeth Ann Murray
Oct 30, 2020
Elizabeth Ann Murray, 81, of Portland, died Friday October 30, 2020 at Mercy Hospital. Born in New York, she was a daughter of George F. and Florence M. (Jones) Bauscher, Sr. For many years she worked for the Journal News in Nyack, New York. Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband Jon A. Murray in 2003. Elizabeth is survived by her...
James E. Watkins,Jr.
Oct 29, 2020
James E. Watkins, Jr. of Portland, died peacefully on Thursday October 29, 2020 following a massive stroke. Born in Victoria, Texas on October 31, 1938, he was a son of James E. and Alma Norma (Scott) Watkins, Sr. He grew up in the Texas Valley across the Rio Grande from Mexico. He attended Texas Christian University, where he met his...
Gordon Richard "Dick" Crosby
Oct 25, 2020
Portland, ME - Gordon "Dick" "Uncle Duck" Richard Crosby, 84 passed away Oct. 25, 2020 at the Maine Veterans' Home in Scarborough. He was born, Aug. 12, 1936, he was the son of Gordon Vaughan and Mary Gardiner Crosby. He grew up in Houlton and Portland ME and graduated from Deering High School in 1955. After high school he served...
Aaron K. Mitchell
Oct 23, 2020
Aaron K. Mitchell, 36, of Hiram died unexpectedly Friday, October 23, 2020 in Portland. Born in Portland he was the son of Robert M. Birosh and Kimberly A. Mitchell. He attended Portland Schools as a child, and lived most of his adult life in the same area. An avid fisherman, Aaron was the founding member of Striper Slayers of Maine....
Glenna I. Bernard
Oct 22, 2020
Gorham-Glenna I. Bernard passed away on October 22, 2020 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a three-year battle with ovarian cancer. Glenna was born in Waterville on December 1st, 1945 to Gwendolyn F. Casey Boyd and Lannas Josiah Boyd. She graduated from Waterville High School and later Berkshire Christian College in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1966. Glenna went...
Eric J. Selberg
Oct 21, 2020
Portland-Eric J. Selberg of Portland, and Cousins Island, Yarmouth Maine passed away unexpectedly of a heart condition on the morning of October 21, 2020. He was the son of the late LCDR Wayne Selberg, USN, and Edna J. (Norris) Selberg. He was born on Okinawa, Japan in 1964. He moved to Maine when he was 11 years old and attended...
Warren E. Doughty,Jr.
Oct 21, 2020
Captain Warren Everett Doughty Jr., 85, of Gray, passed away October 21, 2020 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn ME after declining health. He was known as tough, strong, determined, loyal, and handsome. The son of Warren Sr. and Melba Hamilton Doughty, Warren was born in Portland on March 29, 1935 and raised on Chebeague Island, where his family...
Kim Owen White
Oct 20, 2020
Strong-Kim Owen White, 63, passed away on October 20, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born on October 23, 1957 the son of Gordon and Nathalie (Raymond) White. He worked for Strong wood products making wooden applicator sticks. When he was not working, he enjoyed fishing, gardening, tinkering on small engines, and riding the back roads of Mt. Blue...


