Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Portland, ME
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Earle Leo Kitchen
Aug 12, 2018
Earle Leo Kitchen, 90, of Portland, passed away August 12, 2018. Born in Aroostook County Maine on 4/06/1928 to Leo and Bertha Kitchen, Earle was the youngest of five. His family moved to Portland when he was 15 years old. He graduated Portland High School and was proud of the fact that he never lost a baseball game pitching for...
Jose Guadaloupe Avila Jr
Jul 26, 2018
Jose G. "Joe" Avila Jr. 73, died on July 26, 2018 at Seaside Rehab and Health Care in Portland, ME. after a long illness and while in Hospice Care. He was born in McAllen, TX, son of Josefina Gonzalez and Jose G. Avila. He grew up in Defiance OH where he co-captained the DHS Bulldog football team which won the...
Scott Donald Mairs
Jul 25, 2018
Scott Donald Mairs, of Portland, Maine and formerly of New Hope Pennsylvania, died on July 25, 2018, surrounded by his family after a three year battle with cancer. Scott grew up in New Hope and graduated from New Hope High School. Described as a kind and gentle man, Scott worked a variety of jobs in New Hope, North Carolina, and...
Mary Elizabeth Keites
Jul 17, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Keites, 76, of Westbrook, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 27, 1941 in Portland to Percy and Marie (Porter) Taber. Mary graduated from Portland High School in 1959. She was married to Phillip Keites for 28 years. They had three children whom she raised at home. Her biggest joy...
Mary Levine
Jul 16, 2018
Mary Catharine Naden Levine passed away on July 16, 2018, with family at her side, in Portland, Maine. Born September 9, 1930, to Lloyd Ellis Naden and Cora May Butterfield, she grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts, where her father played the organ in the Congregational Church and her mother was known for her beautiful gardens. After Westborough High School (including...
Bette Ann Marquis
Jul 16, 2018
Bette Ann Marquis, 83, of Raymond ME, passed away July 16, 2018 in Andover, MA. She was born January 22, 1935 in Boston, MA to Peter J. DiSanto and Olive M. Locke. Bette Ann received an Associates Degree in Business from Fisher College. Bette Ann raised her children in Revere, MA and was a homemaker and later worked at Fidelity...
Anita Marie Johnson
Jul 15, 2018
Anita Marie Johnson, 62 of Portland, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 15, 2018 after battling a long illness. Born and raised in Portland, she was the daughter of Frank Fagone and Margherite Federico. Anita grew up on "the hill" and graduated from Portland High School in 1973. She went on, as she refers to it, to become...
Dr. Gerald Rosen
Jul 14, 2018
Portland-Dr Gerald M Rosen was born in Portland Maine on April 13, 1920, the son of Anna Shelling Rosen and Max Rosen. He graduated from Portland High School in 1937 and attended Portland Junior College. He graduated from Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in 1949 and practiced in Portland for 45 years. During World War II he served in the...
Wayne P. Campbell
Jul 12, 2018
Portland-Wayne P. Campbell, 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born on April 26, 1939, in Portland, Maine, the son of Clifford and Florence (Stewart) Campbell. Wayne was raised in Portland, attending Portland Schools where he was very athletic and was an MVP quarterback....
Katharine Kennie
Jul 12, 2018
Portland - Katharine Lloyd-Rees Kennie, 57, of Portland, passed away peacefully on July 12,2018 at Maine Medical Center. Katharine was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 23,1961. She was the daughter of David Llewelyn Lloyd-Rees and Jean Dupee Lloyd-Rees. Katharine attended high school in Richmond Virginia, graduating from Saint Catherine's. From there, she attended the University of Maine in Orono,...
Rocco Phillip Deluca Sr.
Jul 10, 2018
Rocco Phillip DeLuca Sr. of Saco, Maine passed away at his home July 10, 2018. He was born in Portland, Maine to Anthony and Regina DeLuca. He attended Portland High School then went on to serve his country in the US Army. Rocco was a skilled mason and worked for several companies before establishing himself as a self-employed mason. He...
Christopher Samuel Diphillipo
Jul 7, 2018
PORTLAND-Christopher Samuel DiPhillipo, 39 years old, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018, at Maine Medical Center. Christopher was born in Portland, Maine on February 18, 1979 to Richard Wayne Murray and Ruthanne (Fournier) DiPhillipo. Chris, also known as "Flip" to his large circle of friends, was truly one of a kind. A sweet, loving, gentle soul with incredible charisma and...
Marilyn T. Goodrow
Jul 7, 2018
Marilyn T. Goodrow died peacefully on July 7, 2018 at the Barron Center in Portland, ME. She was born on January 21, 1934 in Amsterdam, NY to Evelyn and Thurlow Wilson. Marilyn graduated in 1953 from Roessleville High School in Colonie, NY. She grew up in Albany, NY where she later met her future husband, Cornelius R. Goodrow Jr. They...
Linda Louise Parker
Jul 6, 2018
Linda Louise (Snow) Parker passed away July 6, 2018. She was born October 4, 1943 in Lewiston, Maine to Herbert and Phyllis (Segars) Snow. Linda graduated from New Gloucester High School and earned a nursing degree from New England Deaconess School of Nursing. She spent most of her working career at the Osteopathic Hospital in Portland as a Registered Nurse. ...
Jennie "Joyce" Coldwell
Jul 6, 2018
Jennie "Joyce" (MacEwen) Coldwell passed away July 6, 2018. She was born in Holden, ME on December 22, 1922 to Benjamin B. and Mary E. (Cole) MacEwen. Joyce graduated from North Orrington Grammar School and from the Class of 1940 at Brewer High School. She married James "Jim" Edwin Coldwell in Nashville, TN on September 30, 1944 while Jim was...
Gertrude "Trudy" Matthews
Jul 3, 2018
Gertrude "Trudy" Matthews peacefully slipped the bonds of earth on 3 July in Saco, ME. Trudy was born on 11 May 1925 in Hartford, CT to Sadie Purdue and Milton Irving Lamkins. She graduated from Hartford High School in 1943. Trudy married Francis Matthews on 5 July 1947. She and Fran raised two wonderful children while she also embarked on...
Theresa E. Donatelli
Jul 2, 2018
WESTBROOK - Theresa Eva (Richard) Donatelli, 91, passed onto her new life on July 2, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 29, 1926 in Lewiston, Maine to William and Marion (Boucher) Richard. Theresa attended private Catholic schools in Lewiston before moving to Portland as a young girl where she finished her education in...
Mary "Theresa" Mcgarvey
Jul 1, 2018
Mary "Theresa" (Quatrano) McGarvey, 82, of Portland, passed away at Maine Medical Center on Sunday, July 1, 2018 surrounded by family. Born in Portland July 17, 1935 to the late Aniello and Felicella (Nappi) Quatrano, Theresa graduated Cathedral High School. She married Ralph McGarvey on July 17, 1954 and they raised their family in Portland. She retired from the Training...
Sally Jordan
Jun 29, 2018
Sally Jordan Gorham - Sally Jordan, 77, passed away at the Gorham House on June 29, 2018, 2018 Sally was born to Alice Burr Jordan and Edward C. Jordan in Winchester, Massachusetts March 20, 1941. During WWII Sally & her mother stayed with relatives in Eastport, while her father was posted overseas. Later her family settled in Portland where she...
Algie Davis Fischer
Jun 29, 2018
Algie Davis Fischer, 82, of Windham, died Friday, June 29, 2018, surrounded by his family at The Gosnell House. He was born on March 5, 1936, in Casco, Maine. He served his Country in the United States Army and raised a loving family. Algie was a hard-working guy who loved his family and enjoyed their company very much. He was...


