Lois Wanecek Thomas
Oct 6, 2018
Lois Wanecek Thomas passed away on October 6, 2018. Born on May 15, 1926, Lois graduated from Newton Mass High School, Westbrook Junior College and later graduated from Gorham State Teachers College in 1965. Lois was one of the first older adults to go back to school. Her husband and three children were very supportive with her school homework and...
Ursula M. Nixon
Oct 4, 2018
We are saddened to say goodbye to our wonderful Aunti, Ursula Nixon, who passed away at her home on October 4, 2018. She loved to say she was an "unclaimed jewel" and we loved to say she was an amazing, beautiful, generous, funny and loving person. Ursula was born in Portland on December 20, 1927 to Percy H. and Catherine...
Pauline A. Deconto
Oct 3, 2018
Pauline "Polly" DeConto, 94, formerly of Winchester and Sandwich, MA, passed on October 3, 2018, at the Mooring on Foreside in Cumberland Maine with her family by her side. Born June 13, 1924 in Boston, MA, she is predeceased by her parents, Frank and Anna (Blunda) Calia of Somerville, MA, her brother Vincent Calia and her late husband of 37...
Richard Charles Lindahl
Sep 30, 2018
Yarmouth - Richard C. Lindahl passed away peacefully on September 30, 2018, surrounded by his family after a brief battle with cancer. Dick was born in Princeton, Illinois, to Lewis Synkersen (Denmark) and Mabel Dahlgren (Sweden). Dick was one of 12 children. When Dick was very young his mother died unexpectedly. Soon after, the remaining children were put into an...
Phyllis B. Greenhalgh
Sep 29, 2018
Phyllis Bleich Greenhalgh, 80, of Portland, ME and Berlin, CT, passed away peacefully on September 29, 2018, with family at her side. She will be dearly missed, along with her kind and gentle spirit, her creativity, and her life-long dedication to family and friends. Phyllis was born in Cleveland Heights, OH, on July 1, 1938. A graduate of the Beaumont...
Edward Philbrook Clancy
Sep 28, 2018
Edward Philbrook Clancy, 105, of Scarborough, Maine, passed away in the early morning hours of September 28, 2018. A retired professor of physics, he was Dr. Clancy and Professor to many, but for even more, he was Doc or simply Ed, the friend or neighbor you'd seek out for his thoughtful perspective on life. He actively engaged in a century...
Theodore "Ted" L. Rowland
Sep 27, 2018
Theodore L. ("Ted") Rowland, 90, of Portland, Maine, died peacefully at home on September 27, 2018. The cause was congestive heart failure. Ted grew up on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School when he was 16. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Harvard College in 1948. He moved...
Siow Wooi "Shirley" Chang
Sep 23, 2018
Shirley Siow Wooi Chang, 56, tragically and unexpectedly passed away on September 23, 2018. Born on August 31, 1962, in Malaysia, she moved to the United States to start a new and better life. Working at a restaurant in New York, she met her life-long partner, Ren Chen, and opened their own successful restaurant in Maine, there mom gave birth...
Phung Lac
Sep 22, 2018
Phung Lac, 77, of Scarborough, died Saturday, September 22, 2018. Born in Vietnam on June 14, 1941, a son of Hoa Lac and Hai Thi Duong. Mr. Lac is survived by his family, his wife of 56 years Kim Tran, two daughters Chantal lac and her husband Hung Do and Camy Lac and her husband Chanh Van, a son Hung...
Jane Annis Haskell
Sep 19, 2018
Jane A. (Howe) Haskell, 79, of Portland, passed peacefully on September 19, 2018, with her family by her side. She was born in Portland on May 5, 1939, the daughter of the late Elwood and Elizabeth Howe. Jane graduated from Deering High School and went on to get a business degree at Grey's Business School. Jane went on to have...
Michael "Doc" Leighton
Sep 18, 2018
Michael "Doc" Leighton from Lewiston passed away on Tuesday September 18, 2018 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn after a long fight with cancer surrounded by his family, friends and members of his club. He was born on January 20, 1965, the son of the late Norman Leighton and Josephine (Visconi) Leighton growing up in Westbrook. In his younger...
Evelyn M. Abiera
Sep 15, 2018
Falmouth-Evelyn M.Abiera, 60, passed away peacefully at home Saturday, September 15, 2018. She was born March 3, 1958, the daughter of Albert Brackett and Betty-Lou (Desrosiers) McCullough. She was born in Portland, ME and grew up in Baldwin, ME., before relocating back to Southern Maine. She had 3 sons Michael, Gregg, and Jason. Evelyn was a genuine and gifted person....
Adele Camilla Jackson
Sep 11, 2018
Adele Camilla Jackson Adele Jackson 91, from Portland Maine and Greensboro NC, died on September 11, at her home in Portland Maine. She was born in Portland, daughter of the late Rose and Eugene DiMillo She was predeceased by her husband, of 50 years, Theodore N. Jackson, her brother Tony DiMillo, and her sister Justina DiMillo Ives. She is survived...
Sandra Lee Richards
Sep 7, 2018
Sandra Lee (Joy) Richards, 77, of Portland, ME and Royal Palm Beach, FL passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Yarmouth on September 7, 2018 after a courageous six-year battle with brain cancer. She was born in Portland on July 21, 1941 to Wilfred L. and Eleanor (Richio) Joy and grew up in East Deering. She graduated from Cathedral...
Luisa Alice Pakosky
Aug 29, 2018
Luisa Alice Pakosky passed away peacefully on August 29, 2018 at the South Portland Nursing Home. She was born January 10, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA to Oscar Arthur and Alice Marion (Turner) Borges Sr. and raised in New York City. Luisa received her high school GED diploma, going on to train as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Her kindness and compassion...
Susan E. Cote
Aug 28, 2018
Susan E. Cote, of Portland, Maine, passed away unexpectedly on August 28, 2018. Susan was born on November 23, 1956 in Newton, MA to her parents Paul S. and Rachael M. (Michaud) Cote. Susan was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Bruce S. Cote. Susan is survived by her brother, Michael P. and Shirley (Owens) Cote of Bath; her...
Cheryl A. Hanson
Aug 27, 2018
Cheryl Ann Hanson, 60, of, Westbrook, Maine passed away Monday, August 27, 2018, after a hard fought battle with a devastating disease (cancer). Cheryl was born in Camden, Maine on August 13, 1958 daughter of Wilfred V. (Bill) Small and the late Shirley (Belmain) Small. She and her 3 brothers were raised in Troy and Pittsfield attending area schools, later...
Edwin "Nicky" George Nickerson Sr.
Aug 27, 2018
Edwin "Nicky" George Nickerson Sr. passed away August 27, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 13, 1934 in Merrill, ME to Darius and Fern (Graham) Nickerson. Nicky graduated from high school and also took some college courses. He served our country as a member of the United States Navy from 1951-55 during the Korean War. He...
Barbara Etter Romano
Aug 24, 2018
Brunswick-Barbara W. (Etter) Romano passed away at her home in Brunswick on August 24. She was born in Portland on August 9, 1935, to Harold and Muriel (Howard) Etter, and lived her childhood years in Bar Harbor. As an only child, she spent countless hours exploring the rocky beach just steps from her Hancock Street home. In her teens, the...
Thien Ba Huynh
Aug 22, 2018
PORTLAND-Thien Ba Huynh, 67, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at home surrounded by his loving family. Thien was born on November 27, 1950, in Vietnam. He was a very selfless person and always put his family before himself. He loved fishing, karaoke, and woodworking. He was a very loving husband, father, and grandfather. Thien is survived by his wife...
