Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Portland, ME

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Robert Chester Chadbourne

Robert Chester Chadbourne

Mar 27, 2018

Robert Chester Chadbourne, 71, passed away following a courageous battle with cancer on March 27, 2018 surrounded by his family.  He was born September 23, 1946 in Portland to the late Walter G. & Margaret E. (Herwood) Chadbourne.  Robert attended Portland High School.  He worked for 30 years in the marine business.  He loved a day at Scarborough Downs, a...

Mardochee Ngandu

Mardochee Ngandu

Mar 27, 2018

Mardochee Ngandu, 19, of Portland, passed away March 27, 2018. Visitation will take place from 4:00 - 7:00 PM on Friday, April 13 with a funeral service at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at A.T. Hutchins Funeral Home, 660 Brighton Ave., Portland.  Burial will take place at Forest City Cemetery, South Portland.

Robert "Bobby" A. Fusco Sr.

Robert "Bobby" A. Fusco Sr.

Mar 22, 2018

Robert "Bobby" A. Fusco Sr., 76, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday morning, March 22, 2018, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Portland on January 24, 1942, the son of Anthony A. and Irene R. (Somerset) Fusco. He attended Portland Schools graduating from Portland High School in 1960, marrying his high school sweetheart,...

Richard Wayne Perry

Richard Wayne Perry

Mar 20, 2018

Westbrook-Richard "Ricky" Wayne Perry, 74, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, surrounded by his loving family at Mercy Hospital in Portland.    He was born on September 6, 1943, in Portland, Maine, the son of Franklin Sr. and Jeanette (Gladu) Perry.   Richard was raised in the Portland area and attended Portland Schools. He was a very dedicated and hard worker,...

Leola J. Morey

Leola J. Morey

Mar 17, 2018

Leola J. Morey, 71, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at home. She was born February 15, 1947 in Portland, the daughter of Leo and Georgianna (Couillard) Theriault. She was raised in Portland, attending and graduating from Cathedral High School in 1967. After High School, she met the love of her life, Charlie Morey, and on June 19, 1971...

Frances C. Swasey

Frances C. Swasey

Mar 16, 2018

Frances C. (Zemla) Swasey, lifetime resident of Portland, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2018 with her loving family at her bedside. Frances was born on November 27, 1918 in Portland.  She was the daughter of Axel and Christine Zemla, one of seven children.  She attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1936.  Frances married Everett P....

Elizabeth C. Curry

Elizabeth C. Curry

Mar 14, 2018

Elizabeth C. Curry passed away peacefully on March 14th, 2018 in Scarborough, Maine just four months prior to her 100th birthday. Born July 11, 1918 in Dedham, Massachusetts, Betty was the daughter of the late Ernest Cartwright and Jessie (Moulton) Cartwright. Betty worked briefly for Steuben Glass in Boston, Ma. and for several summers at Fleur de Lis Camp in...

Clayton Maxwell Clark

Clayton Maxwell Clark

Mar 9, 2018

Cumberland-Clayton Maxwell Clark 89, of Cumberland passed away at home on March 9, 2018 after a long illness.   Born on June 30, 1928 in Portland, Maine to Maxwell V. Clark and Edith Hall Clark. He was the eldest of three children. He had two sisters, Norma and Carole   He graduated from South Portland High School, South Portland, Maine in 1946...

Steven Mark Reali Jr.

Steven Mark Reali Jr.

Mar 9, 2018

Steven 'Stevie' M. Reali, Jr., 30 of Hollis, ME passed on March 9, 2018 at MMC with his loving family by his side. He was a Gorham High School graduate and worked various jobs in the construction industry and in turf installation. He was fiercely loyal to his family and friends and was often referred to as our 'protector'. Stevie...

Derek M. Cressey

Derek M. Cressey

Mar 8, 2018

Derek M. Cressey, 37, Windham Derek M. Cressey passed away while skiing in Breckenridge, CO on March 8, 2018. He was born in Portland on September 20, 1980. Derek grew up in Windham and was a 2000 graduate from Windham High School. He was most recently employed by Titan Mechanical and W.H. Demons before starting his own business - DC...

Cynthia C. Rogers

Cynthia C. Rogers

Mar 8, 2018

Cynthia C. Rogers Scarborough - Cynthia "Cindy" C. Rogers died peacefully after a long illness on March 8th, 2018. She was the daughter of the late George P. and Athalie V. (Gifford) Chandler. Cindy was a graduate of Falmouth High School and Westbrook College. She enjoyed 43 wonderful years of marriage to John W. Rogers, with whom she recently spent...

Joan Carlyne Johnson

Joan Carlyne Johnson

Mar 7, 2018

Westbrook-Joan Carlyne Johnson, 87, of Westbrook, Maine, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.  Joan was born April 14, 1930, the daughter of the late Arthur J. and Louiza E. (Colpritt) Douvielle.  She is predeceased by her brother, Ralph Arthur Douvielle, and sisters Jeannette Kathleen Wormell and Louiza Evelyn Jones, as well as her beloved cat, Jasper.   Joan was...

Lou Nerren

Lou Nerren

Mar 5, 2018

Staff Sargent Lou Nerren, USMC, was born in Ruleville, Mississippi in 1923. The fourth of seven children born to Guy and Alma Nerren, Lou was also a twin. Her beloved sister, Sue, lives in Sacramento, California. When the unexpected twin girls were born, their parents did not have two names prepared, so the doctor called them Dottie and Dimple. It...

Phyllis Jacqueline Reardon

Phyllis Jacqueline Reardon

Mar 5, 2018

South Portland - Phyllis Jacqueline Reardon, 91, Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, March 5, 2018.  She was born in Portland on May 28, 1926 the daughter of Theodore R. and Corinne (Bergeron) Hanna. She graduated from Westbrook High School in 1943. She was a communicant of St. John the...

Maria Bifulco

Maria Bifulco

Mar 3, 2018

Portland- Maria Bifulco, of Portland, passed away on March 3, 2018. Maria was born on December 15, 1935 to Angelo Ruotolo and Maria Giovanna (Nappi), in Camposano, Italy.  In 1954, Maria married Antonio Bifulco who was her loving husband for 59 years.  In 1958, she courageously ventured to America in hopes of creating a better life for her family. She...

Thomas Joseph Chadbourne

Thomas Joseph Chadbourne

Mar 1, 2018

Thomas Joseph Chadbourne, age 74, passed away following a courageous 2 year battle with cancer, on March 1, 2018, surrounded by his family and friends.  He was born on April 14, 1943, in Portland, to the late Walter G. and Margaret E. (Herwood) Chadbourne. Tom attended Portland High School. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army in August of 1961...

David Warren Perry

David Warren Perry

Mar 1, 2018

David Warren Perry, age 85, died Thursday morning, March 1, 2018 at the Barron Center in Portland. David was born June 2, 1932, in Brattleboro, VT to Velma Lillian Halle Perry and Ralph Morgan Perry.  He graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1951 and joined the Navy shortly after graduation. He never liked being "land bound" and enjoyed traveling and...

Yvonne Carol Risbara

Yvonne Carol Risbara

Mar 1, 2018

Yvonne Carol Risbara, 71, of Freeport, passed away March 1, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.  She was born September 21, 1946 in Providence, RI to George Gilbert and Christine Anne (Watson) Gayton. Yvonne grew up attending local Portland schools.  She worked at Healthtex for 20 years, B & M Beans, and retired from Nichols Portland after working there...

Margaret "Peggy" Wood

Margaret "Peggy" Wood

Feb 27, 2018

Margaret "Peggy" Jackson Wood passed away peacefully on February 27, 2018 surrounded by family after a short stay at Mercy Hospital in Portland. She is survived by her loving son, Paul A. Wood and wife Nannette (Gervais) Wood of Windham; grandchildren Tyler Wood from Cary, NC and Erin Wood of Buxton; nieces Vyonne Swenson of Hydeville, VT, Jennifer Gilliland of...

Richard "Dick" Jensen

Richard "Dick" Jensen

Feb 26, 2018

Richard "Dick" Jensen of South Portland passed away February 26, 2018 at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough after a long battle with kidney disease.  Dick was born in Portland, Maine on June 7, 1939 to the late Harry and Josephine (Terezevich) Jensen and ran wild through the streets of Munjoy Hill until graduating from the Portland school system in...