Larry Lafland
Dec 8, 2024
Dedham - Larry Eugene Lafland, 72, passed away peacefully December 8, 2024, due to complications from a heart condition. He was born September 3, 1952, in Presque Isle, Maine, the son of Hazel (Boxwell) Lafland and Laurence Lafland. Larry grew up in Ashland and graduated from Ashland High School, class of 1970. He worked as an auto mechanic for many...
Galen Shedd
Dec 7, 2024
Galen H. Shedd passed away peacefully in his sleep at home with his dog by his side after an illness on December 6, 2024 at the age of 90. He was born Friday the 13th of April 1934 in Mattawamkeag, the son of Howard E. and Laura M. (Tilton) Shedd. Galen graduated high school in Mattawamkeag, Class of 1953. In...
Brent Robbins
Dec 6, 2024
It is with great sadness that the family of Brent M. Robbins announce his passing. He died on December 6, 2024, surrounded by loved ones after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Brent was born in Bangor, Maine on August 31, 1961, the son of Clyde B. Robbins and his wife Geraldine (Pickard) Robbins - the youngest of their three...
Carlene Smith
Dec 4, 2024
Carlene P. Smith Carlene P. (Lord) Smith, passed away December 4, 2024. She was born in Milo, December 25, 1936 the daughter of Guy E. and Bertha B. (Townsend) Lord. She was a graduate of Carmel High School Class of 1955. Carlene served in the US Army from 1955 to 1956. She married Roland E. Smith, Sr. September 27, 1958....
Lynda Perkins
Dec 4, 2024
Lynda Lou (Breau) Perkins, 77, of Orono, died the evening of December 4, 2025, peacefully surrounded by her loving family at home after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Lynda was born on September 26, 1947, to Charles and Lucile Ouelette Breau of Orono, ME who predeceased her. She spent her early years in Orono, attending schools in Orono with...
Charles Russell Canty Jr.
Dec 2, 2024
Winterport, Maine - Charles "Butch" Canty passed away peacefully December 2, 2024, after a brief illness, with his loving family by his side. He was born in Bangor, July 15, 1946, the son of C. Russell and Thelma (Fitzsimmons) Canty.
Butch grew up in Winterport and attended schools there. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967 and served for...
James Leighton
Dec 2, 2024
James Leighton Bangor James Leighton passed away on December 2, 2024 after a brief illness. He was born on August 31, 1932 to Eugene & Vanonia (Gestner) Leighton in Lincoln, Maine. After High School, Jim joined the US Army and served 2 years during the Korean War. Jim worked for Darlings of Bangor for 20 years, retiring in 1996. Jim...
Charles Oliver
Dec 1, 2024
Charles Linwood Oliver, 93, passed away on December 1, 2024, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Bangor. Charlie was born in Bridgewater, Maine on April 23, 1931, the son of Agnes (Grant) Trevett and Charles “Wiley” Oliver. He grew up in Harrington, Maine and graduated from Harrington High School, and later earned a BA in accounting and auditing from Husson...
Donna Nickerson
Dec 1, 2024
Newburgh - Donna Althea Nickerson, 92, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on December 1, 2024. She was born to Allen L. and Gracie M. (Pickard) Arnold, in Newburgh, Maine, on February 1, 1932. She was born, raised, lived a long life and passed away on the same property in Newburgh, as was her wish. Donna was...
Loring Salls
Nov 30, 2024
Loring “JR” Salls Jr., 74, passed away at a Bangor hospital on November 30, 2024. He was born in Bangor on June 15, 1950, the son of Loring Sr. and Anna (Hazelwood) Salls. JR attended Bangor schools. He married the love of his life, Mona Gould, in 1985. Together they built a life, raising two sons and running, and then...
Keith Dresser
Nov 30, 2024
Bangor - Keith Alan Dresser, 77, born November 17, 1947, in Bangor, the eldest son of Robert and Patricia (Downing) Dresser, passed away November 30, 2024, surrounded by family. Keith was raised on the west side of the city, graduating from Bangor High School, class of 1966. Following graduation, he served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War,...
Ralph Ellingwood
Nov 29, 2024
GLENBURN – Ralph I. Ellingwood, 80, died peacefully November 29, 2024 at a Bangor hospital following a brief illness. He was born July 22, 1944 in Hudson, son of William and Esther (Brawn) Ellingwood Ralph retired from General Electric after 32 years of service, he was a proud volunteer of the Glenburn Fire Department for 30 years, 18 as Assistant...
Gertrude Gosselin
Nov 27, 2024
Gertrude C. Gosselin, 83, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Lewiston on January 7, 1941, the daughter of Arthur and Irene (Charest) Berube. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1960 and married the love of her life, in May of 1961. She was a homemaker and loved time spent with...
Sonja Levensailor
Nov 26, 2024
Glenburn - Sonja passed away peacefully at Northern Light Hospital in Bangor on the night of November 26, 2024, at the age of 81. She was born May 11, 1943, at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, the daughter of Oscar and Thyrle (Davis) Partinen. Sonja was a kind, loving person who cared about so many and so many cared and...
Carla Durgin
Nov 25, 2024
BETHEL/BANGOR - Carla A. Durgin, 85, passed away November 25th, 2024. She was born October 13th, 1939, in Greenwood, the daughter of Albert S. and Beatrice E. (Brown) Grover. Carla married Nelson Durgin, August 6th, 1951, and they were happily married for 59 years. After high school, Carla achieved a bachelor’s degree in teaching and went on to teach for...
Floyd Pomeroy
Nov 25, 2024
Floyd “Papa” Pomeroy, 91, of Bangor passed away after a brief illness on November 25, 2024, at a Bangor hospital. He was born on November 16, 1933 to Kenneth and Vivian (Overlock) Pomeroy. Floyd attended Hermon schools, finishing his education at Bangor High School. He married the love of his life, Jeanette Clark. He worked for the City of Bangor...
Evelyn Clisham
Nov 23, 2024
Hampden, & Stockholm, ME.-Evelyn A. Clisham, 98, entered the Spirit World November 23, 2024. She was born in Stockholm, a daughter of Christina and Carlton Anderson. Evelyn graduated from Caribou High School and Gorham State Teachers College, now known as the University of Southern Maine, in 1950. Evelyn taught in Stockholm from 1945 to 1947. She moved to Bangor to...
Susan Garson
Nov 23, 2024
Bangor – Susan Rolsky Garson, 86 passed away unexpectedly at home on November 23,2024. Born and raised in Bangor, Maine she was the eldest daughter of Samuel and Sylvia Rolsky. She was a graduate of Bangor High School and University of Connecticut, earning a degree in early childhood education. She met her lifelong partner, Arnold Garson in college whom she...
Helen Lewis
Nov 23, 2024
ROCKLAND, MAINE - Helen J. Lewis, 86, was called home to her Heavenly Father on November 23, 2024, after a brief illness. She was born February 10, 1938, in Dover-Foxcroft, the daughter of Charles S. and Helen S. (Hanscom) Clark. In her 86 years, Helen was first and foremost, a child of God. Her faith was evident from a very...
Autumn Stymiest
Nov 22, 2024
Autumn Jean Stymiest, 18 of Newburgh, Maine, passed away unexpectedly on November 22, 2024. She was born March 25, 2006 in Bangor, Maine, the daughter of Ricky L. Stymiest and Melinda I. Caulkins of Newburgh. Autumn worked as a prep cook for Dysart's Restaurant in Hermon. She attended United Technologies Center in Bangor for Culinary Arts. She was an incredibly...