Obituaries

Allison Joseph Briggs

Allison Joseph Briggs

Oct 20, 2017

BREWER %u2013 Allison Joseph Briggs, 90, died October 20, 2017, at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 23, 1927, in Houlton, the son of Ralph and Isabelle (Coffey) Briggs. Allison attended schools in Lincoln, including Mattanawcook Academy, from which he graduated in 1945. He served in the U.S. Navy from the...

David N. Walsh

David N. Walsh

Oct 20, 2017

David Norman Walsh died peacefully in his home on Friday, October 20th 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 11th 1942 in Bangor, the son of Norman and Rita (Connor) Walsh. In 1944 the family relocated to Mount Desert Island where David continued to live for most of the next 4 decades before returning to Bangor in...

Judith Heath

Judith Heath

Oct 19, 2017

Patten & Brewer - Judith “Judy” Jane (Carter) Heath passed away on October 19, 2017 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, with her family by her side. Her final journey was peaceful and graceful, as was her life. She is reunited with the love of her life, Robert Heath Jr, who passed on October 29, 1982. Judy was born...

Shirley Anne Fontaine

Shirley Anne Fontaine

Oct 15, 2017

Hampden - Shirley Anne (Ventre) Fontaine, 90, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends, on October 15, 2017. She was born in Boston, MA., April 7, 1927. She graduated from Weymouth High School. Shirley met and married Mahlon Wood, Jr. and they raised three children while operating an adult foster home in Massachusetts. In later years...

Betty Thelin

Betty Thelin

Oct 15, 2017

ORONO – Betty (Soule) Thelin, 93, passed away October 15, 2017 at her residence at Dirigo Pines in Orono. She was born Florence Elizabeth Soule on May 24,1924, in Manhattan, NY, to Florence Olive (Smith) Soule and Dr. William L. Soule of Brooklyn, NY. Betty went to public schools in Brooklyn, and then entered St. Lawrence University, but left in...

Janet Rourke

Janet Rourke

Oct 14, 2017

Orono – Janet C. Rourke, 84, passed away on October 14, 2017 at Eastern Maine Medical Center. She was born April 4, 1933 in Ellsworth, the daughter of Linwood C. and Ruby (MacDougal) Candage. Janet was a graduate of Ellsworth High School and went to Burdett College in Boston. Following graduation, she went to work in Washington, D.C. for the...

Gordon Signor

Gordon Signor

Oct 14, 2017

Bangor – Gordon R. Signor, 74, went home to be with his Lord, surrounded by his loving family, on October 14, 2017, after fighting a long illness. He was born on July 30, 1943, in Bainbridge, NY, the son of Richard W. and Marthena (Howe) Signor. Gordon served with the US Air Force in Okinawa and at Dow Air Force...

Norma P. Binan

Norma P. Binan

Oct 13, 2017

Norma (Ruth Gould) Patterson Binan, 79, of Hampden, wife of the late Edward Leo Binan, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Henry Norman and Ruth (Pipes Mooers) Gould of Hampden. Norma was last seen headed down the Kennebec Road with a sewing machine under one arm, a piano under the...

John Mctigue

John Mctigue

Oct 13, 2017

Bangor – John Travis McTigue, 101 years, 7 months, and 21 days, passed away peacefully October 13, 2017. He was born February 23, 1916, in Hampden, the son of John T. and Grace (Hamilton) McTigue. As a teenager, John was the last hostler employed by the City of Bangor and plowed what is now Bangor Muni with horses so that...

Concetta Rosa

Concetta Rosa

Oct 13, 2017

Concetta Picciano Rosa, formerly of New Hyde Park and North Massapequa, passed away October 13, 2017 in Bangor, Maine at the age of 96. Relatives and friends are invited to call from 11:00-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Brookings-Smith 133 Center St., Bangor, followed by a funeral Mass held at 1:00 p.m. at St. John the Apostle Parish, St....

Eugene Burgess

Eugene Burgess

Oct 12, 2017

CARMEL. Eugene G. Burgess, 87, died October 12, 2017 at a Bangor Hospital. He was born December 16, 1929 in Bangor, son of William G.A. and Alice M. (Ashford) Burgess. Eugene proudly served in the US Army from 1952 until 1954. He was employed with the US Government as an Electrician for many years, retiring as a supervisor. Eugene was...