Obituaries

Oct 15, 2017

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...

Oct 15, 2017

Oct 14, 2017

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Oct 13, 2017

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...

Oct 12, 2017

Oct 12, 2017

Oct 11, 2017

Cornelia Emm (Conquest) Russel, 86, died peacefully on October 11, 2017 after a brief illness. Cornelia was born March 12, 1931, in Miami Florida to Marie A. (Whitaker) Conquest and Edward James Conquest. She graduated from Oak Grove School for Girls and the University of Maine. She was a passionate member of the Bangor community, served on numerous boards and...

Oct 11, 2017

BANGOR - Sally Marie Jacques (Goodridge), 72, of Bangor, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by friends and family, Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Sally was a 1963 graduate of Bangor High School. A proud cheerleader, as well as hall monitor at Bangor High lead to Sally's off chance and unlikely meeting with a young man who would soon steal...

Oct 11, 2017

Oct 11, 2017

Oct 11, 2017

Stephen “Steph” Zadravecz, 71 of Molasses Pond Eastbrook passed away October 11th, 2017. He was born July 22nd, 1946 in Bridgeport, Connecticut the son of Stephen Zadravecz and Julia Nemetz Zadravecz. Steve moved to Maine at the age of 3 when his parents purchased The Molasses Pond House. He graduated from Lee Academy and joined the Navy Seabees at McMurdo...

Oct 10, 2017

Kathy Jean Libby Bangor Kathy Jean Libby, 64, passed away quietly in her home on October 10, 2017. She had found peace after a determined, courageous, positive struggle with ovarian cancer. Kathy was born in Bangor, June 17, 1953, the daughter of Melvin “Red” and Phyllis L. Fowler, (aka Yankee Shoe). Kathy enjoyed over 35 years as a hairdresser in...

Oct 10, 2017

Washburn and Orono - Janette Alice (Rand) Barker, 86, passed away peacefully at her apartment in Orono on October 10, 2017 with her daughter by her side. She was born in Chapman, April 10, 1931, the daughter of the late Wallace and Lucy Rand. Janette worked at Tater State in Washburn, before becoming a mother, and later as a housekeeper...