Obituaries

Apr 30, 2016

Apr 30, 2016

BANGOR - Richard D. Smith Jr., 74, passed away peacefully, at home, surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, April 30, 2016, after a courageous 6 year battle with lung and brain cancer.Richard was born October 16, 1941 in Lynn, Mass the son of Richard D. and Norine G. Smith Jr. Dick attended St. Joseph and St. Mary's Catholic schools...

Apr 29, 2016

Orono – Vance Edward Dearborn, 88, passed away on April 29, 2016. Vance was born July 7, 1927 in Farmington, Maine, the only child of Dr. Errol and Doris (Wadman) Dearborn. Vance’s greatest joy in life was being with his wife of 66 years, Evelyn (Ella Ellsworth) Dearborn. Wherever they were together, that was home. On their journey, they traveled...

Apr 29, 2016

Hampden - Eugene (Gene) L. Richardson, 71, passed away at home surrounded by family on Friday, April 29, 2016 after losing a hard fought battle against cancer. Born in Dover, ME on November 23, 1944, son of Louise (Savage / Richardson) Mulherin and George A. Richardson. Gene grew up in Milo, ME class of ’63. Gene loved to play basketball...

Apr 28, 2016

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Apr 26, 2016

Apr 26, 2016

Carol C. Cutter, 95, died with grace at the home of her beloved daughter Kimberly on April 26, 2016. She was born in Eddington, July 5, 1920, daughter of William Carr and Nettie Davis-Carr. Carol graduated from Bucksport schools in 1938 and the Bangor Maine School of Commerce in 1941. Carol married the love of her life, Lloyd, in 1942....

Apr 26, 2016

Apr 26, 2016

Apr 25, 2016

Apr 25, 2016

Hope (Daicy) Sidelinker, died April 25, 2016 at an Orono health care facility. She was born March 4, 1923 in Gorham, daughter of Chester W. and Flora A. (Skillin) Daicy. She graduated from Deering High School. Hope was a member of Bradley Baptist Church, and Glad Tidings Church. She enjoyed praising her Lord whenever and wherever she was. She was...

Apr 24, 2016

Apr 23, 2016

Shane Brown, 54, of Corinth and Bangor, died on April 23, 2016, as the result of an auto accident. He is survived by his son, Ben Brown and his children of Bangor; daughter, Hannah Brown of Washington; mother and stepfather, Sharron and Gerald Blodgett of Corinth; sisters, Laura Lewis and Heidi Lewis, both of Corinth; Ben and Hannah’s mother, Judy...

Apr 23, 2016

Glenburn – Lyle V. Newman, 85, passed away April 23, 2016 at a Bangor hospital. He was born July 24, 1930, in Lakeview, the son of Ernest and Hazel (Reynolds) Newman. Lyle joined the Army when he was old enough, and spent nearly nine years serving his country, part of that was spent serving in Korea during the Korean Conflict....

Apr 23, 2016

Richard L. Courtney, 76, passed away April 23, 2016. Dick was born February 11, 1940 in Grafton, West Virginia, to John and Dorothy (Bryan) Courtney. He was happily raised by his mother and stepfather, Joseph Johnson. Dick graduated from Dundalk High School in Dundalk, MD in 1960. From 1960-1964, he proudly served in the U.S. Air Force at Dow Air...

Apr 22, 2016

Apr 22, 2016

BANGOR – Leon F. Higgins, II, 92, died peacefully April 22, 2016. He was born December 6, 1923 in Bangor, son of Donald S. and Marian P. (Harvey) Higgins. Leon graduated from Bangor schools. After an interruption due to World War II, he graduated from the University of Maine with a Mechanical Engineering Degree. Major Higgins was a pilot in...

Apr 21, 2016

Larry Mitchel Sherman, 69, passed away from complications of Front Temporal Dementia (Pick’s Disease) at Maine Veterans Home in Bangor, April 21, 2016, surrounded by his family. Larry was born, August 17, 1946, the son of Ted and Ethel (Devoe) Sherman. Larry attended and graduated from Princeton High School in 1965. He proudly served in the US Navy from 1965-69,...