Obituaries

Mar 26, 2015

BANGOR – James Francis McDonald, 93, died March 26, 2015 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Bangor. He was born April 22, 1922 in Bangor, son of Charles and Mary (Towle) McDonald. James was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He had been employed by the Bangor Fire Dept. four 24 years and enjoyed horse racing, fishing, camping, gardening and...

Mar 26, 2015

SUMMERFIELD, FL AND HAMPDEN - James Joseph Mooney, 89, passed away from pancreatic cancer on March 26, 2015, at a Summerfield Fla. healthcare facility. He was born March 23, 1926, in Brewer, the son of John and Mary (Cox) Mooney. James was a lifelong resident of Hampden and a communicant of St. Matthews’s church in Hampden. He was a graduate...

Mar 26, 2015

Mar 25, 2015

BANGOR, BEECH HILL POND and HERMON – Florence P. Moores, beloved wife of the late Desmond L. Moores, passed away March 24, 2015. She was born June 9, 1929 in Orono, the fourth of five daughters to Chester S. and Ivy (Foster) Page. Florence graduated from Limestone High School in 1947 and attended Husson College for two years until she...

Mar 25, 2015

Mar 25, 2015

Mar 23, 2015

Sharon Ellen Wilcox, 66, passed away unexpectedly March 23, 2015 in a Lakeland, FL hospital. She was born March 25, 1948 in Bangor, the daughter of John and Eleanor (Whinnery) Bell. Sharon graduated from Higgins Classical Institute, class of 1966. On December 19, 1969 she married Richard Wilcox. Together they raised their family in Kenduskeag. After her children were grown...

Mar 23, 2015

Mar 22, 2015

Jason Lee “Teif” Teifert, 21, died tragically in a snowmobile accident on March 22, 2015, in Hermon. He was born June 23, 1993, in Rapid City, South Dakota, the son of Norbert “Sonny” Teifert of Ketchikan, AK and Claudia (Dumont) Teifert of Hermon. Teif loved to hunt and fish and spend time outdoors with his friends. Teif had a unique...

Mar 21, 2015

Mar 21, 2015

Rudolph Jerome Hikel died peacefully in his residence at Dirigo Pines in Orono, after a brave struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. Rudy was born on June 2, 1926, in Waterville, Maine, to Tutla Corey Hikel and John Hikel. Rudy and his family were raised in the lively ‘Head of Falls’ mill-workers’ neighborhood near the Kennebec River. Rudy enlisted in the Air...

Mar 21, 2015

Mar 21, 2015

BANGOR - Jeremiah John Gorman, 35, died unexpectedly, March 21, 2015. He was born August 25, 1979, in Livingston, NJ, the son of James and Patrice (Clark) Gorman. He was loved and will be greatly missed. In addition to his parents Jeremiah is survived by his devoted wife, Jamie Ballinger; his beloved son, Finnian James Gorman; two brothers, Timothy Gorman...

Mar 21, 2015

Mar 20, 2015

Mar 20, 2015

BRADFORD – Vivianne (Eckhardt) Booker, 93, wife of the late Rev. Clarence Booker, went Home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 20, 2015, at Orono Commons. She was born on October 3, 1921 in Waltham, MA, the daughter of the late Ernest and Marguerite Eckhardt. Vivianne graduated from Providence Bible Institute in Providence, RI in 1944 and there...

Mar 20, 2015

Mar 19, 2015

Mar 19, 2015

Bangor – Gertrude Rose Prescott, 94, passed away peacefully in her home March 19, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 30, 1920, in New York City, the daughter of Robert S. and Annette (Moran) Rose. Gertrude graduated from high school in Chapel Hill, NC and went on to finishing school in Switzerland. She met her husband...

Mar 19, 2015

Philip Flewelling, 73, died Thursday March 19, 2015 at Eastern Maine Medical Center from complications due to Myasthenia Gravis. He was the son of Benjamin and Beulah Flewelling, born October 17th, 1941 in Houlton. Philip is survived by his wife, Gladys, of 43 years; his one daughter, Theresa and husband Terry Snowman; and his four sons, Randy and wife Allison...