Obituaries

Stephen Emery

Stephen Emery

Feb 5, 2015

Bangor – Stephen Talbot Emery passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family on February 5th,2015. He was born May 22, 1948 in Bangor to the late Lawrence W. Emery and Virginia (Moulton) Emery. He graduated from Bangor High School, class of 1966 and Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT in 1970. He then worked for...

Paul Strout

Paul Strout

Feb 5, 2015

BANGOR – Paul R. Strout, 93, died peacefully Feb. 5, 2015, at the Maine Veterans Home, Bangor. He was born Dec. 26, 1921, in Charleston, the son of Milford M. and Addie Mae (Robbins) Strout. Paul graduated high school from Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston. Following graduation, he proudly served in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific during...

Barbara Guay

Barbara Guay

Feb 5, 2015

Barbara Ann (Bagley) Guay, 80, died peacefully after a long illness, February 5, 2015 at Orono Commons, with her son and daughter-in-law at her side. She was born June 17, 1934, in Orono the daughter of Harvey and Inez Bagley. Barbara attended Orono schools and graduated from Orono High School, Class of 1952. She married Richard “Dick” C. Guay in...

Joseph Cardello

Joseph Cardello

Feb 4, 2015

Hampden - Joseph Armand Cardello, 80, beloved husband of Penny Bohac-Cardello passed away surrounded by his family on February 4, 2015, after several years of ill health. He grew up in Lawrence, MA, the only child of Armand and Angelina D’Angelo Cardello. Joe was a graduate of University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he played football. He received his Masters...

Lester Cohen

Lester Cohen

Feb 4, 2015

Bangor - Lester M. Cohen, born on September 12, 1924 in Biddeford, Maine to Celia and Julius Cohen, the youngest of 7 children, died at his home on February 4, 2015. Lester graduated from Biddeford High School and interrupted his studies at the University of Maine to serve in World War II. He fought on the D-Day landing at Normandy...

Joan Bouchard

Joan Bouchard

Feb 4, 2015

Joan “Dodo” Bouchard Brewer-Bangor Joan “Dodo” Hope (MacDonald) Bouchard, 76, passed away on February 4, 2015 surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Joan was born on April 30, 1938 in Bangor, the daughter of Gerald and Marguerite MacDonald. Dodo graduated from Bangor High School in 1956, and began working at the A & P grocery...

Lance Thompson

Lance Thompson

Feb 4, 2015

BANGOR – Lance W. Thompson, 36, went home to be with the Lord. He died peacefully at home February 4, 2015. He was born September 3, 1978, in Bangor, the son of Warren Leslie Thompson and Joyce Evelyn (Greenlaw) Thompson. Lance graduated from Dexter Regional High School where he studied Culinary Arts. He worked in the kitchen as a Dietary...

Lester Knapp

Lester Knapp

Feb 1, 2015

Brewer – Lester (Les) I. Knapp Jr. died on February 1, 2015 at Dirigo Pines, Orono. He was born on July 8, 1924 in a U.S. Navy hospital in Ancon, Panama. His father, Lester Knapp, Sr. was a torpedoman aboard a submarine. His mother, Grace (Beeden) Knapp was employed by the bank of Panama in Panama City. Les was a...

Irene Gadoury

Irene Gadoury

Feb 1, 2015

Irene Rose Gadoury, 94, formerly from Fitchburg, MA passed away peacefully on February 1, 2015 at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor, ME, where she has been a resident for the past 6 years. Born in Fitchburg MA on February 2, 1920, she is the last to survive of 8 siblings of Vital and Bella (Belliveau) Leger. Graduating from St...

Shirley Turner

Shirley Turner

Jan 31, 2015

Eddington – Shirley Fox Orcutt Turner, 73, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015 at her home, with her loving family by her side. Shirley, the youngest of 5 children and the only one born in a hospital was born on August 27, 1941 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the daughter of Allison and Florence (Wilson) Fox. When Shirley was 3 years...

Mildred Lyshon

Mildred Lyshon

Jan 31, 2015

Mildred A. Lyshon, 79, of Brewer and formerly of New Hampshire, died January 31, 2015 at Eastern Maine Medical Center. She was born July 21, 1935, daughter of Ira and Florence Conley. After her retirement from nursing, Mildred enjoyed being with her grandchildren, doing crafts, NASCAR and the Red Sox. Surviving are her children, Robert E. Lyshon and his wife,...