Obituaries

Honora Gerry

Feb 4, 2025

BANGOR - Honora Katherine "Nora" (Baker) Gerry, 98, died February 4, 2025, at the Maine Veterans' Home in Bangor after a short period of declining health. She was born on July 3, 1926, to Russell Baker and Winifred (Sargent) Baker. She grew up and attended schools in Hampden, Maine.

Nora met and married the love of her life, Harland Gerry and...

Carol Belanger

Feb 3, 2025

Carol Ann Belanger, 78, died February 3rd, 2025, at her home in Levant, ME. Carol was born June 17, 1946, in Caribou, ME to parents William and Harriett Cookingham and grew up in Washburn, Maine.

Carol graduated from D'lor Beauty School and was a skilled cosmetologist for many years. She went on to become an instructor for D'lor in 1995 and...

Margaret Leistensnider

Feb 3, 2025

Margaret (Shoplock) Leistensnider, 84, died unexpectedly February 3, 2025, at a Bangor hospital. She was born in June 1941, in Somerville, NJ, the daughter of Samuel and Julia (Esock) Shoplock.

Margaret graduated from Somerville High School, New Jersey, class of 1958. She enrolled at Douglas College and graduated in 1963, when she married her high school prom date,...

Beverly Smith

Feb 2, 2025

Beverly Smith, 81, of Glenburn, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 2, 2025, after a long struggle with chronic heart disease. Beverly was born April 16, 1943, in Lincoln, Maine, the daughter of Robert and Juanita (Clough) Moores.

Beverly was employed at various times as a C.N.A., giving compassionate nursing care. She was a...

Joyce Bowness

Feb 2, 2025

Levant - Joyce E. Bowness, 75, of Levant, passed peacefully at home on February 2, 2025. Surrounded by the love of her two children, she gained her angel wings and went to be with her Lord and Savior. Joyce was born on October 31, 1949, to Harold and Patricia Wilcox.

She was a graduate of Bangor High School and...

Lynn Johnson

Feb 2, 2025

Lynn Johnson, 71, passed away on February 2, 2025. She was born in Bangor on December 17, 1953 to Stanley and Reona Pyzynski. Lynn earned and Associates Degree in business at Husson University and, later, a Bachelors in accounting, all while working for the City of Bangor over 43 years.

Lynn is survived by her loving husband of...

Herman Frankland

Feb 2, 2025

Herman C. "Buddy" Frankland

Holden

The grace and mercy of God was manifest once again, as a man departed this life and approached the gates of the city of God. "On what ground would you enter this city?" The gatekeeper asked. "I come in the merits of Jesus, for I have no merits of my own," said the man....

Rose Drake

Feb 1, 2025

LaGrange-Bangor

Rose Marie Drake, 79, passed peacefully on February 1, 2025.

Every family needs a rock, and for decades Rose has been that rock. She set the perfect example of how to raise a family. She worked hard to support her husband in their various businesses while at the same time raising her family and making sure that they always had everything...

Flint Spaulding

Jan 31, 2025

Flint E. Spaulding

Bangor

Flint Edward Spaulding, 65, passed away peacefully, January 31, 2025. with his loving family by his side. Flint was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on December 23, 2024 which he fought courageously and with great dignity. Flint was born in Bangor, July 10, 1959, the son of Edward C. and Glenyce E. (Leach) Spaulding.

Surviving are his wife, Robin L....

Robert Jordan

Jan 31, 2025

Robert James Jordan

Hermon

July 28, 1939 - January 31, 2025

Robert James Jordan, 85, passed peacefully into the loving arms of his Savior on January 31, 2025, at home under the care of family and hospice nurses. He was born in New Britain, Connecticut, July 28, 1939, to Robert Andrew and Avis Harriet DeVere Jordan. He married Valerie Thompson in 1964. She...

William Nadeau

Jan 30, 2025

William "Bill" Joseph Patrick Nadeau, 77, passed away at his home January 30th, 2025. He was born in Bangor on May 20th, to Joseph and Dorothy Nadeau.

Bill worked numerous jobs throughout his life, finding a niche and many good friends working for RGIS Inventory, a job that also took him to Europe for 6 weeks, and Maine State...

Jeffrey Field

Jan 29, 2025

JEFFREY E. FIELD

69

CARMEL

Jeffrey Edward Field (Jef), 69, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at his Carmel home. Jef was born on December 17, 1955, in Lewiston, ME, to Florence and Rupert Field. Jef was the oldest of five brothers and two sisters. The family relocated from the New Gloucester area to Mars Hill, then settled in Hampden...

Shawn Betterley

Jan 29, 2025

Shawn William Betterley

Bangor

After courageously battling several serious illnesses, Shawn William Betterley, 70, passed away peacefully at home, January 29, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. He was born August 30, 1954 in Bangor, the son of George Betterley Jr. and Jo-anne L. (Gagnon) Betterley Hogan.

Shawn graduated from Bangor High School, Class of 1972. He married his high school sweetheart, Robin (Colby)...

Cynthia Dunlap

Jan 28, 2025

CYNTHIA COWAN DUNLAP

ORONO.

Cynthia C. Dunlap, 93, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died January 28, 2025. She was born March 15, 1931, in Portland, Maine, daughter of Frank I. and Helen A. (Caspar) Cowan.

Cynthia graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine in 1949, actively involved in a number of organizations. Most important to her was the Deering High School...

William Read

Jan 28, 2025

Bangor - William "Bill" B. Read Jr., 89, passed away January 28, 2025. He was born in Springfield, MA, the son of William Bliss Sr and Eleanor Louise Read.

Bill was a long-time professor at Husson University, teaching for more than 50 years. In 1968, he started the North Atlantic Business Law Review. In 1980, he was selected for...

Rose Briggs

Jan 28, 2025

Rose Barbara Briggs

Rose Barbara Briggs, died peacefully on January 28, 2025, one day before her 101st birthday, at the Leach Home in Brewer, Maine where she had resided for the past 25 years. Rose was born in Bradford, Maine, the daughter of Ceclia and Fred Jack. She married Theodore (Ted) Briggs and had two daughters, Annette E. Miles (Arthur) and...

Susan Savage

Jan 25, 2025

Susan Jill Savage

Veazie

Susan Jill Savage, 80, passed away January 25, 2025. She was born in Bangor, November 6, 1944 the daughter of Horace "Doc" and Elaine Savage.

Jill lived most of her life in Veazie, attending schools there and moving on to Bangor, Japan, California, Washington state, New Jersey and New York while her father was active-duty Air Force.

She was a...

Susan Campbell

Jan 25, 2025

Susan Wells Campbell, 73, passed away surrounded by family on January 25, 2025. She was born March 21, 1951 in Farmington, ME. to Robert and Edith (Whittier) Wells. Susan married her high school sweetheart, Michael Campbell Sr., they started their family in Farmington, then relocating to Bangor to raise their boys. Susan loved to cook and care for others; this...

James Corey

Jan 24, 2025

James (JC) Jeffrey Corey- was joined once again with his love Kristi Sickles on Friday, January 24, 2025. JC born July 2, 1952, was the oldest of 6 kids born to Peanut and Lorraine Corey.

Thanks to the complete dedication of his stepdaughter Morgan Sickles and her fiancé Adam Toner, step granddaughters Bailey and Britney Toner and many of Morgan's best...

Kerry Cox

Jan 23, 2025

BANGOR - Kerry M. Cox, 77, died January 23, 2025 at a local hospital with his family at his side. He was born in Bangor October 20, 1947, the son of William and Eileen (McNulty) Cox.

Kerry graduated from John Bapst High School, Class of 1965. He first attended the University of Maine and Husson College, where he was...