Merrill Muncey
Jan 18, 2022
Holden - Merrill H. Muncey, Sr., 85, died peacefully at his home on January 18, 2022 after a long illness. He was born in Danforth on August 3, 1936, the son of Harvey and Josephine (Gould) Muncey. Merrill served in the United States Marine Corps during Korea war. He also served in the Seabees, and the Air National Guard. Merrill...
Aron Hardy
Jan 18, 2022
Aron Daniel (Berry) Hardy, 35, of Hermon, died unexpectedly Tuesday, January 18th, 2022, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Lewiston on Thursday, November 20th, 1986, the second child of Donna Greeley and Stephen Berry of Livermore Falls. Aron graduated from Livermore Falls High School, class of 2005. He attended college in New Hampshire where he...
Harold Purdy
Jan 17, 2022
HAROLD NOBLE PURDY Hermon Harold Noble “Buzz” Purdy was born in Gardiner, Maine on July 16, 1932 to Harold Colby and Miriam Lee (Ladner) Purdy. He grew up in Gardiner and graduated from Gardiner High School He was a Boy Scout, a Sea Scout, and a member of the infamous SLRPFD Fire Department. He ran the Communication Center for Civil...
Ernestine Cole
Jan 16, 2022
BANGOR – Ernestine B. Cole, 88, passed away peacefully January 16, 2022 with family by her side at her home in Bangor. She was born April 8, 1933 in Bangor, the daughter of Ernest and Gladys (Hatch) Braley. A graduate of Bangor High School, where she met David Cole her husband of 68 years, Ernestine traveled the country and Europe...
Beverly Rogers
Jan 15, 2022
Beverly Ann (Hanscom) Rogers, 82, of Orrington passed away peacefully to be with her beloved daughter Beth Ann on January 15th 2022. She was born in Orrington on June 13, 1939 and was a 1957 graduate of Brewer High School. Bev was an outstanding homemaker and mother of three and grandmother of five. She loved to read and enjoyed knitting...
Phyllis Gray
Jan 15, 2022
Phyllis Parker Gray, 93, passed away peacefully at home on January 15, 2022, after a period of declining health. Phyllis was born to Perley F. and Lillian (Averill) Parker on August 3, 1928, in Frankfort, Maine. She lived her entire life in Frankfort until the death of her beloved husband, Arnold E. Gray, in 2017. They shared 67 years of...
Sally Day
Jan 14, 2022
Sally Day, 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 14, 2022, passing from metastatic lung cancer. She was born on March 31, 1942 in Bangor, the daughter of Cecil and Violet Curtis. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 37 years, Harold Day. Sally is also survived by her daughter, Lisa Whittemore and...
Merlin Cunningham
Jan 14, 2022
Winterport - Merlin D. “Junior” Cunningham Jr., 75, died unexpectedly on January 14, 2022 at a Bangor Hospital with his loving wife, Donna by his side. He was born October 10, 1946, in Belfast, the son of Merlin D. and Nellie (Crooker) Cunningham. Merlin served in the United States Navy for 27 years. He is survived by his loving wife,...
Thomas Goslin
Jan 13, 2022
VEAZIE - Thomas J. Goslin, Jr., 78, passed away January 13, 2022, at a Portland hospital with his wife and sister by his side. He was born October 16, 1943, in Alton, the son of Thomas J., Sr. and H. Lois Goslin. In 1971, he married Patti-Lee Stevenson, whom he met at Family Fun Bowling Lanes in 1969, and they...
Bradley Simms
Jan 12, 2022
Bradley A. Simms, 35, died unexpectedly in Orono on Tuesday, January 11th. He was born March 12th, 1986, in Alexandria, Virginia, the first child of Jon A. and Susan M. (Bradley) Simms. Brad graduated from Hampden Academy, class of 2004. He was Captain of the Varsity Football team, as well as Captain of both the Indoor and Outdoor Track teams....
Carroll Lee
Jan 11, 2022
BREWER - Carroll Russell Lee passed away at his Brewer home on January 11, 2022. The Houlton native, son of Delma Mae Lee and Earl Charles Lee, was born on May 23, 1949. He was well known for his athletic abilities, excelling at high school baseball and basketball for the Houlton Shiretowners in the late 60s. He graduated from the...
David Pellegrino
Jan 11, 2022
David N. Pellegrino Hampden David N. Pellegrino, passed away on January 11, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. David was born in Meriden, Connecticut on December 22, 1943, the son of Alfred and Bernadette (Lagace) Pellegrino. David grew up in Orono and graduated from Orono High School in 1962. He attended the University of Maine at Orono and graduated in...
Conrad Griffin
Jan 10, 2022
Conrad W. Griffin, 89, passed peacefully at home January 10, 2022, surrounded by his family. He (and his identical twin Curtis) were born December 1, 1932 in West Hartford, Connecticut to Carl and Esther (Boutwell) Griffin. Conrad grew up in Mansfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Mansfield High School in 1951. He and Curt were avid athletes and played football, track,...
Elaine Goater
Jan 9, 2022
ORONO - Elaine Goater , 90, peacefully transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on January 9, 2022, at a local health care facility, after a brief illness. She was born October 1, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Daisy Elizabeth (Webb) and William Ralph Sanders. Elaine graduated from Richland High School, Class of 1949, along with...
Marguerite E. Dutil
Jan 9, 2022
Marguerite “Maggie” Dutil, 85, went home to be with the Lord on January 9, 2022. She was born in Brewer on February 15, 1936, the daughter of George and Mary (McInnis) Mann. Maggie graduated from the St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Lewiston. She worked at the state hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital until her retirement. Maggie was a determined...
James Hopkins
Jan 7, 2022
James Robert Hopkins "Hop," 65, died January 7, 2022, at Northern Light Health of renal failure. He was born September 17, 1956, to James and Bettielou Hopkins of Hampden. He attended Hampden schools and resided in Hampden until 2005, when he moved to Newburgh with his wife, Sue. James was a standout basketball player at H.A., and continued to play...
Mary Boyd
Jan 6, 2022
Mary S. Boyd, 85, died on Thursday, January 6, 2022, with family by her side, after a short illness. Mary was born August 1, 1936, in Jamestown, New York. The daughter of Argus and Alice (Ingleson) Sheridan. Mary was the widow of Mark P. Boyd, who died March 19, 2008. Mary graduated from Jamestown High School in 1954. She met...
Barbara M. Ross
Jan 6, 2022
GLENBURN- Barbara McArthur Ross passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 6, 2022. Barbara was born March 24, 1939, in Rumford Maine, daughter of William and Agnes (Don) McArthur. The daughter of a paper-maker, Barbara spent her early years living in Rumford, Newark, Delaware, and finally Augusta, Maine. She graduated from Cony High School, class of 1957....
Gretchen Felix
Jan 5, 2022
Gretchen Schafer Felix died January 5, 2022, at a Bangor hospital one month after her 99th birthday. She was born in Marietta, Ohio, on December 6, 1922, the daughter of Harry Milton Schafer and Fayne (Havens) Schafer. In 1926, the family moved to San Diego, California, and then to Glendale and finally, when Gretchen was in the 6th grade, to...
Esther Jones
Jan 3, 2022
Lee - Esther M. Jones, 96, died peacefully at home with family and her dog, Baby by her side. Born in Old Town on March 3, 1925, the daughter of Arthur and Florence Mishou. She attended Old Town schools. Esther was a flag bearer for the VFW, and in 2005 she received the Real Heroes Award for saving a life....