Obituaries

Leigh Richards

Leigh Richards

Dec 8, 2020

HAMPDEN - Leigh Ray Richards, 50, died unexpectedly on December 8, 2020 at his home in Hampden. He was born May 1, 1970 in Presque Isle, the son of Clinton J. and Diane (Wolverton) Parsons. He was a graduate of Bangor High School, class of 1990. Thereafter he was employed by BAC/SOMIC AMERICA, INC. of Brewer for 23 years, and...

Cynthia Knowles

Cynthia Knowles

Dec 7, 2020

Cynthia A. “Tinnie” Knowles, 94, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2020, at a Bangor healthcare facility. She was born January 24, 1926, in Brewer, the daughter of John H. and Elsie (Morrill) Holyoke. Tinnie loved knitting and sewing. She will be fondly remembered for all of the quilts and Christmas stockings and mittens which she made many of over...

Elizabeth Briggs

Elizabeth Briggs

Dec 7, 2020

Elizabeth A. (Jones) Briggs, 64, died unexpectedly December 7, 2020 at her residence in Orono. She was born January 6, 1956, in Lewiston, the daughter of John P. and Joan G. Jones. Elizabeth graduated from Brewer High School, Class of 1974. She continued her education and graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle Class of 1978, with a...

Esther Jones

Esther Jones

Dec 7, 2020

ORRINGTON-Esther L. Jones, 94, passed away December 7, 2020. She was born April 24, 1927 in Great Works, Maine, the daughter of Thelma A. and Emile F. Nadeau. She was married to the late Phil E. Jones for 60 + years. Family and home were the most important things in her life. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased...

Everett Frye

Everett Frye

Dec 6, 2020

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Linda Emerson

Linda Emerson

Dec 6, 2020

Linda Jean (Jamison) Emerson, 76, passed away comfortably on December 6, 2020 at her home in Stetson. She was born July 23, 1944 in Haynesville the daughter of Ernest and Blanche (Malone) Jamison. She was a homemaker, and lifelong business woman who loved her animals, doing crafts, and spending family time. Linda is survived by her loving husband Stanley Emerson;...

Vernon Cunningham

Vernon Cunningham

Dec 6, 2020

Vernon A. Cunningham III Bangor – Vernon A. Cunningham III, 85, died December 6, 2020 just the way he wanted with his family by his side at home. He was born March 20, 1935 in Milford, the son of Vernon A. Cunningham Jr. and Ruth (Clarke) Cunningham. Our Dad graduated from Old Town High School Class of 1953. Following graduation...

George Patterson

George Patterson

Dec 5, 2020

Hampden - George A. Patterson Jr, born February 10, 1934, at Bangor, ME; died December 5, 2020, at Bangor, ME, following a brief illness. He was a beloved son, husband, father, friend, aviator, engineer, musician, genealogy researcher, lifelong learner fueled by curiosity. To know George was to have a friend. George is survived by his wife, Juliet Baker Luro; daughters,...

Steven Edgecomb

Steven Edgecomb

Dec 5, 2020

Brewer and Brooksville Florida – Steven W. Edgecomb Sr. 73, passed away December 5, 2020. He was born July 24, 1947 in Bangor, the son of Walter and Mary (Ranney) Edgecomb. Steven graduated from Hermon High School class of 1965. He went on to Maine Maritime Academy and graduated class of 1969. Following graduation he worked as a merchant marine...

Lois Dunfee

Lois Dunfee

Dec 5, 2020

Lois E. Dunfee, 80, wife of Dalton Dunfee, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Lois passed away surrounded by her beloved family at her home in Corinth. She was born in East Madison, Maine on April 29, 1940, daughter of Harold and Eula Libby, Sr. Lois was a devoted wife, adored mother, grandmother and...

Rosemarie Blanke

Rosemarie Blanke

Dec 4, 2020

Rosemarie Margarete (Schoring) Blanke, 85, passed away peacefully at Eastside Rehabilitation in Bangor, on December 4, 2020. She was born June 11, 1935, in Hellingen, Thuringia, Germany, the daughter of Alfred and Helma (Spindler) Schoring. In 1941, her father, became manager of the municipal dairy in the nearby city of Coburg (in the state of Bavaria, which put the family...

William Thibodeau

William Thibodeau

Dec 3, 2020

William Lee "Bill" Thibodeau BANGOR - William Lee “Bill” Thibodeau, 88, passed away December 3, 2020, at his home in Bangor. Bill sadly succumbed to multiple health challenges he bravely faced over the past several years. He was born September 10, 1932, in Bangor, the son of William R. and Hilda E. (Hartley) Thibodeau. Bill maintained his characteristic positive attitude...

Richard Harriman

Richard Harriman

Dec 3, 2020

Bangor – Richard “Rick” Lewis Harriman, 58, lost his battle to cancer Thursday, December 3, 2020, with his wife and son by his side at their home in Bangor. His beloved 18-year-old, cat “Lucy,” continually stayed by his side. Rick was born and grew up in Lincoln, where he found his passion for the game of baseball, he later continued...

William Spellman

William Spellman

Dec 2, 2020

Bangor – William Kelso “Bud” Spellman, 90, passed away peacefully December 2, 2020. He was born August 19, 1930, the son of James and Edna (Mazarell) Spellman. He graduated from John Bapst High School before serving in the United States Marine Corps and Air Force. He worked many years for Bangor City Hall and later retired from a security position...

Herbert Mitchell

Herbert Mitchell

Dec 1, 2020

HAMPDEN and BANGOR - On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Herbert Warren Mitchell passed away at the age of 83. Herb was born in 1937 in Bangor, Maine to David and Helen Mitchell. Herb graduated from Bangor High School and in 1959 married Shirley Ann Blais, raising two sons, David, II of Abington, Massachusetts and Tom of Owasso, Oklahoma. Herb retired...

Robert H. Gillahan

Robert H. Gillahan

Nov 30, 2020

Hampden - Robert H. Gillahan, 82, died peacefully at home on November 30, 2020. He was born on March 28, 1938, in Marion, Kentucky, the son of Robert P. and Margaret (Hina) Gillahan. Following graduation, Robert served in the United States Air Force. He worked for the Telephone Companies in Bangor as an I&R technician for thirty years. He was...

Helen Hasey

Helen Hasey

Nov 29, 2020

Helen V. Hackett Hasey, 95, passed away November 29, 2020 at her home with her granddaughters by her side. She was born in Hermon, August 7, 1925 the daughter of Alton H. P. and Madeline V. (Pomeroy) Snow. Helen was a graduate of Hermon High School and Bangor Community College .She worked at home and outside of the home. She...

Carlton Strout

Carlton Strout

Nov 28, 2020

Carlton A. Strout, Jr. Bangor Carlton Allen Strout, Jr., passed away surrounded by his family on November 28th, 2020, after a long illness at the age of 63. He was born on September 22nd, 1957, the eldest son of Margaret (Green) and the late Carlton Strout, Sr. He grew up in Bangor and graduated from Bangor High School in 1976....

Marilyn Oakes

Marilyn Oakes

Nov 28, 2020

CARMEL - Marilyn G. (Boucher) Oakes, 83, passed away on November 28, 2020, in Bangor, after a brief illness. Marilyn was born on February 1, 1937 in Waterville, the daughter of Margaret (LeBlanc) and Leonard Boucher. After graduating from Waterville High School in 1955, she went on to study nursing at the Maine Medical Center School of Nursing, graduating in...

Jeanne Anita Levesque Mcburnie

Jeanne Anita Levesque Mcburnie

Nov 27, 2020

Bangor Jeanne Anita Levesque McBurnie, 94, succumbed to Covid-19 November 27, 2020. She was born in Lille, Maine, the daughter of Emile and Anastasie Levesque and was raised in Keegan Maine. She graduated two years early as Valedictorian from Sacred Heart High School in Van Buren. In 1945, she married her life-long love, Mac. They made their home in Veazie...