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Josephine Wood

Josephine Wood

Dec 16, 2024

Josephine A. Wood of Lamoine passed away December 16, 2024, one day shy of her 94th birthday. She was born December 17, 1930 in Bangor, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Daley) Foster. At age 8, Josephine was taken in by foster parents, George and Mina Merrill.

Josephine graduated Bangor High School class of 1950 before attending nursing school at Maine...

Britt Wetmore

Britt Wetmore

Dec 14, 2024

Allison "Britt" W. Wetmore passed away on December 14, 2024, as a result of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was born in Bangor, Maine on August 24, 1948, the son of Allison K. and Cecilia A. (Ahearn) Wetmore. Britt enjoyed golfing, hunting, riding his motorcycle, an occasional Manhattan, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. He graduated from Winslow High...

Roy Alan Mace

Roy Alan Mace

Dec 13, 2024

Roy A. Mace

Orono

Roy Alan Mace, 88, born February 28, 1936 to Roy A. and Doris True Mace at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston, Maine passed away on December 13, 2024 in Orono, Maine.

Roy grew up in the Monmouth area, attending Monmouth and Wales schools and Lewiston High School. He worked on area dairy farms as a teenager and in...

Lawrence Mccluskey

Lawrence Mccluskey

Dec 13, 2024

ORONO – Lawrence Joseph McCluskey, fondly known as “Lolly” or “Mac”, 92, passed away December 13, 2024. He was born in Bangor, February 5, 1932, to Elizabeth (Dunn) and Joseph McCluskey. Lawrence attended Bangor Schools and graduated from Bangor High School. He then served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1954 in the Korean War. He sailed on the USS Purdy,...

Jean-Charles "Chuck" Boucher Iii

Jean-Charles "Chuck" Boucher Iii

Dec 9, 2024

Jean Charles "Chuck" Boucher III, 73, of Carmel, passed away peacefully at his home on December 9th, 2024. A resident of Lewiston for most of his childhood, he was proud of his French Canadian heritage. He attended Holy Cross grade school, The Seminary of our Lady of LaSalette in Enfield, NH, Assumption College in Worcester, MA, and he graduated from...

Larry Lafland

Larry Lafland

Dec 8, 2024

Dedham - Larry Eugene Lafland, 72, passed away peacefully December 8, 2024, due to complications from a heart condition. He was born September 3, 1952, in Presque Isle, Maine, the son of Hazel (Boxwell) Lafland and Laurence Lafland. Larry grew up in Ashland and graduated from Ashland High School, class of 1970. He worked as an auto mechanic for many...

Galen Shedd

Galen Shedd

Dec 7, 2024

Galen H. Shedd passed away peacefully in his sleep at home with his dog by his side after an illness on December 6, 2024 at the age of 90. He was born Friday the 13th of April 1934 in Mattawamkeag, the son of Howard E. and Laura M. (Tilton) Shedd. Galen graduated high school in Mattawamkeag, Class of 1953. In...

Brent Robbins

Brent Robbins

Dec 6, 2024

It is with great sadness that the family of Brent M. Robbins announce his passing. He died on December 6, 2024, surrounded by loved ones after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Brent was born in Bangor, Maine on August 31, 1961, the son of Clyde B. Robbins and his wife Geraldine (Pickard) Robbins - the youngest of their three...

Carlene Smith

Carlene Smith

Dec 4, 2024

Carlene P. Smith Carlene P. (Lord) Smith, passed away December 4, 2024. She was born in Milo, December 25, 1936 the daughter of Guy E. and Bertha B. (Townsend) Lord. She was a graduate of Carmel High School Class of 1955. Carlene served in the US Army from 1955 to 1956. She married Roland E. Smith, Sr. September 27, 1958....

Lynda Perkins

Lynda Perkins

Dec 4, 2024

Lynda Lou (Breau) Perkins, 77, of Orono, died the evening of December 4, 2025, peacefully surrounded by her loving family at home after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Lynda was born on September 26, 1947, to Charles and Lucile Ouelette Breau of Orono, ME who predeceased her. She spent her early years in Orono, attending schools in Orono with...

James Leighton

James Leighton

Dec 2, 2024

James Leighton Bangor James Leighton passed away on December 2, 2024 after a brief illness. He was born on August 31, 1932 to Eugene & Vanonia (Gestner) Leighton in Lincoln, Maine. After High School, Jim joined the US Army and served 2 years during the Korean War. Jim worked for Darlings of Bangor for 20 years, retiring in 1996. Jim...

Charles Oliver

Charles Oliver

Dec 1, 2024

Charles Linwood Oliver, 93, passed away on December 1, 2024, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Bangor. Charlie was born in Bridgewater, Maine on April 23, 1931, the son of Agnes (Grant) Trevett and Charles “Wiley” Oliver. He grew up in Harrington, Maine and graduated from Harrington High School, and later earned a BA in accounting and auditing from Husson...

Donna Nickerson

Donna Nickerson

Dec 1, 2024

Newburgh - Donna Althea Nickerson, 92, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on December 1, 2024. She was born to Allen L. and Gracie M. (Pickard) Arnold, in Newburgh, Maine, on February 1, 1932. She was born, raised, lived a long life and passed away on the same property in Newburgh, as was her wish. Donna was...

Loring Salls

Loring Salls

Nov 30, 2024

Loring “JR” Salls Jr., 74, passed away at a Bangor hospital on November 30, 2024. He was born in Bangor on June 15, 1950, the son of Loring Sr. and Anna (Hazelwood) Salls. JR attended Bangor schools. He married the love of his life, Mona Gould, in 1985. Together they built a life, raising two sons and running, and then...

Keith Dresser

Keith Dresser

Nov 30, 2024

Bangor - Keith Alan Dresser, 77, born November 17, 1947, in Bangor, the eldest son of Robert and Patricia (Downing) Dresser, passed away November 30, 2024, surrounded by family. Keith was raised on the west side of the city, graduating from Bangor High School, class of 1966. Following graduation, he served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War,...

Ralph Ellingwood

Ralph Ellingwood

Nov 29, 2024

GLENBURN – Ralph I. Ellingwood, 80, died peacefully November 29, 2024 at a Bangor hospital following a brief illness. He was born July 22, 1944 in Hudson, son of William and Esther (Brawn) Ellingwood Ralph retired from General Electric after 32 years of service, he was a proud volunteer of the Glenburn Fire Department for 30 years, 18 as Assistant...

Gertrude Gosselin

Gertrude Gosselin

Nov 27, 2024

Gertrude C. Gosselin, 83, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Lewiston on January 7, 1941, the daughter of Arthur and Irene (Charest) Berube. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1960 and married the love of her life, in May of 1961. She was a homemaker and loved time spent with...

Sonja Levensailor

Sonja Levensailor

Nov 26, 2024

Glenburn - Sonja passed away peacefully at Northern Light Hospital in Bangor on the night of November 26, 2024, at the age of 81. She was born May 11, 1943, at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, the daughter of Oscar and Thyrle (Davis) Partinen. Sonja was a kind, loving person who cared about so many and so many cared and...

Carla Durgin

Carla Durgin

Nov 25, 2024

BETHEL/BANGOR - Carla A. Durgin, 85, passed away November 25th, 2024. She was born October 13th, 1939, in Greenwood, the daughter of Albert S. and Beatrice E. (Brown) Grover. Carla married Nelson Durgin, August 6th, 1951, and they were happily married for 59 years. After high school, Carla achieved a bachelor’s degree in teaching and went on to teach for...

Floyd Pomeroy

Floyd Pomeroy

Nov 25, 2024

Floyd “Papa” Pomeroy, 91, of Bangor passed away after a brief illness on November 25, 2024, at a Bangor hospital. He was born on November 16, 1933 to Kenneth and Vivian (Overlock) Pomeroy. Floyd attended Hermon schools, finishing his education at Bangor High School. He married the love of his life, Jeanette Clark. He worked for the City of Bangor...

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