Elaine Wyman
Jan 11, 2019
Bangor and Newport - Elaine Ann Wyman, 85, passed away January 11, 2019, at a Bangor healthcare facility. She was born June 15, 1933, in Millinocket the daughter of Everett and Gladys Savage. Elaine was raised by her adopted parents Carl and Zella Mott in Millinocket. She was very active in Millinocket theater presentations, playing lead roles, acting and singing....
Alton "Dan" French
Jan 10, 2019
UNITY and BANGOR – Alton “Dan” French, 84, of Locust Lane, Unity, died January 10, 2019. He was born August 27, 1934 in Bangor, son of Alton L. and Katharyn (Brown) French. Dan was educated in the Bangor Elementary Schools, Fairmount and Fifth Street Junior High. He attended Tabor Academy, Marion, MA, graduated from Higgins Classical Institute, Charleston, and majored...
Hope Hathorn
Jan 10, 2019
Hope (Redman) Hathorn Bangor Hope Hathorn, 93 passed away January 10, 2019. She was born April 2, 1925 the daughter of Edward S. and Emma (Eames) Redman. Hope graduated from Bangor High School and then attended the University of Maine and Washington School for Secretaries in Washington, D.C. After graduating, she worked for the Committee of Economic Development in Washington....
Harriett (Day) Lantz
Jan 9, 2019
NEWBURGH – Harriett (Day) McIninch Lantz, 96, went to be with her Lord January 9, 2019. She was born February 21, 1922 in N. Newport, daughter of Martin M. Day and Lena (Schoppee) Day. Harriett graduated from Brewer High School in 1940. She was a member of the Holden Congregational Church, Riverland Baptist Church of Dunnellon, FL and the Millwee...
Verna Cocks
Jan 9, 2019
BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Verna Bloom, an actress whose career in film took her from the real streets of the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention through the slapstick campus of Faber College and the hill of Golgotha, died today after a long illness. She was 80 years old. The cause was complications of dementia, her family stated. Although she appeared extensively...
Sylvia Pomroy
Jan 7, 2019
Sylvia Jean (Lewis) McCarthy Pomroy, 86, passed away peacefully, at home, January 6th, 2019. She was born in Brewer in 1932, the daughter of William J. and Rose Esther (DesJardins) Lewis. Sylvia attended Bangor area schools leaving Bangor High in 1950. In 1966 she obtained her GED of which she was very proud. High School is where she developed her...
Sheldon Corson
Jan 6, 2019
BANGOR - Sheldon L. Corson, 64, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, January 6, 2019, after a long battle with bladder cancer. He was born May 27, 1954, the son of Charles P. and Juanita (Patten) Corson. Sheldon graduated from Hampden Academy in 1972, and pursued a lifelong career with The Lane Construction Corporation. He...
Edward Joseph Mckenna
Jan 5, 2019
HAMPDEN & BANGOR - Edward Joseph McKenna died at home in Hampden, January 5, 2019, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born on July 22, 1943 in Bangor and grew up in Newburgh. He was graduated from Carmel schools. Ed served proudly in the US Army enlisting in 1965. He was deployed to Germany for several years,...
Walter Musson
Jan 4, 2019
NEWBURGH - Walter Edward Musson, known as the Slate Man, 68, passed away on January 4, 2019. He was born on November 30, 1950, the son of the late Edward and Doris (Monaghan) Musson. Walter grew up in Great Pond, Maine, a little town of 46 people, “over east of Bangor” as he used to say. He attended a one...
Colonel (Ret.) Roger Dow Gillis
Jan 1, 2019
BANGOR - Roger Gillis, 83, passed on 1 January, 2019, in his home in Bangor, surrounded by his children and his wife of 63 years. Roger was born 14 March, 1935, in Brewer to Angus and Avis (née Dow) Gillis. Following his father’s death, he was raised by his uncle and aunt, Malcolm and Gertrude Gillis. A 1953 graduate of...
Deborrah A. "Debbie" Harmon
Jan 1, 2019
Bangor - Debbie A. Harmon, 63, passed away January 1, 2019, in Bangor, surrounded by her family. She was born on August 30, 1955, in Presque Isle, ME, the daughter of Wayne and Lucy (Hale) Harmon. Deb spent her younger years in Presque Isle, Houlton, Belfast, and ultimately Brewer where she graduated high school. After graduation, Debbie studied Animal Medicine...
Rosella Frey
Dec 31, 2018
BANGOR -- Rosella Mae (Torrey) Frey, 81, passed away Dec. 31, 2018, after a long, hard battle with illness, never losing her beautiful smile nor the twinkle in her eye. Rose was born July 8, 1937, the daughter of Fred Torrey and Victoria Pyzinski Bouchard. She had two sisters, Katherine Gray and Merry Briggs, and a brother, Fred Torrey Jr....
Jo Emery
Dec 31, 2018
Joan M. “Jo” Emery, 87, passed away December 31, 2018, at a Bangor hospital. She was born June 1, 1931, in Carmel, ME, the daughter of Harold and Eleanor (Knight) Brown. She and her friend Al traveled the United States together in their RV. For 15+ years Jo was a volunteer driver for Penquis Cap. Jo would always meet you...
Gerald Carstensen
Dec 30, 2018
TAVARES, FL & BREWER, ME – Gerald Carstensen, 70, passed away on December 30, 2018 at Maine Veterans’ Home Bangor, with his loving family by his side. He was born on May 14, 1948 in Bangor, the son of Roy and Vivian (Drew) Carstensen. Gerald attended and graduated from Caribou High School in 1967 and was an avid baseball pitcher....
Ethel Audrey (Bragg) Oakes
Dec 30, 2018
CLIFTON – Ethel A. Oakes, 62, died unexpectedly December 30, 2018, at home. She was born March 28, 1956, in Bangor, the daughter of William F. and Mina “Betty” (Lancaster) Bragg. Ethel attended Brewer High School and later obtained her G.E.D. in 1984. She married Joseph E. Oakes they were married 20 years at his passing in 1999. Ethel was...
Jennifer Sewell
Dec 29, 2018
Jennifer Lynn Sewell Holden-Bangor Jennifer Sewell, 45, died December 29, 2018, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She fought a long, courageous battle with breast cancer, never letting her illness interfere in her life or slow her down. Jenny graduated from Husson University with her bachelor’s degree in accounting. She worked for Community Health & Counseling for the last...
Scott Rapaport
Dec 28, 2018
Scott G. Rapaport at the age of 64 passed on December 28, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving wife and two sons, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 19, 1954 in Bangor, Maine the son of A. David and Mildreth (Finn) Rapaport. Scott had a passion for musical entertainment. Like many teens growing up...
Leo John Burke
Dec 28, 2018
Bangor – Leo J. Burke, 92 passed away peacefully, December 28, 2018, at a Bangor health care facility. He was born August 20, 1926, in Brewer, the son of Peter J. and Emeline (Conley) Burke. Leo graduated from John Bapst High School class of 1946. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a dog...
Clinton Ward
Dec 28, 2018
Hermon - Clinton Donald Ward Jr., 76, passed away of natural causes on December 28 at a Bangor hospital. Clinty or Junior, as he was known to many, was born on September 20, 1942, in Glenburn, Maine. He attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Damascus and was then educated in the Bangor public schools where he played football for...
Ruth Elaine Rich
Dec 28, 2018
BANGOR - Ruth E. Rich, 94, died peacefully at home, with her three children at her side, on the morning of December 28, 2018. She was born on April 3, 1924 in East Machias, the youngest child of Frank and Bessie (Bryant) Smith. Ruth was a graduate of Washington Academy, where she was class salutatorian; and Bangor School of Commerce,...
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