Obituaries

Apr 4, 2017

BANGOR - Irving “Irv” Leslie Kornfield, PhD, died April 4th, 2017 after a prolonged and spirited fight with cancer. I composed this obituary several days before my demise. I was born with my twin Jack on the Marine base in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where my father was, with many others, training for the invasion of Japan. We moved to...

Apr 2, 2017

Veazie - William Kennard Reese, 79, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on April 2, 2017. He was born March 21, 1938, to Kennard and Elena Lorraine Reese in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Bill graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1956 and joined the United States Air Force. He was stationed at Dow Air Force Base...

Apr 2, 2017

Bangor- Paul Robinson Curtis died on April 2, 2017, in Bangor, Maine, after a long illness. Paul was born at the Baptist Mission Hospital in Hanumakonda, India, on August 14, 1931, the second child of Philip Sheldon Curtis, Jr., and the former Doris Bowen, missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Except for the furlough year 1936, Paul grew...

Apr 2, 2017

John T. McLeod, 94, passed away peacefully on a Sunday morning, April 2, 2017, while home with family after his aged body was unable to overcome the complications of this winter's illnesses. He was born December 10, 1922, in Bangor, the son of John T. and Madeliene P. (Bridge) McLeod. John was a longtime resident of Bangor, residing most of...

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Brooksville, FL, and Hampden - Joseph E. Lounsbury, Sr., 88, died on March 31, 2017, after a brief illness at a hospital in Brooksville near his Florida home. He was born on January 19, 1929 in Orono, the son of Cecilia and Enoch Lounsbury. Joe became a Seaman Recruit with the US Naval Reserve in July of 1947 and was...

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BANGOR - Robert Crozier Woodward, 92, died March 29, 2017 at a Bangor health care facility following a long period of failing health. He was born May 26, 1924 in Lancaster, N.H., the son of Edson Freeman Woodward and Elizabeth (Crozier) Woodward. In 1962, Woodward became only the seventh director of the Bangor Public Library, which was established in 1883....

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Mar 28, 2017

Hampden – Bertha R. Mitchell, 99, died at her home, March 28, 2017. She was born February 16, 1918, in Etna, the daughter of Merton and Avis (Peabody) Ray. In addition to her parents, Bertha was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Mitchell, whom she married on July 5, 1942. They were together for the next 40 years, until his death...

Mar 27, 2017

Bangor – Alden Dingley Leavitt, 90, died on March 27, 2017. He was born December 18, 1926 to Lucy Cullinan Leavitt and Eben Leavitt, Sr., both of Bangor. A veteran of the United States Army, Alden worked in and around Bangor until 1963 when he moved with his family to Rye, New York. He lived in New York, but returned...

Mar 27, 2017

BRADFORD – Arthur A. Fletcher, 62, passed away March 27, 2017, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 26, 1954, in Bangor, the son of Charles and Barbara (Southard) Fletcher. Arthur graduated from Bangor High School, Class of 1972. He was a hard and dependable worker, enjoying a long career in the shoe industry, where he...

Mar 25, 2017

Levant and Bangor – Thelma D. Griffin, wife of the late Raymond “Jim” Griffin Sr., passed on to be with her Lord March 25, 2017. She was born March 2, 1934, in Perham, the daughter of Ralph and Ruth (Harris) Wilcox. Thelma grew up in Bangor and Hermon. She went to Hermon High School and continued her education at Bangor...

Mar 25, 2017

Bangor-Ellen Jean (Lougee) Frederick, 93, died peacefully on March 25, 2017, with her children by her side. She was born in New Limerick, ME, September 28, 1923, the daughter of Clyde M. and Maryon E. Lougee. Ellen graduated from Bangor High School, 1941 where she enjoyed Jr. Exhibition, drama, and field hockey. After high school she attended Maine Central Institute...