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Marilyn Etchison

Marilyn Etchison

Apr 19, 2024

Marilyn Cotton Etchison, 89, passed away at 4 AM on April 19th, 2024 at her home in Avalon Village, Hampden, Maine, surrounded by her family and caregivers, after a brief illness. She was born October 18, 1934, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Dr. Perry Everingham Cotton and Evelyn (Fisher) Cotton. Marilyn grew up in Elwood, Indiana. She graduated from...

Jerome Nadelhaft

Jerome Nadelhaft

Apr 19, 2024

Bangor - Jerome Nadelhaft, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Maine, died at the home he shared with his wife of many years early on the morning of April 19, 2024. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s, the neurological condition with which he had lived for decades. Towards the end of his life, Professor Nadelhaft and his family...

Leann Grover

Leann Grover

Apr 16, 2024

Leann Dale Grover 58 Winterport Leann Dale (Crosby) Grover, 58, passed away peacefully, April 16, 2024, surrounded by her husband and her daughters, after a long, hard battle with lung cancer. She was born September 3, 1965, in Mars Hill, ME, the daughter of William Leroy Crosby and Diana Muriel Barrey. Leann was self-less, compassionate, fierce, strong, and fought with...

Patricia Smith

Patricia Smith

Apr 15, 2024

BREWER - Patricia Jean (Nason) Smith was born on September 6, 1949, in Bangor, Maine, to Arthur and Fannie (Murphy) Nason, a proud 10th generation Mainer. She passed away peacefully on April 15, 2024, surrounded in love by her children and family. She grew up on 14th Street in Bangor, in a house built by her father, where she attended...

John Rancourt

John Rancourt

Apr 15, 2024

John B. Rancourt, 94, passed away at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 15th, 1930 in Moscow, Maine, the son of Harry J. and Alice M. (Roderick) Rancourt. John graduated from Winterport High School, class of 1948. Following graduation, he continued to work on his father’s dairy farm. In 1950, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary...

Robert Sherwood

Robert Sherwood

Apr 15, 2024

Robert E. Sherwood passed away at his home in Eddington, Maine, on April 15, 2024, after a brief illness. Bob was born on February 27, 1928 in Carmel, Maine. He attended Hermon High School, after which he served with the United States Army in Korea and the Philippines. Bob married his high school sweetheart, Ruth Robinson Sherwood, in 1947 and...

James Osgood

James Osgood

Apr 15, 2024

It is with highly mixed emotions that we announce that James Ellis Osgood Jr. won his battle with dementia on April 15, 2024 and is now free and whole again. He was born June 9th, 1943 in Brewer, ME, to James E. Osgood Sr. and Evie Elizabeth (Fortier) Osgood. Jim grew up in Brewer and graduated from John Bapst High...

Joe Brackett

Joe Brackett

Apr 11, 2024

Regan “Joe” Brackett 74 LaGrange Regan “Joe” Brackett, 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family and friends April 11th, 2024. He was born February 22nd, 1950, in Pea Cove, the son of Thale W. and Martha (Goodine) Brackett. Joe graduated from Old Town High School and then chose to go serve his country in the US Army, serving for...

Joel Mccluskey

Joel Mccluskey

Apr 9, 2024

Joel J. McCluskey, 77, passed away peacefully at home April 9th, 2024. He was born April 6th, 1947, in Bangor, the son of John P. and Ernestine (Tilley) McCluskey. Joel graduated from Orono High School and was a major athlete during his time there, participating in football, basketball and baseball. He went on to work for the New England Telephone...

Erlene Macdonald

Erlene Macdonald

Apr 8, 2024

Erlene E. MacDonald, 94, died peacefully at home on April 8, 2024. She was born August 14, 1929, in Barre, VT, the daughter of Earlwood and Lona (Sanders) Murphy. Erlene graduated from Williamstown High School in 1947. Following graduation, she worked in the Williamstown Post Office and the Barre Capacitor Plant. She married Keith MacDonald on November 9, 1951, and...

Raymond Perry

Raymond Perry

Apr 8, 2024

Raymond “Ray” Perry Orrington Ray “Red” Perry, passed away April 8, 2024 after a long illness. He was born in Brewer, July 8, 1943 the son of Raymond W. Perry, Sr. and Pauline A. (Little) Perry. He graduated from Brewer High School class of 1962. Ray began his career as a motorcycle mechanic at Holland Brothers, Brewer then went to...

Notta

Notta

Apr 7, 2024

Winnotta “Notta”( Carleton) Stillman Reynolds Hermon Notta Stillman Reynolds, 99, passed away April 7, 2024 to be in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was born in Winterport, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Morton L. and Vivian (Titcomb) Carleton. Notta was the last one of a family of nine. She loved and enjoyed her own...

Shelby Thomas

Shelby Thomas

Apr 6, 2024

Shelby Dean Thomas July 29, 1944 – April 6, 2024 BANGOR - Shelby Dean Thomas, 79, passed away peacefully at home with his family on Saturday, April 6, 2024, after battling cancer. He was born to Vestal Leota (Vanderslice) Thomas and James Franklin Thomas on July 29, 1944, in Morrilton, Arkansas. He moved from Arkansas to Farmersville, California, with his...

Eleanor Bagley

Eleanor Bagley

Apr 6, 2024

Eleanor J. Bagley Old Town Eleanor (Read) Bagley, 90, passed away April 6, 2024. She was born in Stillwater, November 20, 1933 the daughter of Arthur and Marion (Young) Read. Eleanor graduated from Old Town High School class of 1952. She worked at Butterfield Bottling and Northeast Bank and Trust. Eleanor and Red purchased Bagley’s Grocery in Stillwater and operated...

Kathleen Hunter

Kathleen Hunter

Apr 5, 2024

Kathleen “Kay” Hunter, 78, passed away at her home in Hampden, on Friday, April 5, 2024. She was born on October 20, 1945, in Crystal, ME. Kay graduated from Patten Academy in 1963, in the top three of her class, and lived in Patten until 1980. She belonged to the dramatic society and put on many pageants, was a member...

Sally Wilson

Sally Wilson

Apr 5, 2024

BANGOR Sally G. Wilson, 64, passed away peacefully April 5th, 2024. She was born November 9th, 1959, the daughter of Eugene E. and Mary E. (Drake) Wilson. An insightful and caring woman with an unassuming personality, Sally was valued by family and friends for her sage advice and for being a comforting "sounding board" in those times when one simply...

Constance Martin

Constance Martin

Apr 4, 2024

Constance Jean (McClay) Martin Connie was born in Bangor, Maine on January 11, 1940, the youngest child of William and Mary Evelyn (Coney) McClay. She passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 4, 2024, surrounded by her family. Connie attended Bangor schools, graduating from Bangor High School in 1957. She attended and graduated from Husson College in 1959. She then worked...

Cheryl Curtis

Cheryl Curtis

Apr 2, 2024

Cheryl A. Curtis, 67, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on April 2, 2024, in Bangor. She was born on August 23, 1956, in Bangor, the daughter of Leslie F. and Mary T. (Doughty) Gallant. Cheryl attended Baxter School for the Deaf, where she graduated in 1975. During her school years, she participated in cheerleading, Girl Scouts, typing, and...

Marlan Bloom

Marlan Bloom

Apr 2, 2024

HOLDEN, ME - Marlan James Bloom, 78, passed away peacefully April 2, 2024, with his family by his side. He was born October 3, 1945, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Williston, North Dakota (ND), the son of John and Susan (Simpson) Bloom. Marlan grew up in the family home at 714 4th Avenue East. Schooling was in Williston at...

Patricia Getchell

Patricia Getchell

Apr 2, 2024

Carmel – Patricia Ann (Doherty) Getchell, 85, peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 2, 2024. Her last few days she would worship with hands lifted with her granddaughter, Rachel. Patricia loved her family unconditionally. She is survived by two daughters, Cindy Getchell and Delia Scripture; son, Kenneth Getchell and his wife, Beth; brothers, Tomas...

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