Obituaries

Jun 30, 2014

BANGOR – William C. Thornton, 60, passed away Monday June 30, 2014 at a local hospital. He was born May 19, 1954, in Calais, the son of William C. and Wilhelmina (Thornton) Moore. William enjoyed traveling, vacations with grandchildren, cooking, horseback riding and was a lifelong learner. He had a true passion for his career as a registered nurse and...

Jun 30, 2014

Persephone June Leland, was born and passed away on June 30, 2014. She was the beautiful daughter of Matthew F. and Amy T. (Chadbourne) Leland. Surviving, in addition to her parents are her paternal grandparents, Barry and Tammy Leland of Orrington; maternal grandparents, Mark and Beth Chadbourne of Old Town; great grandparents, Phyllis June Malone of Orrington, Jean Howland of...

Jun 29, 2014

Bangor- Shirley (Lerner) Schneider, 88, died June 29, 2014 at her residence in Bangor, surrounded by her children, family and friends. She was born July 7, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York; the daughter of Moshe Dov Lerner and Pesel (Hecht). The Matriarch of a jewish home: Strength and honor were her attire, she smiled at the future. She spoke with...

Jun 28, 2014

Jun 27, 2014

Richard was born in Skowhegan, Maine October 18, 1933, the son of Frederick James Sterns and Sarah Hoos Sterns. For most of his life he was an active member of his home community. He attended the Skowhegan public schools (SAHS Class of '51) and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track. He was also an accomplished pianist. He...

Jun 27, 2014

Jun 27, 2014

H. Alan Brown, 71, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 27, 2014. He was born in Manhattan, New York on February 25, 1943 to Herbert E. and Elsie D. (Luhrs) Brown. Alan graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1965 with a BS in Psychology, and later from Stony Brook University in 1970 with a PhD...

Jun 27, 2014

Jun 26, 2014

BANGOR AND STOCKHOLM - Vivian Amanda (Sandstrom) Merritt, 88, of Stockholm and Bangor, died peacefully surrounded by her family on June 26, 2014 at the Maine Veteran's Home in Bangor. She and her identical twin sister Lillian were born at home in Stockholm on January 7, 1926, the first of seven children, to Carl and Lillian Oberg Sandstrom. She grew...

Jun 26, 2014

BANGOR - Melvin "Mel" Braverman passed away on June 26 in Bangor, Maine after 86 years of love and friendship from all who were privileged to know this “nifty” gentleman. Mel was born and raised in Boston, where he graduated from Chelsea High School. He attended M.I.T before serving honorably in the Army Corps of Engineers in Korea. He was...

Jun 25, 2014

Jun 25, 2014

Corinth- Neil Lewis Merrill, 70, passed away peacefully on June 25th 2014 surrounded by his loving wife and daughters, after a courageous battle with lung disease. He was born on May 6, 1944 the son of Lewis and Christina Merrill (Goodwin) of Stetson. Neil will be remembered as a quiet and caring and gentle man, but most of all a...

Jun 24, 2014

BANGOR – Thomas W. Larcombe, Sr., 84, died peacefully June 24, 2014, at a local nursing home. He was born November 3, 1929, in Barre, VT, the son of Harold and Gertrude (Jessop) Larcombe. Thomas graduated from Spaulding High School, Barre, VT, Class of 1948. He graduated from the Salvation Army Training School, commissioned a Lieutenant in the Salvation Army,...

Jun 24, 2014

Jun 23, 2014

CLIFTON - Robbie Clinton Eaton, 28, was taken to Heaven with Jesus, Monday June 23, 2014, after a short illness. He was born May 4, 1986, in Blue Hill, the son of Kenneth Eaton Jr. and Lucinda (Wentworth) Hersom. Robbie will be greatly missed by his loving doting family whom he brought much love, joy and laughter into their lives....

Jun 23, 2014

Jun 23, 2014

Jun 21, 2014

Joan J. Hudson, 91, died at her home on June 21, 2014, with her family in attendance. She was born May 3, 1923 in Lakewood, Ohio, the daughter of Julia (Haag) and Edwin Poese. Joan earned her BA in Home Economics from Kent State University. She married Edward Hudson after World War II and they celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary...

Jun 21, 2014

Martin “Mickey” Schneider, 87, died June 21, 2014, at his residence in Bangor. He was born March 22, 1927, in New York, NY, the son of Samuel and Molly (Chesner) Schneider. Mickey moved to Maine at the age of 3. As a young man, he participated in community theatre and loved to sing. He was a lifelong member of the...

Jun 21, 2014