Obituaries

Apr 18, 2014

Apr 17, 2014

Apr 17, 2014

LEVANT – Edwin G. Lord, 59, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday April 17, 2014 at Eastern Maine Medical Center. He was born October 8, 1954 in Great Falls, Montana, the son of Hoyt Lord and Nina (Lovely) Lord Clough. Ed served in the United States Army for twenty years before retiring as a Major. He also taught JROTC for eight years...

Apr 17, 2014

Apr 16, 2014

CARMEL - Royce Dean Ripley, 17, died unexpectedly at his home on April 16, 2014. He was born on June 3, 1996 in Bangor, the beloved son of Dean J. and Melanie L. Ripley. Royce was a Senior at Hermon High School where he played football and was a member of the JROTC. Royce had planned to enlist with the...

Apr 16, 2014

Norris “Nick” E. Nickerson HOLDEN – Norris “Nick” E. Nickerson, 74, passed away on April 16, 2014, at EMMC surrounded by his family following a brief but determined and courageous battle with recent insurmountable complications associated with his blood cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome. Nick was the son of Raymond and Velma Rand Nickerson and was born November 6, 1939 in Brewer,...

Apr 16, 2014

Gloria J. Nile, best Nana ever, died April 16, 2014 after a brief and difficult battle with cancer. She was born July 16, 1943 in Millinocket to Lillian Swenson. Gloria was a stay-at-home mother, wife and homemaker. She enjoyed playing games, gardening, canning her vegetables and making crafts, as well as spending time with her family whom she loved dearly....

Apr 16, 2014

ORONO: Gloryanne Pauline (Doyon) Prue, 75 passed away peacefully on April 16, 2014, at her home, after a courageous two-year battle with lymphoma. She was born August 7, 1938 in Rochester, NH to Maurice and Priscilla (Lemire) Doyon. Gloryanne moved to Orono at the age of 12. She was a 1957 graduate of Orono Catholic High School. Shortly after graduating...

Apr 14, 2014

Apr 14, 2014

BREWER – Ruth E. Rubino, 91, passed away Monday April 14, 2014 at an assisted living home in Bangor. She was born February 11, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of Philip and Ella (Lucas) Owens. Ruth grew up in Queens, NY. On April 28, 1945 she married Gerard Rubino who was her loving companion until his passing in 1985....

Apr 14, 2014

Hudson – Suzanne M. Horlieca, 61, passed away April 14, 2014 after a long courageous battle with cancer with her beloved husband and family by her side. Suzanne was a loving mother and grandmother who had devoted her life to them. She is survived by her husband of 40 years John Horlieca; two daughters Elizabeth Horlieca and her fiancée Shawn...

Apr 14, 2014

Apr 14, 2014

Ernest “Tinker” Stephen Melvin, 93, passed away peacefully in the company of loving family on April 14th, 2014. Ernest was born on February 13th, 1921, in Lewiston, Maine, the third of nine children of Floyd Wilson Melvin and Mildred Nickerson Melvin. Ernest attended Bangor High School and graduated from Lawrence High School, Fairfield, Maine, in 1939. After graduation, he worked...

Apr 13, 2014

Apr 13, 2014

Apr 11, 2014

BANGOR - Louise Emily Whitney Briggs, age 89, died on April 11, 2014 at Winterberry Heights Memory Care in Bangor. Louise was surrounded by her husband and four children. From her birth to her passing on Louise touched countless lives in her lifetime with her unselfish acts of kindness, endless love. She will be forever remembered by all those who...

Apr 11, 2014

Frank McGillicuddy, 69, died at home on April 11, 2014 after a short but courageous battle with bile duct cancer. He was born April 23, 1944 the youngest child of Patrick and Esther Mary (Ryan) McGillicuddy in Dublin, Ireland. Frank moved, with his family, from Dublin to London, England at the age of 8 and graduated Fairfax High School, class...

Apr 11, 2014

BANGOR – Walter “Mickey” L. Crawford Jr., 85, passed away Friday April 11, 2014 at a Maine Veterans Home in Bangor. He was born December 2, 1928, in Bangor, the son of Walter L. and Gertrude (Boutreau) Crawford Sr. Mickey grew up in Bangor and attended Bangor schools. In 1950 he joined the U.S. Army and served until 1952. He...

Apr 11, 2014

Apr 10, 2014

Surrounded by family, Dr. Roy Barry Corbin peacefully lost his fight against pancreatic cancer on April 10, 2014. Born on July 8, 1950, Roy grew up in the Bronx, New York and moved to Maine on June 7, 1977, bringing his kindness and genuine sense of humor to a podiatry practice like no other. Regularly seeing ailing patients in the...